THOMAS : Legislative Information
Access: Publicly available resource
Description: A full-text database which includes major legislation (by bill number, subject, and title), bills (full text, summaries, and status), public laws, the Annals of Congress, the Congressional Record and the Congressional Record Index, roll call votes, Congressional committee reports, historical documents, and information about the legislative process.
Coverage: Bill Summary & Status and Public Laws: 1973 to present; Bill Text, Roll Call Votes, Congressional Record: 101st Congress (1989-1990) to present; Major Legislation, Committee Reports: 104th Congress (1995-96) to present.
For a "virtual ticker" of what's being debated / voted on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, see the current House Floor Proceedings . A Seven day archive is also available. Also see Public and Private Laws , which contains the text of public and private laws enacted from the 104th Congress to the present. Also try Legislative Histories of Selected U.S. Laws on the Internet , part of the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C. LLSDC's Legislative Source Book .
Coverage: Various Dates
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Full Text Resources (Selective)
Government Documents
Law
Politics & Government
Publicly Available Resources
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United States Congressional Bibliographies ** http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/ **
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