Federal Legislative Branch “Official information and services from the U.S. government.”
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.
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
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet THOMAS is a service of the Library of Congress which gives the US Government full-text "Bill Text," the Congressional Record, "Bill Summary & Status," "Hot Bills," the Congressional Record Index, and the Constitution. THOMAS also gives links to other US Government Internet home pages.
For the text of US Public Laws (PL- ) from 1995/96 on see: GPO Access Public and Private Laws: Main Page
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.
CongressLink A service for teachers of American government, history, and civics.
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.
OpenSecrets.org; Center for Responsive Politics "OpenSecrets.org is your nonpartisan guide to money’s influence on U.S. elections and public policy." That is, who gives how much to who.
Don Page
djpage@csupomona.edu
October 2009
