Sources Available on the Internet
U.S. House of Representatives
[Official Web site]Provides Member, committee, and leadership
directories; the House floor schedule; House committee hearings
schedules; Roll-call votes; and information on the legislative process.
Specific links include:
U.S. Senate [Official Web site]
Provides
information on Senators and leadership; Senate committees; recent and
scheduled legislative action; and Senate history and procedures.
Specific links include:
Federal Election Commission [Official Web site]
PoliticalMoneyLine (FECInfo) -- TRKCInc, Inc.
OpenSecrets.org -- Center for Responsive Politics
Project VoteSmart -- Project VoteSmart
Includes information about campaigns, elections, and votes.
United States Legislative Branch [THOMAS Legislative Branch Internet Resources] -- Library of Congress
Sources Available at USF Libraries
Almanac of American Politics. National Journal. JK271 .B343 year.
Most recent in REFERENCE. Previous years in STACKS. Includes short
biographies, constituency profiles, ratings by major groups, and voting
records.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress: 1774-1996.
CQ Staff Directories, Inc. REFERENCE JK1010 .A5 1997 Includes the
following lists: 1) Executive Officers, 1789-1996; 2) Continental
Congress 1774-1788; 3) Apportionment of Representatives; 4) Congresses
of the United States 1789-1997. Most of the source includes brief
biographies of all Members of Congress through 9/30/96.
Congressional Directory. (Also known as Official Congressional Directory.) United States. Government Printing Office. JK1011 .U58 year.
Most recent in REFERENCE. Previous years in STACKS. Official biennial
directory includes biographical sketches, lists of committee
assignments, and maps of Congressional districts.
Congressional Districts in the 1990s: A Portrait of America.
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. REFERENCE JK1341 .C64 1993 Profiles state
and Congressional districts, providing information on demographics,
industries, and media in each area.
Congressional Quarterly Almanac. Congressional Quarterly News Features. JK1 C74 volume year.
Most recent in REFERENCE. Previous years in STACKS. Provides an
overview of the major events, issues, and people involved each calendar
year.
CQ Weekly. (Previously titled Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report.)
Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Most recent in REFERENCE JK 1 C653.
Previous years in PERIODICALS. Weekly journal covering the U.S.
Congress and legislation.
CQ Researcher. Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Current news and analysis on Congress and major public policy issues.
Congressional Record and Congressional Record Index.
United States. Government Printing Office. PERIODICALS. Contains the
record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress.
LexisNexis Congressional. Lexis/Nexis Academic Services (Also available in print as the CIS Index, or CIS index to
publications of the United States Congress
DOCUMENTS REFERENCE Z1223.A2 C61) Widely respected as the most
comprehensive index of all congressional publications, Congressional
Universe also contains background information about legislation and
Congress in sections such as Members and Inside Washington.
Congressional Yellow Book. Washington Monitor. LAW REFERENCE JK1083 .C74 volume:issue year Provides directory of key Congressional aides.
Directory of congressional voting scores and interest group ratings.
CQ Press. REFERENCE JK1051 .S555 2000 vol. 1 & 2. A compilation of
voting study comparisons and interest group rating data on every member
of Congress who has served from 1947 through 1999.
National Journal. Government Research Corp. PERIODICALS. Weekly journal covering the U.S. Congress and legislation.
Politics in America. Congressional Quarterly. REFERENCE JK1012 .C63 year. Includes short biographies, constituency profiles, ratings by major groups, and voting records.
Women in Congress: 1917-1990.
United States. House of Representatives. Office of the Historian.
REFERENCE JK1030.A2 W65 1991. Provides biographical information on the
women who have served in the U.S. House of Representatives through 1990.
Vital Statistics on Congress, 1993-1994. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. LAW REFERENCE AND REFERENCE. JK1041 .V58 year.
Contains data on Members of Congress, including information on
elections, campaign finance, Congressional staff and operating
expenses, workload, and budgeting.
Official reports of the U.S. Congress (also available on GPO ACCESS and THOMAS):
- Financial
disclosure reports of members of the U.S. House of Representatives of
the ... Congress from ... submitted to the Clerk of the House pursuant
to 2 U.S.C. [section] 703(a). U.S. House of Representatives. DOCUMENTS STACKS and LAW MICROFORMS. Y 1.1/7:Congress-report number. Check in Ignacio or LexisNexis Congressional for the report number for a specific year.
- Report of the Clerk of the House. U.S. House of Representatives. DOCUMENTS STACKS and LAW MICROFORMS. Y 1.1/7:Congress-report number. Check in LexisNexis Congressional for the report number for a specific year.
- Constitution, Jefferson's manual, and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United States. U.S. House of Representatives. DOCUMENTS STACKS and LAW MICROFORMS. Y 1.1/7:Congress-report number. Check in Ignacio or LexisNexis Congressional for the report number for a specific year.
- Report of the Secretary of the Senate. U.S. Senate. DOCUMENTS STACKS and LAW MICROFORMS. Y 1.1/3:Congress-report number. Check in Ignacio or LexisNexis Congressional for the report number for a specific year.
- Standing Rules of the Senate. U.S. Senate. DOCUMENTS STACKS and LAW MICROFORMS. Y 1.1/3:Congress-report number. Check in LexisNexis Congressional for the report number for a specific year.
