Congressional Collections at Archival Repositories

The history of the U.S. Congress is documented in the official records of Congress, the private and personal papers of members of Congress, and many other sources. Official records and some personal papers are located in the National Archives at the Center for Legislative Archives, but most personal papers are geographically dispersed in repositories around the country. This list of Internet sources which provide information about congressional holdings is presented alphabetically by name of institution or organization.

Congressional Research Service Reports on Congress

A collection of CRS reports, mainly detailing procedural and administrative activities in Congress.

A Guide to Research Collections of Former Members of the United States House of Representatives, 1789-1987.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1988.

R328.73 G941 - Butler Reference

Y 1.1/7:100-171 - Offsite

A Guide to Research Collections of Former United States Senators, 1789-1995.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1995.

CD 3043 .G85 1983 - Lehman

B016.091Un1 G945 - Rare Books

Y 1.1/3:103-35 - U.S. Government Documents (microfiche)

Guide to the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives at the National Archives, 1789-1989 (Record Group 233)

Covers the period 1789-1989. Discusses jurisdiction, history, and records created by each committee during the period. Indexed.

Guide to the Records of the U.S. Senate at the National Archives (Record Group 46)

Covers the period 1789-1989. Discusses jurisdiction, history, and records created by each committee during the period. Indexed.

Guide to the Records of the Joint Committees of Congress 1789-1968 (Record Group 128)

Martin, Fenton S.

How to Research Congress.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1996.

JK 1108 .M349 1996 - Lehman

McKinney, Richard J.

Federal Legislative History Research: a Practitioner's Guide to Compiling the Documents and Sifting for Legislative Intent.

Sears, Jean L.

Using Government Information Sources: Print and Electronic. 3rd ed.

Phoenix : Oryx Press, 2001.

Z 1223 .Z7 S4 2001 - Lehman

Several chapters serve as excellent guides: Legislative History, Historical Searches, and chapters on subject searches. Highly recommended.

Society of American Archivists. Task Force on Congressional Documentation.

The Documentation of Congress. 1992.

Y 1.3:S.Pub. 102-20 - Offsite

CD 3042 .A5 C6 1992g - Butler, Offsite

A report of a study of the archival sources that document the operations of Congress, useful for its detailed descriptions of how Congress works and its annotated bibliography of finding aids for the official records of Congress.

Congressional Papers Roundtable

Zwirn, Jerrold.

Congressional Publications and Proceedings: Research on Legislation, Budgets, and Treaties. 2nd ed.

Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1988.

JK 1067 .Z85 1988 - Lehman

R328.73 AZ99 - Butler Reference

Almanac of American Politics. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : Barone & Co, 1974-

JK 271 .A43 - Lehman, Butler Reference

Provides detailed information about each State and Congressional District, their Senators and Representatives, their backgrounds, records, voting records, and election results.

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy

The Avalon Project will mount digital documents relevant to the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government. It includes many of the documents which record the founding of the United States, as well as others which reflect U.S. expansion and activities.

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-2005.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 2005.

JK 1010 .A5 2005 - Lehman

Byrd, Robert C.

The Senate, 1789-1989 : Addresses on the History of the United States Senate. 4 vols.

Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1988-1994.

JK 1158 .B97 1988 - Butler

An extremely valuable set that details the development of the U.S. Senate from its earliest beginnings. The first volume covers the Senate's chronological development, 1789-present. The second volume is organized topically, covering the Senate's powers, leadership, organization, and setting. The third volume contains the full text of important speeches delivered by U.S. senators since 1830. The fourth volume contains a wealth of statistical data on Congress.

Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1789-1946. 4 vols.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2002.

JK 1029 .C64 2002 - Lehman

Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992. 2 vols.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1993-2002.

JK 1029 .N45 1993 - Lehman

Also, Committee Histories is a bibliography of official histories of Senate and House committees, with links to the full text of some of the histories.

Congress and the Nation. Quadrennial.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 1945-

KF 49 .C65 - Lehman

Each volume covers governmental action during a four-year presidential term, divided into broad themes like Economic Policy, Foreign Policy, or Housing and Urban Aid, with chronologies and further references.

Congressional Districts in the 1970s.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, 1974.

JK1341 .C6 1974 - Lehman

Congressional Districts in the 1980s.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1983.

