USA.Gov Government Made Easy Your First Click to the U.S. Government is a comprehensive gateway to the Internet sites of both Federal and State governments.
United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
The sites for the two houses of Congress will give you the status of legislation, hearings schedules, and other congressional business.
See also CongressLink, a service for teachers of American government, history, and civics.
To locate Members of Congress:
Members of the House
Members of the Senate
See also: Congress.org
For past years see: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present
C-SPAN.org C-SPAN, a private, non-profit website offering a unique look into the operation of the U.S. Congress. Provides access to both live stream and archived recordings of complete and unedited sessions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, committee hearings, White House press conferences, panel discussions, hearings, interviews, and more.
Budget of the United States Government
Which includes A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
The League of Women Voters
Project Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart is a national. nonpartisan organization that provides information on candidates and issues for state and national elections.
The Public Debt You can learn the US Public Debt to the penny; the site includes information, through the "FAQ" link, on where to send your check if you would like to make a contribution to reduce the public debt.
The Coin-Operated Congress "Here's where we bring you what no print magazine can. We've combined the flexibility of the Internet with in-depth reporting to give you a unique look at what really fuels Washington." That is, money; who gets how much, and from who?
opensecrets.org "Your guide to the money in U.S. elections." That is, the influence of money in congressional politics.
The Smoking Gun® The Smoking Gun® at times displays primary documents of interest to we who follow activities of people in the government.
Constitution of the United States of America; analysis and interpretation An "annotated Constitution;" we have also in paper: (Ref KF 4527 K54 Second Floor).
Founders Constitution Primary documents that illuminate the ideas that formed the Constitution in 1789.
FedWorld Information Network The platform to a true "world" of information from the US Federal Government, this page leads to other "Services" home pages as well as providing an "Index of Subject Categories" and a "List of Subject Categories". The FedWorld Information Network brings a large amount of full-text data.
GPO Access This US site provides similar access to the Federal Register, The Budget of the US Government, Economic Report of the President, Congressional Record, and the US Code (USC).
The White House The White House site is an excellent gateway to services of the US Government.
Presidents of the United States Their biographies.
Open CRS; Congressional Research Reports for the People From the Center for Democracy & Technology, “...Open CRS provides citizens access to CRS Reports already in the public domain and encourages Congress to provide public access to all CRS Reports.” The Collections link brings other organizations that provide CRS Reports.
GPO Access Official Federal Government Information at Your Fingertips There are links for "Online Bookstore" and "Finding Aids;" "What's Available" has links by broad government functions. See the GPO Access Online Resources: A-Z Resource List, A listing for all (US Government) databases.
US Government Documents Ready Reference Collection. From Columbia University, the full text of government publications organized by broad subject.
Don Page
djpage@csupomona.edu
July 2008
