United States
Senate
U. S. Senate (www.senate.gov)
Senators
United States House of Representatives
U.S. House of Representives (www.house.gov)
Representatives
Congressional
Directories / Biographical
Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress 1774-present (1774
- present)
Congressional Directories 1993 - current (Univ. of Michigan,
Documents Center)
Congressional
Directory 1995 - current (GPO Access)
Congressional Directory : current (Congress.org)
Congressional Pictorial Directory 1997 - current (GPO Access)
Congressional
Publications
Congressional
Committee Printes 1997 - date (GPO Access)
Congressional
Documents 1995 - date House and Senate Documents; Senate
Executive Documents; and Senate Treaty Documents [Serial Set]
(GPO Access)
Congressional
Hearings 1997 - date (GPO Access)
Congressional
Hearings on the Web (Univ. of Michigan Documents Center)
Congressional
Record 1994 - date (GPO Access)
Congressional Record 1989 - date (Thomas)
Congressional
Reports 1995 - date House and Senate Reports and Senate
Executive Reports [Serial Set] (GPO Access)
Serial Set 1995 - date (GPO Access)
Congressional
Research Service
"The Congressional Research Service is the public policy
research arm of the United States Congress. As a legislative
branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively
and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff
on a confidential, nonpartisan basis." source : About CRS [does not provide direct public access to its reports]
Below are web sites with selected titles:
[alphabetical by agency / organization]
Federation of American Scientists -- Congressional Research Service
George Washington University - Congressional Research Service WWW Accessible Reports
House Judiciary Committee -- Selected Congressional Research Service Reports
House Rules Committee - Congressional Research Service Reports : How Congress works
Memory Hole - Over 300 Congressional Research Service Reports That Were Pulled from the Web
Memory Hole - More Congressional Research Service Reports
National Council for Science and the Environment - Congressional Research Service Reports
OpenCRS - CRS Reports for the People
Penny Hill - Congressional Research
Service (Penny Hill Press - for ordering CRS publications) has "Browse by Subject" for titles
State Deptartment -- Congressional Research
Service (CRS) Reports and Issue Briefs
Thurgood Marshall Law Library -- CRS Reports in Homeland Security / Terrorism and Health Law & Policy
U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Italy - Congressional Research Service Reports
University of North Texas Libraries -
Congressional Research Service Reports
zFacts.com -- Congressional Research Service (searches CRS reports using Google)
Major
Studies and Issue Briefs of the Congressional Research Service
(in Meriam Library)
CSU,Chico has:
Cumulative Index 1916/1989 - 2003 [JK1108 M257 (Reference)]
Microfilm 1980/1981 - 2003 [doc film LC 14.2:St9/(yr.)/(reel)]
Congressional
District Maps
Congressional
Districts - printable maps (nationalatlas.gov)
California Congressional District Maps:
New
Congressional Districts (California State Senate)
Political
District Maps (California Voter Foundation)
Lobbyists
/ Political Advocacy Groups
Lobby
Groups (Univ. of Michigan, Documents Center)
Lobbying Database (Opensecrets.org)
Political
Advocacy Groups (Kathi Fountain, Washington State University, Vancouver)
Historical
Bibliographical
Directory of the United States Congress 1774-present (1774
- present)
Century
of Lawmaking for a New Nation : U. S. Congressional Documents
and Debates 1774-1875 (Library of Congress, American Memory)
Center for Legislative Archives : historical records of the House and Senate (National Archives
and Records Admin.)
Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy : Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Party Leaders
in Congress, 1789-2004 [pdf] (Congressional Research Service
Report for Congress)
see also: Meriam Library -- Historical Documents / Information
Other Sources
C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service whose mission is to provide public access to the political process.
Capitol
Eye : A money in politics newsletter by the Center for Responsive Politics
Capitol
Spotlight : CQ & C-SPAN
Capweb : Politics covering political parties and citizenship and
guide to the U.S. Congress
CongressLink : A resource for teachers providing information about the U.S. Congress
Congress.org
Congress Watch : "Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded in 1971 to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts."
Congressional Budget Office (www.cbo.gov)
Congressional Medal of Honor :
Congressional Medal of Honor Society
Medal of Honor Citations (Army Center of Military History)
FedNet : Broadcast coverage
of the U.S. Congress
The Hill : Newspaper for and about U.S. Congress
Opensecrets.org : Your guide to money in U.S. elections
Project Vote Smart
Voter Information Services (contains Congressional Report Cards)