See also CRS, Law and Serial Set

Analysis

Congress Research Service Reports - many subjects requested by congressional committees

Roll Call - newspaper of Capitol Hill

For CC users - select from database A-Z list

• CQ Weekly - legislative news and analysis
• CQ Researcher - current and controversial issues summarized with pros and cons, bibliographies and more
• Congressional Digest:Pro & Con - current, controversial issues in Congress

Databases - Indexes

GPO Access - Congressional Record; Congressional Committee Documents, Reports, Hearings and Prints; History of Bills; Public Laws; GAO Reports, Federal Register, etc.

THOMAS - legislative information, provides bills, bill summary, status, and text, Congressional Record, and selected reports and publications

U.S. Congressional Bibliographies - listing of Hearings, Prints, and Publications Printed by the Senate, 1983+ and House Committee Meetings, 1985+

Legislative Branch Resources - bills, materials and resources {GPO Access}

Senate, House and Executive Reports - Contains House, Senate, and executive reports from the 104th Congress (1995-96) through the present.

Senate, House and Treaty Documents - Contains selected House, Senate, and treaty documents from the 104th Congress (1995-96) through the present. Only the Congressional documents that are printed by the Government Printing Office (GPO) are included.

Tutorials

Congressional Research Tutorials -finding bills, hearings, debates

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• Congressional Universe - includes Congressional Publications and indexes, Bills, Laws & Regulations, Members & Committees, Inside Washington, How Do I ..., Hot Topics

Senate and House of Representatives

U.S. Senate - members, Committees, and leadership and support offices, information about legislative procedures, and history

Senate YouTube

U.S. House of Representatives -legislative information, Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House

House of Representatives YouTube

• Diana DeGette - Chief Deputy Whip
• Ed Perlmutter

Directories

Elected Officials - president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, etc.

Congressional Directory - official directory; short biographies of each member, by state or district, and more

Biographical Directory of the US Congress: 1774-present - search portraits, view bibliographies and research collections for many subjects

Black Members of the US Congress, 1870-2005

Who's Who in the Federal Government

Congressional E-mail Directory

Member Organizations & Caucuses

Other

GovTrack.us - information about the U.S. Congress, following the status of federal legislation and the activities of senators and representatives

Legistorm - salaries of Congressional staff members, including interns; searchable by name, Member of Congress, and committee

Government Redistricting Web Sites

General Accounting Office - investigative arm of Congress, examines matters relating to the receipt and disbursement of public funds, performs audits and issues evaluations and reports

Vote-smart - information about elected representatives, voting records for members of Congress

How Our Laws Are Made

U.S. Legislative Branch - official Federal Government sites

• Avoice: African American Voices in Congress - "to capture and preserve the rich history of political and legislative contributions of blacks for future generations. This virtual online library is a central source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues." Features exhibits on the history of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and related topics. Developed by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.

Congressional Publications

Congressional Record - daily debates and proceedings of Congress when in session, 1994

House Journal - proceedings of each legislative day in the House of Representatives, 1991-98

Congressional Reports - updated as available, full text, 1995+

Congressional Hearings - selected full text, 1997+

Congressional Hearings, 1970-98 - searchable full-text of over 7000 Congressional hearings published 1970-98 and digitized downloaded page-by-page or in segments.(Rutgers-Camden School of Law)

Historical Congressional Documents

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 - full text of the 1st through 42nd Congresses of all of the predecessors to the 1. Congressional Record (House Journal, Senate Journal and Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, & Congressional Globe) and 2. Statutes at Large; also documents on the Continental Congress and constitutional debates (1774-89) in the Journals of the Continental Congress, Farrand's Records of the Federal Convention of the Federal Constitution (Elliot's Debates), as well as selected documents from the US Serial Set.

UM Digitized Serial Set

(For CC users - select from database A-Z list) Congressional Universe - which includes much historicial materials