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Congressional Publications
Bills and Resolutions
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Full-text of all bills and resolutions from the 101st
Congress (1989-90) to the present. Bill summary and status
information is also available from the 93rd Congress (1973-74)
to the present.
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Full-text
of bills and resolutions are available for selected
sessions of Congress, beginning with the 6th Congress
(1799-1800) in the House of Representatives, the
16th
Congress (1819-20)
in the Senate, and the
18th Congress (1824-25) for Senate Joint Resolutions.
Bills and resolutions are available
through the
year 1875.
Laws
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Full-text
of all public laws and bill summary and status information
from the 101st Congress (1989-90) to
the present. Bill summary and status information is
also available for all
public laws from the 93rd Congress
(1973-74) through the 100th Congress (1987-88).
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The
United States Statutes at Large from the first forty-three
Congresses
contains the full-text of all public
and private laws from 1789 through 1875. Every public
and private law
enacted by the Congress is
published in the Statutes at Large in order of the
date of its passage.
Debates
Congressional Record
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Full-text
of the Congressional Record from the 101st Congress
(1989-90) to the present. Printed by the Government
Printing Office, it
is the fourth
and final series of publications containing the debates
of Congress.
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Full-text
to the Congressional Record from the 43rd Congress
only (1873-75). The Daily Digest is not included.
Also contains the full text of "The Proceedings
of the Electoral Commission of 1877," which was
published in the Congressional Record, 44th Congress,
Second Session (1877).
Congressional Globe
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Full-text
of the Congressional Globe from the 23rd through 42nd
Congresses (1833-73). The Globe is the
third of the four series of publications containing the
debates of Congress.
The first five volumes of the
Globe (23rd Congress-25th Congress, 1833-37) overlap
with the Register of Debates.
Initially the Globe
contained a "condensed report" or
abstract rather than a verbatim report of the debates
and proceedings.
With the 32nd Congress (1851), however, the Globe began
to provide something approaching
verbatim transcription.
Register of Debates
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Full-text
of the Register of Debates from 18th Congress, 2nd
Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session
(1824-37). The Register of Debates is the second of
the four series
of publications containing the
debates of Congress. The Register of Debates is not a
verbatim account of the
proceedings, but rather
a summary of the "leading
debates and incidents" of the period.
Annals of Congress
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Full-text
of the Annals of Congress from the 1st Congress through
the first session of the 18th Congress
(1789-1824). The Annals of Congress were not published
contemporaneously,
but were compiled
between 1834 and 1856, using the best records available,
primarily newspaper accounts. Speeches
are paraphrased rather than presented verbatim.
Journals
House Journal
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Full-text
of the House Journal from the 1st Congress (1789-91)
through 43rd Congress (1873-75). The House
Journal is a record of the proceedings of each legislative
day in
the House of Representatives. The
House Journal should be seen as the minutes of floor
action. The House Journal
does not record the
actual debates.
Senate Journal
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Full-text
of the Senate Journal from the 1st Congress (1789-91)
through 43rd Congress (1873-75). The Senate
Journal is a record of the proceedings of each legislative
day in
the Senate. The Senate Journal should
be seen as the minutes of floor action. The Senate
Journal does not
record the actual debates.
Senate Executive Journal
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Full-text
of the Senate Executive Journal from the 1st Congress
(1789-91) through 43rd Congress (1873-75).
From its inaugural session the Senate has maintained
a record of its executive
proceedings that
relate to its functions of confirming presidential
nominees and consenting to the making of
treaties.
Reports and Documents
United States Congressional Serial Set
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Full-text
of all printed House and Senate committee reports (including
conference reports and joint committee
reports) from the 104th Congress (1995-96) to the present.
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Full-text
of selected House and Senate documents and reports
from the 23rd Congress (1833-35) through
the 64th Congress (1915-17) from the United States Congressional
Serial
Set. Only a small selection
of documents and reports from the Serial Set are available
in this collection.
American State Papers
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The
American State Papers contains the full-text of the
legislative and executive documents of Congress
during the period 1789 to 1838.
Legislative Process
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Provides the full-text of How
Our Laws are Made (House of Representatives) and Enactment
of a Law (Senate).
Roll Call Votes
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Roll call votes for the House of Representatives from
101st Congress, 2nd session, (1990) to the present and
the Senate from the 101st Congress, 1st Session, (1989)
to the present. THOMAS also contains information
on how to compile
a member's voting record.
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There is no central source for roll call votes in this
collection. However, roll call votes from 1789 to 1875 can
be located by searching in the House Journal, Senate Journal,
Senate Executive Journal, Annals of Congress, Register
of Debates, Congressional Globe and Congressional Record.
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