JK1341 .C63 1983 - Lehman

Congressional Districts in the 1990s: a Portrait of America.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly Inc., c1993.

JK 1341 .C64 1993 - Lehman

Congressional Districts in the 2000s: a Portrait of America.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2003.

JK 1341 .C65 2003 - Lehman

Congressional Quarterly's Guide to Congress. 5th ed. 2 vols.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2000.

JK 1021 .C565 2000 - Lehman

R328.73 C76321 - Butler Reference

CongressLink

CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. The site also hosts lesson plans and reference and historical materials related to congressional topics. It is sponsored by the Dirksen Congressional Center.

CQ Electronic Library

Access the full text of several CQ reference titles. Search each title individually, or across titles. Individual titles are listed below. Check CLIO for print holdings.

Congressional Quarterly's Politics in America. Biennial.

Contains lengthy profiles of each congressperson - ideology, political history, voting record, election results, committees, finances, key votes, interest group ratings.

CQ Almanac. Annual.

CQ covers everything that goes on in Congress and is well indexed. It's useful to determine dates, chronologies, bill titles and numbers. Also a good source for a succinct analysis of the issues related to a particular piece of legislation. Use CQ Weekly, in the Current Events section, for current legislation, the annual almanac for prior years. Congressional Quarterly is the best source to use for initial identification of legislation to research.

CQ Congress Collection

CQ Congress Collection provides an analytical survey of the history and development, powers, personalities, current developments, and legislation considered and passed by the United States Congress. Data with nonbiased commentary is organized under four sections: Public Policy Legislation, Members of Congress (includes biographical, political, and electoral data), CQ Key Votes, and Legislative Branch (provides encyclopedic information, statistical data, legislative analysis, and Supreme Court case summaries).

CQ Voting and Elections Collection

Integrates data, authoritative analyses, concise explanations, and historical material to provide a research and reference tool on voting and elections in America. From the American voter, to major and minor political parties, to actual races for Congress, the presidency, and governorships, the collection provides context-driven intelligence on the state of elections in America. Chronological coverage varies by office. Presidential coverage begins 1789. Election data can be downloaded.

Vital Statistics on American Politics. Annual

Davidson, Roger H.

Congress and Its Members. 9th ed.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2004.

JK 1021 .D38 2004 - Butler, Lehman

Dubin, Michael J.

United States Congressional Elections, 1788-1997.

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1998.

R328.73 D85 - Butler Reference

Election data for each Congress, arranged alphabetically by state and congressional district, giving candidate's names, party affilation, popular vote, and percentage of the vote. Each election ends with a statistical summary, notes, and a bibliography.

Enciso, Carmen E.

Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995.

Washington, DC : U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

Y 1.1/7:103-325 - U.S. Government Documents (microfiche)

Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations. 2 vols.

Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1973-

JK 468 .C7 E52 - Lehman

JK 468 .C7 E52 - Butler Reference

Encyclopedia of Interest Groups and Lobbyists in the United States. 2 vols.

Armonk, NY : Sharpe Reference, c2000.

JK 1118 .N47 2000 - Lehman

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 6 vols.

New York : Macmillan Reference USA, c2000.

KF 4548 .E53 2000 - Lehman, Barnard Reference

R342.733 En191 - Butler Reference

The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress.

New York : Facts On File, c2007.

JK 1021 .D48 2007 - Lehman

Comprehensive essays on all major topics relating to Congress, with bibliographies.

Guide to House and Senate Members

This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 111th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources.

Kravitz, Walter.

Congressional Quarterly’s American Congressional Dictionary. 3rd ed.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2001.

JK 9 .K73 2001 - Barnard

LegiStorm

The LegiStorm web site provides salary information for all Congressional staff positions, and a comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.

The Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries

"The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians are Buried "

Ragsdale, Bruce A.

Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989.

Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O., 1990.

E 185.96 .R25 1990 - Butler

Black Members of the United States Congress, 1870-2004, from the Congressional Research Service

Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview, from the Congressional Research Service

United States. Bureau of the Census.

Congressional District Atlas. Biennial. 1983-

G 1201 .F7 U54 - Lehman, Butler Reference

For each state, includes a map of the state showing each district, maps of each district with inset maps showing district boundaries which do not follow county boundaries, and tables for places, counties, districts and counties, and American Indian reservations.

