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Legislative Information for (GOVT. 7A, 9B)
House and Senate Directories : look up senatorsí and representativesí
alphabetically or by state. Links identify committees and subcommittees
on which the member serves.
Click on House
Directory. Some features:
- Historical
Highlights (on left) are links to Congressional History (including
profiles of each Congress and information about leadersófor example,
Speakers of the House, Majority/Minority Leaders, etc.)
Senate
Directory features:
House and Senate
are links to main access web pages.
Point out under Legislation :
Bill Summary and
Status -- search for Legislative Histories, 1973-present (Full
Text of Legislation, 101st-108th Congress (1989-present))
Example: Search for the bill in the 107th Congress sponsored
by Senator Joseph Lieberman to set up a Homeland Security Office. What
happened to this bill?
How could I find the full text of the bill?
How could I find a summary of the Endangered Species
Conservation Act of 1973?
Check the Congressional Record for a transcript of debates
in the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives (GOVT. 9B)
Text
search: search full text of Congressional Record back to 1989
(101st Congress)
Index : look up Congressional activity (statements, letters,
resolutions) by Subject back to 1995 (Must select Congress first!)
Example: Text Search. About a month before the War with
Iraq, Rep. Scott McInnis of Colorado made an eloquent speech talking
about NATO as a family. How could I find the transcript of his speech?
Index search: How can I find all the activity from the
108th Congress pertaining to France?
Historical
Documents
Links to full-text historical documents from Ourdocuments.gov and the
Library of Congressís American Memory Project, including Federalist Papers,
Thomas Jefferson Papers and Congressional documents from 1774-1875 (A
Century of Lawmaking).
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