Congress and Legislation

• U.S. House of Representatives Includes links to legislation sponsored and cosponsored by member as well as directory information and committee assignments. The House site also includes a number of full text publications of the Congressional Research Service on the history of the House, rules, introducing bills, committee action, floor action, the budget process, resolving differences, and presidential actions.
• U.S. Senate Includes brief biographies of senators, directory information, and committee assignments.
• GPO Access The Congress page includes links to House and Senate Reports and Documents, pictorial directories, Calendars of the House and Senate, Congressional Record, and more. The site includes selected House and Senate hearings published in 1997-present. In addition, the site provide access to specific titles, such as rules manuals, House Journal(1991-1999) and National Debate Topics for High Schools (Senate).
• LexisNexis Congressional: CU Full text service which provides access to Congressional bills and bill status, legislative histories, hearings, Congressional Record, congressional reports and documents, biographical, financial and voting record information, laws, proposed and existing regulations, searchable full-text journals and other information.
• Thomas Legislative Information From the Library of Congress includes bill summary and status, bill text, Congressional Record, selected House Hearing transcripts, Committee Prints, Public Laws and other information. Most information from the 102nd Congress to the present.
• CQ Electronic Library CU Includes CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, as well as the CQ Voting and Elections Collection.

• CQ Electronic Library CU Includes CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, as well as the CQ Voting and Elections Collection.
• GPO Access Congress site includes the full text of bills, the Congressional Record, congressional reports, documents, hearings, committee prints, history of bills and other information. See Definitions of Document Status Codes for definitions of terms used to describe the status of a bill.
• How Our Laws Are Made and Enactment of a Law from the Library of Congress. A simpler view of the legislative process is available from Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, an overview of the U.S. government, legislative process, duties of citizens, and other topics. Arranged by grade level, with sections for teachers and parents. Includes facts about states and links to state web sites.
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional CU Full text service which provides access to Congressional bills and bill status, legislative histories, hearings, Congressional Record, congressional reports and documents, biographical , financial and voting record information, laws, proposed and existing regulations, searchable full-text journals and other information. Check out their Help page for information on coverage, search form advice, and Dates of Congressional Sessions.
• Legislative Histories:
  • 1983-Current Year--History of Bills from GPO Access.
  • Bill Summary and Status for the 93rd (1973/74) -current Congress available from Thomas: Previous Congresses or current Congress.
  • Legislative Histories 1973-Present available from Library of Congress Information System (Requires telnet software.)
• LLSDS: Legislative Source Book Compiled by the Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C., the sourcebook provides a guide to Internet and subscription-based sources of regulatory information, legislative histories, committee hearings, establishing persistent links to documents from GPO Access and Thomas, and other information.
• Public Policy Matrix A guide to researching the legislative process. With sections on identifying the problem, legislative and executive solutions, influences on legislators, influences on the executive branch, and monitoring the result. Although the guide refers to some resources specific to the University of Michigan, most resources are available to the CU campus.
• Session Dates of the U.S. Congresses, 1789-present List of dates congress was in session, provided by LexisNexis.
• Thomas Legislative Information From the Library of Congress includes bill summary and status, bill text, Congressional Record, selected House Hearing transcripts, Committee Prints, Public Laws and other information. Most information from the 102nd Congress to the present.

• Congressional Budget Office "Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974. CBO's mission is to provide the Congress with objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the Congressional budget process." Site includes reports and testimony on bills under consideration by Congress.
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional CU Full text service which provides access to Committee Prints (1830-present), CRS Reports (1916-present), Hearings (1824-present), House & Senate Documents (1817-present), House & Senate Reports (1819-present), Legislative Histories (1969-present), and Serial Set (1789-1969).
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set GPO Access provides access to contains the Congressional Documents and Congressional Reports from 1995 to present. Earlier historica coverage is available from Readex Newsbank. CU
• U.S. GAO Reports and Testimony

• How to find votes! This is a guide from the Library of Congress to some of the complexities in finding Congressional voting records.
• Congress.Org. Search recent votes on the Congressional Vote Search.
• C-SPAN web site includes: House and Senate Schedules, Directory of Members, Committee information, and a Congressional Votes library.
• LexisNexis Congressional Member records CU This database contains floor and key votes for each member back to the 101st congress in 1989-90.
• Project Vote Smart. Choose a State. Then choose the Senator or Representative by name to access the voting record.
• Roll Call votes This is a link to roll call votes, by congress and session back to the 101st congress from the Library of Congress.
• The U.S. Congress Votes Database from the Washington Post allows you to browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.