Congressional Districts - 110th Congress: Printable Maps, from nationalatlas.gov

United States Senate Election, Expulsion and Censure Cases, 1793-1990.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1995.

Y 1.1/3:103-33 - U.S. Government Documents Microfiche

Expulsion and Censure : a brief listing of the cases

Vital Statistics on Congress. Semiannual.

Washington, D.C. : American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1980-

JK 1041 .V58 - Lehman

Online edition for 1997-1998

Who's Who in American Politics. Biennial.

New York : Bowker, 1967/68-

E176 .W48 - Lehman

R041 W696 - Butler Reference

Women in Congress, 1917-2006.

Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2006.

Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 14903 - Offsite

ABC Pol Sci: Advance Bibliography of Contents, Political Science and Government. Monthly.

Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1969-1994.

Z 7161 .A214 - Offsite

A Table of Contents list, author and subject index to journals in the fields. Since 1984, also available as part of Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, below.

Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789-1909.

NY : Kraus Reprint, 1962.

R328.734 D6111 - Butler Reference

Lists documents in SuDocs number order, with agency index and a list of Serial Set volumes with contents.

CQ.com

CQ.com is a compehensive legislative information system, provided by Congressional Quarterly.

CQ Electronic Library

The CQ Electronic Library provides full text to many of Congressional Quarterly's respected reference titles.

GPO Access: Legislative Branch Resources

GPO Access allow you to search and retrieve full text for many Congressional publications, including bills, laws, committee prints, hearings, documents, and the Congressional Record.

International Political Science Abstracts. Online 1989-present, updated quarterly.

Paris: International Political Science Association, 1951-

JA 36 .I5 - Lehman (1951-1999)

LexisNexis Congressional

LexisNexis Congressional is the most comprehensive online resource available for congressional publications and legislative research. Included are: Committee Hearings, Committee Prints, Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports, House and Senate Documents, House and Senate Reports, Senate Executive Reports, Senate Executive Treaty Documents, Legislative Histories, Statutes at Large, the Serial Set and Serial Set Maps. Most of the content is full text.

Poore, Benjamin P.

A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881.

R328.734 AUn3 - Butler Reference

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Thomas is a source for much Congressional information and publication, including full text of bills, public laws, and the Congressional Record.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1789-1980

The bound, sequentially numbered volumes of all the Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives constitute a rich source of primary source material on all aspects of American history. Upon completion, the digital version of the Serial Set will consist of approximately 13,800 volumes and over 12 million pages.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Division of Documents.

Comprehensive Index to the Publications of the United States Government, 1881-1893.

Washington, Govt. print. off., 1905.

R328.734 A11 Q - Butler Reference

328.734 A11 Q - Butler

Commonly known as "Ames" for the author, John G. Ames, it is in a simple dictionary format, giving Congress, session, and report numbers.

United States Political Science Documents. Annual (Ceased).

Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1975-1991.

JA 51 .U55 - Lehman

Indexed and abstracted major journals in political science, history, economics, public administration, foreign policy, international affairs, and related areas.

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

The database contains abstracts of books and articles from professional journals and major news magazines, devoted to North American and international politics.

Goehlert, Robert.

Members of Congress: a Bibliography.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1996.

Z 7165 .U5 G568 1996 - Lehman

R016.32873 G552 - Butler Reference

Goehlert, Robert.

The United States Congress: a Bibliography.

New York : Free Press, 1982.

Z 716 5.U5 G575 - Lehman

R328.73 AG55 - Butler Reference

Continued by the next title:

Goehlert, Robert.

The United States Congress: an Annotated Bibliography, 1980-1993.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1995.

Z 7165 .U5 M285 1994 - Lehman

R016.32873 G5521 - Butler Reference

Miler, Cynthia Pease.

Congressional Archives: Selected Bibliography

Quatennens, Jo Anne McCormick.

Senators of the United States: a Historical Bibliography.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1995.

R016.32873 Q28 - Butler Reference

Y 1.1/3:103-34 - U.S. Government Documents (microfiche)

Union List of Legislative Histories. 7th ed.

Alexandria, Va. : Law Librarians' Society of Washington, 2000.

KF4 .U644 2000g - Lehman

A list of "the libraries in the Washington, D.C., area that have compiled in-house legislative histories or or have acquired published histories for particular laws of the U.S." It includes laws through the 105th Congress (1998).

