Government Information Research Guide
Topics
Legislative Branch
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 to the present
Search by name, position, state, party, year, or Congress.
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Directory
Congressional Hearings (1833 to the present)
Search UMass Amherst Library Catalog.
Congressional Record
Daily transcript of what happens on the floor of Congress. For UMass Amherst holdings, go to the Library Catalog and use "title begins with" and enter Congressional Record.
Congressional Research Service Reports
Non-partisan reports.
Contacting the Congress
Government Accountability Office
Examines the use of public funds, evaluates federal programs and activities, and provides analyses, options, recommendations, and other assistance to help the Congress make effective oversight, policy, and funding decisions.
House of Representatives
How Representatives and Senators Voted on the Issues
Both the Senate and House of Representatives maintain voting records, known as "roll call votes." For UMass Amherst holdings, go to the Library Catalog and use "title begins with" and enter Congressional Record. Online: Senate (1989 through the present) House of Representatives (1990 through the present)
How Our Laws are Made
Legislative History
Guide to understanding the legislative process and compiling a legislative history.
Legistorm
Searchable and browsable database of all congressional staff salaries.
Policy Agendas Project
Collects and organizes data from various archives sources to trace changes in the national policy agenda and public policy outcomes since the Second World War. Allows you to create graphs and charts of Congressional priorities.
Resources for Legislative Researchers
Links with annotations to government records, issues, campaigns, partisan congressional sites, education resources, and voting records.
Senate
Thomas (Library of Congress)
Search for bills, status of bills and amendments, Congressional Record, and committee information. Includes general information about the legislative process.
U. S. Congress (GPO Access)
Searchable database of congressional publications including bills, committee prints, hearings, and reports.
U.S. Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)
Browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991. The data comes from several sources: the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Women in Congress site and the Women in the Senate page, THOMAS, and the Web sites of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives.
U.S. Congressional Bibliographies
Comprehensive lists of Senate hearings, prints, and publications from 1983 to the present. Includes lists of House committee meetings recorded in the Congressional Record's Daily Digest from 1985 to the present; statistical summaries record of each Senate committee that lists the number of hearings held by that committee, the number of hearings printed and unprinted by the Government Printing Office (GPO), and a numerical grade that represents how well each committee informed the nation of its activities through the publishing of transcripts from its hearings. Searchable.
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