• Almanac of American Politics CU provides capsule summaries of states, congressional districts, congressional redistricting, biographies of elected officials (President, Vice-President, Governors, Senators, and Congressional Representatives), election results, campaign finance, basic demographic data, and other information. Password available from any reference desk.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present Contains biographies of all members of the national legislature from 1774 to the present, including representatives, senators, presidents, vice presidents, and delegates to the Continental Congress.
• Congressional Directory from Congress.Org. Search for members of Congress by zip code, name, party, chamber, or committee. Contains biography, contact information and staff members, background information, sponsored legislation, key votes, committees, and term information.
• GPO Access Congressional Directory 104th Congress to the present.
• GPO Access Congressional Pictorial Directory- 105th Congress, 106th Congress, 107th Congress and 108th Congress.

• American FactFinder provides demographic data from the 2000 census by federal and state legislative district.
• Census Street Address Search Enter a street address, city, state, and zipcode. You can then choose to display Census 2000 data and maps on the state, county, county subdivision, census tract, block, place, voting precinct, congressional, and state legislative districts in which the address is found.
• Congressional Directory Demographics from Congress.Org. Lists age, gender, marital status, party, ethnicity, and religion for all current members of Congress.
• Fast Facts for Congress from the Census Bureau provides demographic and economic data based on address, state, county or Congressional District. You can also find announcements on new data released and links to relevant data sets.

• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation This American Memory collection includes browseable, searchable versions of official documents from early congresses. The House and Senate Journals, Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress, Statutes at Large and Maclay's Journal are now online. In addition, the collection contains materials from the Continental Congress, including Journals of the Continental Congress, Elliot's Debates, and Farrand's Records.
• Lexis-Nexis Congressional CU Full text service which provides access to Committee Prints (1830-present), CRS Reports (1916-present), Hearings (1824-present), House & Senate Documents (1817-present), House & Senate Reports (1819-present), Legislative Histories (1969-present), and Serial Set (1789-1969).
• U.S. Congressional Serial Set CU Serial Set is available from Readex Newsbank.

• Congress.Org
• CQ Library CU includes CQ Weekly, CQ Researcher, CQ Almanac Online Edition, and CQ Global Researcher
• The Hill, a capitol newspaper.
• Lexis-Nexis Academic CU Full-text access to comprehensive news. News sources U.S. newspapers and wires, foreign newspapers and wires, major world newspapers and publications, radio and television transcripts, newsletters, and web blogs.
• Roll Call Online includes policy briefings, committee assignments, information on new members, richest Senators and Representatives and other information.
• Politics in Congress from the Washington Post.

• C-SPAN: Congressional Glossary
• How Our Laws Are Made and Enactment of a Law from the Library of Congress. A simpler view of the legislative process is available from Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, an overview of the U.S. government, legislative process, duties of citizens, and other topics. Arranged by grade level, with sections for teachers and parents. Includes facts about states and links to state web sites.
• How to find votes! This is a guide from the Library of Congress to some of the complexities in finding Congressional voting records.
• Internet and Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information is a guide developed by a law librarian to provide information on what legislative and regulatory information is available from what sources.
• LLSDS: Legislative Source Book Compiled by the Law Librarian's Society of Washington, D.C., the sourcebook provides a guide to Internet and subscription-based sources of regulatory information, legislative histories, committee hearings, establishing persistent links to documents from GPO Access and Thomas, and other information.
• Public Policy Matrix A guide to researching the legislative process. With sections on identifying the problem, legislative and executive solutions, influences on legislators, influences on the executive branch, and monitoring the result. Although the guide refers to some resources specific to the University of Michigan, most resources are available to the CU campus.
• US Legislative Information Sources on the Internet a guide to legislative research with sections on: Status Of Legislation and Legislative Histories,Text of Congressional Bills, Committee Publications, Committee Schedules, Floor Proceedings, Floor Schedules and Journals, Floor Votes, Presidential Statements, Laws, Miscellaneous Information About Congress, Directories, Biographical and Political Information about Members, Ratings of Members by Special Interest Groups, Campaign Finance Contributions, and Guides to Researching Legislation.

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on welfare and welfare reform available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  hearings and senate	hearings and senate
  reports and congress	reports and congress
  legislative hearings	legislative hearings
  (senate or house) and report* (government publications only)	(senate or house) and report* (government publications only)

  
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• Congressional Research Service
• Elections
• Politics
• Presidents