The United States Senate: an Institutional Bibliography, 1789-present

This selective bibliography, compiled by the United States Senate Historical Office, is designed to provide general readers and scholars with a guide to articles, documents, and books on the institutional development of the Senate. In addition to covering the fundamental powers of the Senate, the bibliography includes sources on Senate practices, customs, and rules of procedure.

U.S. Congressional Bibliographies: compiled at North Carolina State University Libraries

The U.S. Congressional Bibliographies enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted. Its sources are the Congressional Record's "Daily Digest" and bibliographic information supplied by the U.S. Senate Library. Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees.

Almanac of the Unelected: Staff of the U.S. Congress. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : Almanac Publishing, 1988-

JK 1083 .A77 - Lehman

Congressional Directory. Annual. 1970-

JK 1011 .Un3 - Lehman

Contains biographies, committee assignments and staff members, maps of congressional districts.

Congressional Staff Directory. Annual.

Washington, DC : CQ Press, 1959-

JK 1012 .C65 - Latest in Lehman Reference, Latest in Butler Reference

328.73 C765 - Butler (1959-1985)

Encyclopedia of Governmental Advisory Organizations. Irregular.

Detroit : Gale Research, 1973-

JK 468 .C7 E52 - Lehman, Latest in Butler Reference

Includes entries for over 6,800 permanent, continuing, and ad hoc U.S. Presidential Advisory Committees, Congressional Advisory Committees, Public Advisory Committees, Interagency Committees, and other government-related boards, panels, task forces, commissions, conferences, and other similar bodies, from 1837 to the present.

Guide to House and Senate Members

This online Guide to the House and Senate Members of the 110th Congress is intended to be a single point of access for Member information from several different official sources.

Lobbying Database: from the Center for Responsive Politics

Pearson, Joyce A. McCray.

U.S. Government Directories, 1982-1995.

Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited, 1998.

R016.353 P31 - Butler Reference

Z 7165 .U5 P42 1998 - Lehman

Earlier edition, 1970-1981, at Z 7164.A2 G685 1984 - Lehman.

U.S. Government Manual. Annual. 1973/74-

JK 421 .Un34 - Lehman

The organization manual for the Federal government; lists major officials in each agency, and information on the agency's programs and responsibilities.

Washington Information Directory: a Guide to National Organizations and Government Agencies.

Washington, Congressional Quarterly, inc., 1975-

F 192.3 .W33 - Lehman, Butler

Washington Representatives. Annual.

Washington, Columbia Books, 1979-

JK 1118 .W38 - Lehman

A compilation of Washington representatives of the major national associations, labor unions and U.S. companies; registered foreign agents; lobbyists; lawyers; law firms; and special interest groups, together with their clients and areas of legislative and regulatory concern.

The Legislative Process

Johnson, Charles W., III.

How Our Laws Are Made.

Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : 2003.

Y 1.1/7:108-93 - Offsite

The Legislative Process, from the U.S. Senate

The Legislative Process, from the U.S. House of Representatives

Mikva, Abner J.

Legislative Process.

Boston : Little, Brown, 1995.

KF 4945 .M54 1995g - Lehman

Oleszek, Walter J.

Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process. 5th ed.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, c2001.

KF 4937 .O43 2001 - Lehman Reference

Rules and Precedents of the House

Standing Rules of the Senate

Congressional Voting Records

CQ.com: Floor Votes

The latest votes from Congress -- updated hourly.

CQ Congress Collection

The Floor Votes section provides searching and browsing of Congressional votes back to the 79th Congress (1945-1947).

C-SPAN Congressional Vote Search

Covers votes from 1996, searchable by subject, date, member, or vote number.

Congressional Roll Call. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 1969-

JK 1 .C6335 - Latest in Lehman Reference, Latest in Butler Reference

National Taxpayers Union Rates Congress

Every year National Taxpayers Union (NTU) rates U.S. Representatives and Senators on their actual votes--every vote that affects taxes, spending, and debt. NTU assigned weights to the votes, reflecting the importance of each vote's effect on federal spending. The Taxpayer Score measures the strength of support for reducing spending and opposing higher taxes. In general, a higher score is better because it means a member of Congress voted to spend less money.

Project Vote Smart

A non-partisan site tracking the performance of the President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators.

