pending and enacted state legislation, bill status and other bill information for the 50 states, DC, Congress and Puerto Rico. Issue summaries, not opinion or argument. (go to Research, then Bill or Statute Summaries)
Run by an independent entity, GovTrack allows you to sign up for alerts to track specific bills' progress through Congress. Tracks bills and votes from 1789-present.
House and Senate documents contain various kinds of materials ordered to be printed by both chambers of Congress. Documents can include reports of executive departments and agencies, as well as committee prints, that were ordered to be printed as documents.
Legislative histories beginning 1969, hearing witness testimony, bill tracking. Full histories available only after 1998. Keyword searchable.
Formerly Lexis-Nexis Congressional. This collection includes the full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, and the full text of public laws and other research materials to enable both novice and experienced researchers to complete many types of research projects using a single, user-friendly interface. Since Congress is interested in all public policy, social, and economic issues, the database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws.
Congressional publications: CRS reports 1916-2003-- Hearings 1824-2003-- House & Senate documents 1817-1969-- House & Senate reports 1817-1969-- Serial set 1789-2003-- Serial set maps 1789-2007 -- Executive Branch documents 1789-1942.
Comprehensive federal legislative histories published by the U.S. GPO and private publishers, as well as a unique finding aid based on Nancy Johnson’s award-winning work, Sources of Compiled Legislative Histories
Videos from previous hearings. Livestreams when available for current hearings. Committee schedules available in the right navigation menu of this page.
In-depth reports on public policy, politics, congressional legislation, elections, status of bills in play, behind-the-scenes maneuvering, committee and floor activity, debates and all roll-call votes. Goes back to 1983.
