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Government Documents: Legislative

A guide to U.S. federal government publications in Cowles Library

House of Representatives

U.S. House of Representatives
Find your Representative by state, name, or zip code and link to his/her website. Link to roll call vote information, committees, House floor debates and Committee Hearing schedules.

Senate

U.S. Senate
Find your senator, track and research bills, nominations, votes and lobbying disclosure information from the Senate's official website. There is a link also to Senate institutional history, biographies, art, exhibits and historical statistics.

Congress

Congress.gov
Leads to current action on bills before Congress, Congressional committees with their reports and full text searching of federal bills and laws.
Congressional Bills
Find final text of House and Senate bills and resolutions by number from 103rd Congress (1993-1994) to date
How our laws are made
Detailed guide to the legislative process
U.S. Code
Browse sections the official U.S. Code by year, or search by keyword or popular title from the Office of the Law Revision Counsel's site.
Congressional hearings
browse text of congressional hearings from 99th Congress (1985-86) to date
Official Congressional Directory
Provides information on all Congressional members, their staff and committees, as well as all office holders in Executive departments, Federal agencies and the Judicial branch.
GovTrack.us
A non-government source that uses technology to track Congressional members and legislation.

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