Public Interest Research Group's Legislative Scorecard

Sharp, J. Michael.

The Directory of Congressional Voting Scores and Interest Group Ratings. 2 vols. 3rd ed. 2000.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Quarterly, c1997.

JK 1051 .S555 2000 - Lehman Reference

U.S. Congress Votes Database

This site, washingtonpost.com's U.S. Congress Votes Database, is a deep database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991). It lets you browse votes in a variety of ways -- both in aggregate and for individual members of Congress.

Voter Information Services, Inc.

Voting records for members of Congress, and ratings of members of Congress based on their votes on legislation supported or opposed by over 20 special interest//lobbying groups.

Capitol Spotlight

A joint service of C-Span and CQ (below), each weekly issue focuses on a specific issue.

Congress.org

This site allows Internet users to access a complete and reliable directory of information about the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.

Congress & the Presidency. Semiannual.

Washington, D.C. : American University, 1981-

JK 1021 .C592 - Lehman

Congressional Digest. Monthly.

Washington, D.C. : Congressional Digest, Inc., 1932-1991.

JK 1 .C65 - Lehman

F3041 - Offsite Microfilm (1921-1931)

CQ Weekly. 

Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly, 1948-

Current - Lehman Periodicals Room

Bound - JK 1 .C15 Lehman (1969-present)

JK 1 .C15 - Current Issues in Butler Reference

328.73 C762 - Butler (1948-1984)

CQ covers everything that goes on in Congress, indexed; useful to determine dates, chronologies, bill titles and numbers.

FedNet: Live Audio Broadcasts of the United States Congress

FedNet was formed to provide new and emerging industries with audio and video programming and data services focusing on government issues of national and state and local interests. Base programming includes live coverage of the floor of the United States Senate and House of Representatives along with gavel to gavel coverage of key Congressional Hearings.

The Hill: the Capitol Newspaper

The Hill reports and analyzes the actions of Congress as it struggles to reconcile the needs of those it represents with the legitimate needs of the administration, lobbyists and the news media. We explain the pressures confronting policy-makers, and the many ways - often unpredictable - that decisions are made.

National Journal. Biweekly. 1981-

JK 1 .N28 - Lehman

Current Issues - Lehman Periodicals

National Journal Group’s Policy Central

A collection of resources on U.S. politics and policy, including the National Journal, The Hotline, Congress Daily, Technology Daily, Poll Track, Ad Spotlight, and The Almanac of American Politics. Also provides Congressional markup reports and update reports on key legislation.

OMB Watch

OMB Watch has a long history of encouraging the public's right-to-know and public access to government information. During the 1990s, OMB Watch expanded its role to include oversight of policy and legislative issues that address public access to government information.

Roll Call Online
Compiled by "the newspaper of Capitol Hill," Web users can tap into Roll Call's wealth of knowledge and learn about the hottest news scoops and the lowdown on every Congressional election in the nation. There's also commentary from noted columnists Morton Kondracke, Charlie Cook, Stu Rothenberg, and Norm Ornstein. And don't miss the Roll Call Files, the renowned lists and assessments that will keep you up-to-date.

U.S. House of Representatives

The U.S. House of Representatives' web service provides public access to legislative information as well as information about Members, Committees, and Organizations of the House and to other U.S. government information resources.

U.S. Senate

The United States Senate's web server provides information from and about the members of the Senate, Senate Committees, and Senate leadership and support offices. This evolving service also provides general background information about U.S. Senate legislative procedures, Senate facilities in the U.S. Capitol, and the history of the Senate.

Annals of Congress. 42 vols.

1789-1824.

Calendars of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation. Weekly.

Y 1.2/2: - Offsite

Status of legislation.

The web version is Current House Floor Proceedings

Congressional Globe. Daily.

1833-1873.

Butler Library (microfilm)

Congressional Record. Daily.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1873-

Microfilm FN 73 - Lehman (1873-1996)

328.732 E - Butler (1874-1981)

KF 35 .U5 - Butler (1981-1994)

A verbatim record of the activities of Congress on the floor of each house. It records introduction of bills, sponsors, committee referrals.

About the Congressional Record

Congressional Record Index. Biweekly.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1873-

Microfilm FN 73 - Lehman Library

Each issue contains the section "History of Bills and Resolutions," which traces the legislative process. It is cumulated into annual bound volumes, which contain a "Daily Digest" section, with a chronology of actions, a name and subject index, and the "History of Bills and Resolutions" index.

