Politics 3O: The United States Congress
Pomona College
Prof. David Menefee-Libey

Legislative Links to Congress


The legislative process:

» The Thomas guide to the House legislative process

» The Thomas guide to the Senate legislative process

» The House Rules Committee's procedural manual

» The Senate's description of its legislative process

Tracking Legislation:

» Thomas: Federal Legislative Information on the Internet, including current and recent legislative activity, bills submitted, floor speeches, committee hearings and reports

Federal Law (The U.S. Code)

» The Lexis-Nexis "Congressional Compass," which allows searches for laws, bills, hearings, legislative histories, etc.

» Government Printing Office Search engine, which also allows search for other U.S. Government Documents

Regulations (the detailed Executive Branch elaboration of legislation)

» Lexis-Nexis "Congressional Compass" search engine for the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations

» Search the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations here also

Other federal resources:

» U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economics and Statistics Administration

» U.S. Census Bureau

» The Census Bureau Data Map

» The Census Bureau State Data Centers

» Statistical Abstract of the United States

» U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

» National Center for Education Statistics

» STAT-USA (unified site for all federal statistics)