Accessing Congressional Documents
- Congressional and Legislative TrackingCovers this branch of government with links to databases and other resources (paper and online).
Congressional Universe for Federal materials, from as early as 1789
- summaries of bills,
- House and Senate documents and reports,
- Public Laws, 1789-
- Committee Hearings, 1965-
Tutt Library has Federal Congressional materials, check the CC catalog
- Committee Prints and some reports
Congressional publications may be available on the Internet.
Other Guides to look at:
- Federal Government Resourceslook at Congress tab and subtabs
Politics
- data from offical legislative sites of all 50 states and Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico
- Find your legislators
- Review their votes
- Search upcoming legislation
- Track bill progress
Best Datatbases
- Congressional (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
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Congressional and legislative information
- reports, documents, hearings, laws, etc.
Information about Congressional members
- voting records, addresses, etc. - CQ library This link opens in a new windowCoverage: Nov. 1991 - current
- weekly publication covers the most current and controversial issues of the day
- with complete summaries and bibliographies
- insight into all sides of the issues
- Bills and Statutes (Govinfo)Coverage :usually mid-1990s forward
– key publications from the government
- includes: Congressional materials, budget, reports, agency regulations, etc
Informational
- House of Representatives- legislative information, members, committees, and organizations and to other U.S. government resources.
- Senate- members, committees, and leadership and support offices
-plus background information about legislative procedures, facilities, etc. - Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress- biographies, portraits, and bibliographies for all House and Senate members from 1774-present
- Congressional Directory- 105th Congress (1997-8) forward for official directory; short biographies of each member, by state or district, and more
- Congressional Report Cards- non-partisan reports to provide information for evaluating members of the US Congress
- Congress Research Service Reports- brief subject reports requested by congressional committees
- US Government Accountability Officereports and testimonies