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CaptiolUS Legislative Branch
Get information on the US House of Representatives, the US Senate and US lawmaking.

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CQ.com
From Congressional Quarterly (CQ), a publisher of Congressional information. Get congressional news. Special interest: Campaigns and Elections.

Congress.org
From Capitol Advantage, a publisher of Congressional directories. Find elected officials and issues & legislation before Congress.

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Part of the larger GPO Access site. Access Congressional Publications, House or Senate Publications, Committees of the U.S. House of Representatives, or Committees of the U.S. Senate. Special interest: Public Laws.

Grolier: Congress of the United States
Part of the larger Grolier site, The American Presidency, this portion covers Congress.

LII: United States Code
From the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School. Get the full text of the code.

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From the Library of Congress, part of the American Memory Project. Access over 23,900 pages of US lawmaking records from the Continental Congress, Constitutional Convention, the House and Senate Journals, the Senate Executive Journal, the Annals of Congress, and more.

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From the Center for Responsive Politics. A non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions. Special interest: Issue Profiles.

PBS: Online NewsHour: Congress Background Reports
Read interviews concerning issues before Congress.

Public Citizen: Congress Watch
Public Citizen is a non-profit research, lobbying and litigation organization founded by Ralph Nader. Congress Watch is currently watching the following issues: Campaign Finance Reform, Protecting Your Health, Safety and the Environment, Civil Justice/Legal Rights, Tobacco Deal, and Corporate Welfare.

Roll Call
The latest news from Congress. 

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The Library of Congress' excellent site for finding US legislative information. The searchable databases include: Congressional Record, Floor Activities - House and Senate, Major Legislation, Enacted into law, Bill Summary & Status, Bill Text, Public Laws By Law Number and much more. Special interest:  Current and historical information about Congress, Historical Documents, How Our Laws Are Made, US Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Representative is, write your Representative, access roll call votes, find out about committees and more. Special interest: The U.S. House Of Representatives Committee Office Web Services, Write Your Representative.

The Best Bet symbol indicates an exceptional resourceUSIA: An Outline of American Government: The Legislative Branch
From the United States Information Agency (USIA). Part of the larger Outline of American Government site designed to explain the US government to non-citizens, this portion of the virtual text book gives an overview of the powers of Congress and the legislative process.

The United States Senate
The homepage of the U.S. Senate. Get information on Legislative Activities, Committees, Senators, Learning About the Senate, and Other Resources. Special interest: Committees, Historical Minutes,  Historical Statistics, The Senate and the United States Constitution, Senators by State.

Yahoo! Legislative Branch
Links to the House, the Senate, agencies, bills, committees and more.

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