Subject Guide to Political Science
Congress
- Congress.Org
- Congressional E-Mail Directory
- Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
- Congressional Report Cards
- Congressional Research Service Reports (CRS)
- Fedworld
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS), U.S. Department of Commerce
- Government Documents, University of Tennessee Libraries
- Legislative Histories
- The United States Senate
- Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
- U.S. House of Representatives Home Page
- Roll Call Online
This commercial site has a Capital directory of Congress, the Executive and Judicial Branch, as well as State Governors. One section devoted to tips on how to communicate with Congress. Information Scores lets you see how some national associations rate voting records of members of Congress.
This is a good place to tap into the latest news from Washington. This site also is searchable by your representative's name, subject area, and popular bill title. Ability to get congressional voting records.
Goal of the Report Cards is to help interested citizens find out what kind of legislation each member of Congress supports or opposes. Includes voting records and position on issues of one or more advocacy groups.
Congress has released for public use "some" of the CRS reports. Reports are compiled by experts on topics of national interest and are renowned for its non-partisanship and in-depth analysis. Those that are available on the web can be searched through this google interface.
This has links to U.S. Legislative information. General links to CapWeb, the House and Senate.
Gateway to information on a wide variety of government information including federal legislation, public laws, the Congressional Record, and the U.S. Code.
Takes you to the University of Michigan Documents Center.
The United States Senate World Wide Web service. Has directories and membership information on committees. Also leadership background information about the Senate. Check out the section on Learning About the Senate which contains citations tobooks, articles, and government documents printed between 1789-2000.
Allows for searching by hot bills, bill summary, bill status, and bill text. Can also search by topic and bill number.
A good place to track legislation. Can follow the legislative process:Recent floor action, text of all bills in the 105th Congress. Searchable by number and word. Contains bill status of all bills and history of action. Can access committee hearing transcripts and committee reports. Congressional Record for the last legislative day is available.
Roll Call (newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955). News scoops, policy, congressional elections, congressional politics, news sources,and policy briefings written by members of Congress.
