LegiStorm
A database of congressional staff salaries and other valuable public records, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.
Congressional Quarterly
Breaking Washington news and scheduling updates.
Sunlight Foundation: Public Markup
Opens legislative bills to online public review.
Sunlight Foundation: Earmark Watch
Resources for citizens to track congressional spending. You have to register for the site, but it helps you investigate earmarks - spending measures inserted by members of Congress into bills that direct taxpayer dollars to their pet projects. The site has more than 3,000 of them.
YouTube: Library of Congress Channel
Sunlight Foundation: Open Congress
Sunlight and the Participatory Politics Foundation run this site, which tracks bills, votes, senators and representatives. It includes an RSS feed that registers your zip code to track all the actions by your elected officials and what people are saying about them.
Roll Call: Politics Links
Links to dozens of think tanks, etc.
Center for Responsive Politics' Congressional Travel Database
Track how congressmen spend our tax money. This database is searchable by lawmaker, special-interest group sponsor or destination.
Sunlight Foundation: Online Foreign Agent Lobbying Database
The Foreign Agent Registration Act requires the Justice Department to maintain detailed reports of lobbying firms hired by foreign governments and by organizations. Just select legislators from a menu and it will show their records, lobbyist ties, etc.
GAO's Congressional Investigations
Track investigations through the General Accounting Office.
Vote-smart.org
Easy way to track a Congressman's voting record.
Library of Congress
The library's catalogs, full-text access to bills under consideration in both the House and Senate.
Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog
Analysis of proposed legislation from the official government site.
Open Congress: 50 Key Senate Votes
Library of Congress: State Resource Guides
Provides links to external Web sites and a bibliography containing selected works for both general and younger readers. This site will be updated on a regular basis.
Library of Congress Thomas Legislative Information
Find bill summaries, legislative agendas, roll call, etc.
Library of Congress: Thomas Search Engine
Tracks congressional bills as they pass through the system.
Washington Post Bill Tracker
Search bills by state, voters, those who missed a vote, vote margin, etc.
Congressional Research Service Reports
Office of the Congressional Clerk
Obtain copies of House documents that the Clerk makes available as part of the official duties of this office, including public disclosure. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
LII.org: U.S. Patriot Act Resources
Resources from the Librarian?s Index to the Internet.
House.gov
U.S. House of Representatives info. and directory
Senate.gov
U.S. Senate info. And directory.
EditorsWeb.org
Our daily service, which gathers links to governmental and congressional press releases, is used by hundreds of editors and reporters.
Lobbyist Database
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has a database of registered lobbyists. Also tracks spending in particular sectors of lobbyists.
USPresidency.com
Bios and facts on past presidents.
Special Interest Groups List
Opensecrets.org, part of the Center for Reponsive Politics, has downloadable lists of special-interest groups.
Wisconsin Advertising Project
Studies campaign spending and advertising.
FEC Info/Political Moneyline
Search PAC, soft money, lobby databases and more.
Office of Management and Budget
Technet.org
Bipartisan tech network allows you to look up tech-related bills being considered in Congress.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
Library of Congress: Time Capsule
An online collection of broadsheets, pamphlets and more, which lets you examine early American life as it was lived.
Center for Public Integrity
Has background on congressional spending, including travel.
Technet.org
Bipartisan tech network allows you to look up tech-related bills being considered in Congress.
OurDocuments.gov
Defining moments in American history, famous documents.
Congressional Accountability Project
Site, which claims to fight corruption in Congress, offers information ranging from pay and perks to ethics.
United States Constitution Search
This search engine allows you to search for words and phrases and find lists of links to the location within the text of your search terms.
Constitution Facts
This site provides insights into the men who wrote the Constitution and how it's been interpreted over the years.
U.S. Senate Glossary Page
Alphabetical list of hundreds of terms.
Presidential/Congressional nominees history
Information about all nominees (received, rejected, confirmed) for the current session of Congress. It gives names, position for which the individual was nominated and the status of their nomination.
House Energy and Commerce Committee: Majority
House Energy and Commerce Committee: Minority
Congress Online: Assessing and Improving Capitol Hill Web Sites
An analysis project funded by a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Roll Call 2008: Richest Members of Congress
History of the United States Capitol
The site's described as "a chronicle of design, construction, and politics.
Library of Congress: A Century of Law Making
Annals of the House and Senate, bills and resolutions.
National Association of Counties
WashingtonPost.com: Congress
Track daily votes in Congress. Organized by states, bills, most voted-on, etc.
Resource Shelf: Congressional Research Service Reports
Great site to visit on a regular basis. Roundups on updates, recent reports and updated old reports. You also can get an RSS feed from this page.
WSJ: 2008 Campaign Fundraising Totals
Access to this does not require a subscription to the WSJ.
Appropriations Earmarks by Agency
From the Office of Management and Budget.
Appropriations Earmarks by State
From the Office of Management and Budget.
Library of Congress: Ask a Librarian
Submit questions to a librarian. Includes a chat feature and links to various collections.
Slate.com: Online Guide to Following the Health Care Legislation
Death of Senator Ted Kennedy
Boston.com: Senator Kennedy
A deep archive on Kennedy from the Boston Globe.
Library of Congress: Links to Ted Kennedy
Books, video, bios and other resources.
Ted Kennedy Official Senate Bio
NY Times: Ted Kennedy's New York
ABCNews Politics: Ted Kennedy
Photos, story about death, archives and Facebook chat.
YouTube: Video of Kennedy's Speech at 2008 Democratic National Convention
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