Congress Daily
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National Journal's CongressDaily delivers
timely, behind-the-scenes coverage and analysis of House and Senate activities.
Users can access twice-daily updates, CongressDailyAM and CongressDailyPM,
to learn of key developments on the Hill as they unfold. Our membership
includes the CongressDailyMobile Edition, specially formatted for PDAs
and Blackberries.
With its revamped website launching later this year, CongressDaily online
will provide more benefits, such as the ability to set up issue-specific
alert notifications and search the top 600 political and policy related
web sites for information.
Employees have access to these resources:
-
Markup
Reports
- Read coverage of the majority of Congressional committee and subcommittee
markup sessions on the Hill. It includes roll call votes and is usually
available long before official reports.
- Campaign
Tip Sheets
- A quick reference guide to the campaigns around the country. Quickly
get the lay of the land on gubernatorial, Senate, House, and White House
races.
- Daybook
- The Daybook is a comprehensive calendar of events, meetings, conferences,
and hearings both on and off the Hill. It also lists future events in
the Washington area so that you can plan ahead. Search the Daybook events
up to two years in advance or add your organization's event to let people
know about it. Use the personalized Daybook E-mail Alert to set up a
daily alert letting you know what events are happening in your issue
areas.
- Almanac
of American Politics
- A one-of-a-kind reference on every member of Congress and governor,
this Web edition keeps you up-to-date with results from special and interim
elections, important committee changes, election forecasts, primary results
and more. You can search for elected officials, or by states, districts
and keywords. You also can browse specific sections of the Almanc by
using the "fold-out" navigation in the right-hand column.
- Committee
Search
- Select the House or Senate committee or leader to view the most recent
articles published in both CongressDailyAM and PM on that topic.
- Budget
Coverage
- Contains full coverage of issues on the Federal budget. Agency briefings,
charts and related documents are available here.
- Policy
Council
- Policy Council brings together position papers and resources from stakeholder
organizations with content from National Journal. Learn where
interest groups and corporations stand on important issues, and find
contact information for people you need to reach.
- Ad
Spotlight
- Archive of political issue and campaign ads from across the country-dating
from 1998. You can also get a rundown of the latest and most notable
political and policy ads, sent directly to your inbox each week.
- Poll
Track
- A comprehensive database of results and trends from every publicly available
state and national poll. Find out what the public thinks on political
and policy issues. Search the database by time or issue area. You can
also receive the Poll Track E-Mail Alert -- an e-mail message containing
quick summaries of all the newest opinion data.
- Hotline
On Call
- A daily blog on American politics and campaigns, from the staff of the
Hotline.
- The
Earlybird
- Quick-read summary of the day's news from leading news sources across
the country.
- Insider
Interviews
- Behind the scenes, in-depth questions and answers with experts from
Washington's political and policy worlds.
- Buzz
Columns
- Daily insight from some of Washington's most renowned writers.
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