About the Congressional Record Index

Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Washington, D.C. : Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, 2009-

Issued each Monday, it is the most comprehensive source of presidential materials, including vetoes, signing statements, and actions on legislation. Replaces the Weekly Compilation, below.

See The Legal Significance of Presidential Signings, from the Dept. of Justice (1993) for a discussion of the utilization of Presidential signings and their legal standing.

Digest of Public General Bills and Resolutions. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1936-1990.

LC 14.6: - Offsite (1969-1990)

328.73 Un31 - Butler Library (1940/41-1970)

J 52 .A32 - Butler Library (1971/72)

Provides a description of all bills and resolutions of the year, action taken on bills (whether they passed into law or not), and several indexes.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

The Continental Congress Broadside Collection (253 titles) and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection (21 titles) contain 274 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution. Items include extracts of the journals of Congress, resolutions, proclamations, committee reports, treaties, and early printed versions of the United States Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most Broadsides are one page in length, others range from 1 to 28 pages.

Federal Impeachment Materials: Also Condemnation, Censure, Reprimand, and Reproval Materials

Prepared by the Congressional Information Service.

This page provides bibliographic references to primary source materials of the U.S. Congress on impeachment cases, censure cases, and related Congressional reproval actions. The listings are grouped into Impeachment and Censure sections. Each entry in each section is accessible by name alphabetically, by name chronologically, and by result of initiated action. The individual entries, showing personal name, position, date and outcome of actions, contain references to the Congressional Record and its predecessors, the Journals of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, Serial Set documents and reports, Congressional Committee hearings, prints, and unpublished hearings, and bills and resolutions.

Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1789-

KF 46 .A22 - Butler (1983/1984-present)

328.734 E111 - Butler (Jan. 3, 1953-Jan. 3, 1983)

XJH: [cong-sess] - U.S. Government Documents CD-ROM (102nd Congress, 1991 - 103rd Congress, 1994)

1st-16th Congresses, 1789-1821

102nd (1991) - present

Journal of the Senate of the United States of America. Annual.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1789-

KF 45 .A22 - Butler (1985-present)

328.734 E21 - Butler (Jan. 3, 1953-Nov. 29, 1984)

Journals of the Continental Congress.

J 10 .A52 - Butler

Index at J 10 .A5 - Butler.

First Continental Congress: 9/5/1774-10/26/1774.

Second Continental Congress: 5/10/1775-3/2/1789.

Maclay, William.

Journal of William Maclay, United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789-1791. Ed. by Edgar S. Maclay.

New York, Appleton, 1890.

J 15 .M2 1969 - Butler

973.4 M2231 - Butler

Major Legislation of the Congress. Monthly.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1980-1992.

LC 14.18: - Offsite

Contains summaries of the "major" legislation introduced in Congress, with indexes by title and bill number.

Slip laws.

Text of laws printed individually, public and private (affects only an individual) .

U. S. Code.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1925-

Law Library

Subject arrangement of law, recumulated every 6 years, with annual supplements in between.

About the United States Code

United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

U.S. Congress. Senate.

Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America.

Washington : Printed by order of the Senate of the United States, 1828- (Washington : Printed by Duff Green)

MICROFLM FN 2522 - Butler Microfilm R.R. (1st-4th, Mar./Sept 1789-1837)

328.731 E2 - Butler (Vol. 1-vol. 125, 1828-1983)

JK 1251 .A3 - Butler (v.120, 1978- )

U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787).

Jonathan Elliot's Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution as Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787.

Cumberland, Va. : J. River Press, 1989-

KF 4502 .U55 1787 - Butler

U.S. Constitutional Convention (1787).

The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 / Edited by Max Farrand. Rev. ed.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1966.

KF 4510 .U547 1937g - Milstein, Butler

U.S. Congressional Serial Set.

Washington, D.C. : GPO, 1817-

328.734 - Offsite

23rd (1834-35), 56th (1899), and 58th (1904-05) Congresses

A bound compilation of Congressional reports and documents. In the earlier years, it also included some executive branch documents.

An Overview of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set, by Richard J. McKinney, Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Schedule of Volumes to the U.S. Congressional Serial Set 1970 to Current: enables you to determine which volume of the Serial Set contains individual Congressional documents and reports.

