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Congressional Bills: 110th Congress Catalog -list of all congressional bills and summaries of the bill.
Congressional Record -The Congressional Record contains the edited transcript of activities on the floor of the House and the Senate. The “Daily Digest” section summarizes action in each chamber, committee hearings, new public laws, and committee meetings scheduled for the next legislative day.
Commitee Reports
How to Find Voting Records
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources -pdf guide to finding legislative resources
Reference Desk -A clearinghouse of Senate information on the Web and guides to resources in libraries and archives.
Fed Net-videos of debates etc. occuring on the floor of the capital
MetaVid-keyword search of every word spoke on the floors of the house or senate which links to the video or audio
Legislation Cost Estimates
GAO -reports of the General Accounting Office
Vetos
CRS
Obstruction of Justice: an Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes that Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities
Obstruction of Congress: a Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities
Congressional Franking Privilege: Background and Current Legislation
Congress's Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
Congress's Contempt Power: A Sketch
White House
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents -This weekly periodical provides information such as the dates on which the
President signed or vetoed legislation. Also, it contains transcripts of presidential messages to Congress, executive orders, and speeches and other material released by
the White House.
Statements of Administration Policy on Non-Appropriations and Appropriations Bills -OMB comments about proposed legislation.
Executive Agencies -agencies and their sub-agencies with links
Press Secretary
CRS Reports
Misuse of Government Purchase Cards -CRS
Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview
Federal regulations
Federal Register -The Federal Register (FR) is the official announcement of regulations and legal notices issued by federal departments and agencies. These include proposed and final federal regulations having general applicability and legal effect; executive orders and
presidential proclamations; documents required to be published by act of Congress; and other federal documents of public interest.
Regulations.gov -Here, people can search and view proposed regulations from about 160 federal departments and agencies.
Codes
U.S. Code database
Popular Names of Acts in the US Code
Classification Tables -listing sections of the U.S. Code affected by recently enacted laws
CRS
Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations
Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government -CRS
Misc
State Government
The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview -CRS pdf
Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) -This World Wide Web site is provided as a public service by General Services Administration (GSA) for the purpose of efficiently and conveniently disseminating information on parties that are excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits, pursuant to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 6101, note, E.O. 12549, E.O. 12689, 48 CFR 9.404, and each agency's codification of the Common Rule for Nonprocurement suspension and debarment.
Speech, statements, and interviews databases
American Rhetoric-Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States-"Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. "
American Presidency Project -public papers of presidents
Presidential Signing Statements
Think tanks
Citizens Against Government Waste-opinion
US House
House Members Home Pages
Senator's Home Pages
Search congressional record-search for comments made by individual represenatives or use key word to search a topic
Senate Financial Disclosure Letters
Search for Legislation current congress
U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Active Legislation
Congressional Bills: 110th Congress Catalog -list of all congressional bills and summaries of the bill.
Congressional Record -The Congressional Record contains the edited transcript of activities on the floor of the House and the Senate. The “Daily Digest” section summarizes action in each chamber, committee hearings, new public laws, and committee meetings scheduled for the next legislative day.
Commitee Reports
How to Find Voting Records
Tracking Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources -pdf guide to finding legislative resources
Reference Desk -A clearinghouse of Senate information on the Web and guides to resources in libraries and archives.
Fed Net-videos of debates etc. occuring on the floor of the capital
MetaVid-keyword search of every word spoke on the floors of the house or senate which links to the video or audio
Legislation Cost Estimates
GAO -reports of the General Accounting Office
Vetos
CRS
Obstruction of Justice: an Overview of Some of the Federal Statutes that Prohibit Interference with Judicial, Executive, or Legislative Activities
Obstruction of Congress: a Brief Overview of Federal Law Relating to Interference with Congressional Activities
Congressional Franking Privilege: Background and Current Legislation
Congress's Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
Congress's Contempt Power: A Sketch
White House
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents -This weekly periodical provides information such as the dates on which the
President signed or vetoed legislation. Also, it contains transcripts of presidential messages to Congress, executive orders, and speeches and other material released by
the White House.
Statements of Administration Policy on Non-Appropriations and Appropriations Bills -OMB comments about proposed legislation.
Executive Agencies -agencies and their sub-agencies with links
Press Secretary
CRS Reports
Misuse of Government Purchase Cards -CRS
Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview
Federal regulations
Federal Register -The Federal Register (FR) is the official announcement of regulations and legal notices issued by federal departments and agencies. These include proposed and final federal regulations having general applicability and legal effect; executive orders and
presidential proclamations; documents required to be published by act of Congress; and other federal documents of public interest.
Regulations.gov -Here, people can search and view proposed regulations from about 160 federal departments and agencies.
Codes
U.S. Code database
Popular Names of Acts in the US Code
Classification Tables -listing sections of the U.S. Code affected by recently enacted laws
CRS
Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations
Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government -CRS
Misc
State Government
The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview -CRS pdf
Excluded Parties List System (EPLS) -This World Wide Web site is provided as a public service by General Services Administration (GSA) for the purpose of efficiently and conveniently disseminating information on parties that are excluded from receiving Federal contracts, certain subcontracts, and certain Federal financial and nonfinancial assistance and benefits, pursuant to the provisions of 31 U.S.C. 6101, note, E.O. 12549, E.O. 12689, 48 CFR 9.404, and each agency's codification of the Common Rule for Nonprocurement suspension and debarment.
Speech, statements, and interviews databases
American Rhetoric-Index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States-"Each Public Papers volume contains the papers and speeches of the President of the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary during the specified time period. The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In instances when the release date differs from the date of the document itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. "
American Presidency Project -public papers of presidents
Presidential Signing Statements
Think tanks
Citizens Against Government Waste-opinion