Congress
Congressional Record
The Legislative Process
U.S. Laws
Congressional Floor and Committee Schedules
Congressional Voting Records
Legislative Oriented Databases
Other Sources of Congressional Information
Current House Floor Proceedings
House Committee Hearing
Schedules, Documents, and Oversight Plans
Listed by committee
Senate Committee Meetings/Hearings Scheduled
Listed by date
Find Congressional Committee Schedules, Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW Restricted)
Click on "Members and Committees" for searchable House
and Senate committee schedules; includes hearings and markup
meetings
Congressional Voting Records
Voting Records, Project Vote Smart
Voting records by individual or by party. Includes most, but not all, votes
and has extensive descriptions.
Senate
Roll Call Votes (From the U.S. Senate)
1989-current; includes all votes, but with limited descriptions.
House Roll Call Votes
Scroll down to Quick Links for roll call votes for the current congress; roll call votes for 1990-2007 are found at House History
C-SPAN's Congress Resources
See Key Votes Library on this page; Covers all congressional votes from 1996 to current, but with limited descriptions.
Searchable by member of subject, congress, date, vote number or zip code
Marcive WebDocs (UW Restricted)
The Center
for Legislative Archives Congress.Org Government Resources, Thomas LegiStorm.com Project Vote Smart
The U.S. House of Representatives on YouTube
See also Political News Resources,
Elections and Practical Politics, and Political Science and Public Affairs for other
sources of information on congressional issues and activities.
E-mail: cass@u.washington.edu
Last modified:
Tuesday June 23 2009
Legislative Oriented Databases
Lexis-Nexis Congressional (UW Restricted)
Extensive database including a database of congressional publications; bills,
laws, and regulations; members of congress and committees; hot topics in Congress;
and searchable versions of the National Journal and CongressDaily
- click on "Inside Washington".
A searchable index of government publications -- including congressional
documents -- going back to 1976. Provides links to documents available on
the web, and Superintendent of Document call numbers for publications in
print (check the UW catalog to confirm it has particular publications).
Other Sources of Congressional Information
"The Center for Legislative Archives is the repository, reference center,
and outreach facility for the historically valuable records of the U.S.
Congress at the National Archives and Records Administration. The Center
holds more than 149,000 cubic feet of records dating from the First Congress
to modern Congresses."
"Congress.Org is a joint venture of two Washington, D.C. area firms with
expertise in communicating with Congress." The site includes directory information
and information about legislation, as well as performance evaluations by
special interest organizations.
Includes extensive information links about the U.S. Congress, Congressional
internet services, Legislative Branch support agencies, miscellaneous Congressional
services, and the history of Congress.
Billing itself as "transparency's sidekick," this non-partisan site
is affiliated with Washington DC based Storming
Media. Requires free registration to access certain files, and may evolve
into a fee-based service for some materials. Provides an easy mechanism for
searching thousands of Congressional trips taken on public money.
A non-profit and non-partisan voter informatin organization. Website includes
information on elected officials and candidates, including biographies and
addresses, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances, evaluations
by special interests; Information on Congress, including status of legislation,
members & committees, sponsors, voting records and vote descriptions; and
information on government and politics, including elections, federal & state
governments, issues, and politics.
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