U.S. Congressional Serial Set: What It Is and Its History, by Virginia Saunders, Government Printing Office

U.S. Statutes at Large. Annual.

Online versions: 109th Congress, 2nd Session (2006), Volume 120 - present, 1789-present

A compilation of the laws passed each session, with a brief legislative history.

United States Statutes and the United States Code: Historical Outlines, Notes, Lists, Tables, and Sources, from the Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.

Washington, D.C. : Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, 1965-

Online version: 1993-2008, 1965-2004

AE 2.109: - Offsite (1976-2000)

J 80 .A284 - Butler Library (1965-1976)

Issued each Monday, it is the most comprehensive source of presidential materials, including vetoes, signing statements, and actions on legislation. Superceded by the Daily Compilation, above.

See The Legal Significance of Presidential Signings, from the Dept. of Justice (1993) for a discussion of the utilization of Presidential signings and their legal standing.

Architect of the Capitol

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

Provides Congress with budget-related information and analyses of alternative fiscal and program policies; presents options to Congress and outlines possible budgetary impact of pending legislation; forecasts of economic trends and budgetary implications.

Prepares the Budget and Economic Outlook - Y 10.13: - Offsite - annual report on major budgetary options.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

"Watchdog of the executive branch." The Government Accountability Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO exists to support the Congress in meeting its Constitutional responsibilities and to help improve the performance and accountability of the federal government for the American people. GAO 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. The former name of GAO was General Accounting Office.

The Background and History of GAO

GAO History, 1921-1991

GA 1.13:OP-3-HP -U.S. Government Documents

Reports and Testimony

Trask, Roger R.

Defender of the Public Interest: the General Accounting Office, 1921-1966.

Washington, D.C. : GAO, 1996.

GA 1.2:D 36 - Offsite

The Library of Congress

Includes links to the American Memory Collection, the Library of Congress Information System (LOCIS), and the Copyright Office.

Congressional Research Service (CRS)

CRS, a branch of the Library of Congress, is scrupulously objective and nonpartisan. It does reference and prepares research reports at the request of members of Congress, their staff, and Congressional committees; prepares Issue Briefs, 15-page analyses of major policy issues at the beginning of each session.

You can request current CRS reports from your congressperson's office.

Congressional Research Service Reports: full text, 2003-present, from Penny Hill Press and GalleryWatch.com

Indexed by:
Major Studies and Issue Briefs of the Congressional Research Service, 1916-1989, 1990-2003.
Annual.
Washington, D.C., University Publications of America, 1989-2004.
Z 1223 .Z7 M34 1989g & Suppl. - Lehman Reference Index Table
Microfilm FN 2257 - Lehman

Stephen Young, a law reference librarian at The Catholic University of America, has written a very useful article, CRS Reports, which provides a brief history of CRS and its products and numerous links to CRS reports on the web.

Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Archive

The OTA closed on September 29, 1995. During its 23-year history, OTA provided Congressional members and committees with analysis of the scientific and technological issues that are increasingly relevant to public policy and legislative action. A CD-ROM set (Y 3.T 22/2:2 L 52/v.1-5/CD - U.S. Government Documents) contains all the formally issued reports of the Office of Technology Assessment, as well as many background papers and contractor papers -- over 100,000 pages of the best available analyses of the scientific and technical policy issues of the past two decades. An article, "Rebuilding the Office of Technology Assessment," in the Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/1/96, suggesed that OTA might be revived by the 105th Congress if enough support was forthcoming from the academic community. It wasn't.

U.S. Botanic Garden

The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, at American University

The Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies (CCPS) provides an integrated teaching, research, and study program focusing on Congress and the presidency and the interactions of these two basic American institutions.

The Center for Responsive Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics, through its web site, opensecrets.org, is a non-partisan, non-profit research group that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy. The Center conducts computer-based research on campaign finance issues for the news media, academics, activists, and the public at large. The CenterUs work is aimed at creating a more educated voter, an involved citizenry, and a more responsive government.

The Center on Congress at Indiana University

The central goal of the Center is to improve public understanding of Congress.

Congressional Accountability Project

Congressional Management Foundation

The Congressional Management Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to helping congressional offices improve their management practices.

National Committee for an Effective Congress