Congressional Record Database
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: Contains the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress from Volume 140 (1994) to the present. The Congressional Record is published daily when Congress is in session and at the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities. Also see the Congressional Record Index , which provides indexing to the Record beginning in 1983.
The Congressional Record continues Congressional Globe , 23d-42d Cong.; Dec. 2, 1833-Mar. 3, 1873. A history of the Congressional Record and the Daily Digest is available from the U.S. Senate.
Related Resources:
- Congressional Bills - contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward.
- Congressional Record (Bound)
- History of Bills - lists legislative actions on bills that are reported in the Congressional Record from 1983 forward.
- House Journal - record of the proceedings of each legislative day in the House (1991 - 1998).
- Public and Private Laws - contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress (1995) to the present.
- United States Code - the codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States. 1994 through 2000 Editions, plus Supplements.
Coverage: 1994 to present
Subject(s):
Government Documents
Law
Politics & Government
Publicly Available Resources
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Congressional Directory
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Other Related Links:
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Table of Congressional Publication Volumes and Presidential Issuances (1789- )
