Legislative resource page with links to legislative rules, legislative bills, legislative law, legislative references, legislative research guides, Senate Rules Committee, CRS reports, Library of Congress, C-Span, and much more.

Governmental Internet Resources

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present

  Is a congressional directory dating back to 1774. You can search by Name position and by State

• Budget Bulletin

  U.S. Senate Budget Committee Weekly Newsletter

• Congressional Pictorial Directory

  Only as current as the 107th Congress.

• Congressional Record Filter from UNC

  Save your THOMAS search queries in the CRFilter, then check back periodically to see only the new items that match your interests. You can also search the whole Congressional Text back to 1989. This Site requires NETSCAPE

• CRS Reports covering House of Rep. Procedures

  This site provides access to CRS reports covering House Rules

• CRS Reports covering topics of interest to the House Judiciary Committee

  Provides access to a very select number of CRS reports that are relevant to the House Judiciary Committee

  CRS Reports on Environment, Energy and other Natural Resource subjects

  Committee for the National Institute for the Environment (CNIE)

  CRS Reports on Military and National Security Issues provided by the Federation of American Scientistis

• Senate Rules Committee

  Has records of testimony at the hearings.

• General Accounting Office

  Provides access to the following information: GAO Reports, GAO Legal Products, GAO Special Publications from 1999 to the present and FraudNET a place where whistleblowers and citizens can report government waste.

• GPO Access

  Provides access to the following government documents: Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Commerce Business Daily, Congressional Record, U.S. Code, Congressional Bills, Hearings, Reports and Committee Reports and other popular government documents.

• House of Representatives Web

  Contains House Committee websites, roll calls votes, the House Calendar, and general operational aspects of the House of Representatives.

• Library of Congress LOCIS system (Bill Digest Tracking)

  This site provides access to current Copyright ownership, Braille and Audio Materials for the blind and Federal Legislation from 1981 through Dec. 1998.

• Library of Congress Thomas organizes House & Senate Bills, Legislative Calendar and Floor Schedules, Public Laws and the Congressional Record. There are hyperlinks connecting these resources as well.
• Office of Technology Accessment

  This defunct Congressional Agency still has some valuable scientific reports on stored at a Universities Homepage. Publications dealing with DNA testing, forensic science etc..

• Senate

  Use this site to gain access to Senate Operating Procedures, Committee actions (reports, testimony at hearings etc.)

Nongovernmental Internet Resources

• Almanac of Policy Issues

  Is an independent public service not affiliated with any particular issue or cause. Every effort is made to present all sides of each issue, and to do so in an unbiased, journalistic format.

• C-span

  Is the official Cable broadcaster for the Congress. It covers the Congress from gavel to gavel. You can access Current events in Congress as well as Browse some popular issues that the Congress is grappling with.

• CapitolWiz (By Capitol Advantage)

  With CapitolWiz service on your site, users will be able to: Easily identify their elected leaders, send an e-mail or fax, or print a letter, see how their representatives are voting (you pick the votes to spotlight).

• Congressional Research Service abstracts Fee Based

  This site is produced by Penny Hill Press. It is the only site to sell all of the Reports to the American people. Nonsubscribers pay $49 per order (up to 5 documents) additional documents over 5, $9 each; students $19 for a single document or $29 for up to 5 documents; additional documents over 5, $5 each.

• CongressLink Communicator is an educational site for high school teachers.
• Legislative Source Book LLSDC

  This site is an organized gateway to Congressional Information produced by the Law Librarians' Society of Washington D.C.

• Legistorm.com

  A non-partisan site that provides unique information about the U.S. Congress, including a database of all congressional staff salaries, all privately financed travel, and all personal financial disclosures of members and staff.

• Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of United States Lobbyists

  By Kathi Fountain provides access to 100's of Political Advocacy Groups. It is arranged by broad subject heading and covers some of the following topics; Abortion & Reproduction, Aged, Children, Education, Homeless, etc. All of this information is also searchable.

• Project Vote Smart (Facts on Representatives, Votes etc...)

  This organization researches the candidates on all types of issues so the citizens can then read about the cadindate and make informed decisions at the voting booth.

• Roll Call

  In 1996, building on the solid reputation of the newsprint version, Roll Call launched a companion Web edition. The leading stories from the newspaper are posted every Monday and Thursday, along with editorials, election news, commentary, cartoons and classifieds.

• SpeakOut.com

  Has 100's of links to Lobbying Organizations arrange by broad subject headings. It also has links to very controversial topics: (i.e., Abortion, Death Penalty, Education, Energy, Environment, Gay Rights, Gun Control, Copyrights, Race Relations, Religion & Morality, and Technology.

• State Net

  Is the only organization that monitors 100% of all pending bills and regulations in the 50 states and Congress. State Net is also the service that WestLaw contracts with to track State Legislative Information.

• U.S. Legislative Information Sources on the Internet

  Compiled by Bowling Green State University is a very user friendly site to access U.S. Legisative Information

Primary Law

• Federal Register, U.S. Code, Public Law and Current Bills (GPO ACCESS)
• Statutes at Large 1774-1837

Reference Sources

• Congressional Directory
• Legislative Sourcebook

Research Guides

• How to find anything advocacy related on the Web by Stephanie Vance

  This site provides access to the following information concerning advocacy skills: Activism, Gossip, The Internet and Politics, Issue Group Tracking, Learning, Legislative Tracking, Member Tracking, News & Information, Policy & Polling, Portals & Search Engines.

• Law and Politics Internet Guide

  Designed for the legal profession, academia and the public, Law and Politics: Internet Guide is your one-stop source for legal research. Law and Politics is dedicated to finding the most informative and current law related resources on the Internet.