Congress
U.S. Senate Home Page (http://www.senate.gov/)
- - Schedule, Senators, Leadership, Committees,
- - Roll Call Votes, Rules, Glossary, History
U.S. House of Representatives Home Page (http://www.house.gov/)
- - Schedule, Members, Leadership, Committees,
- - Roll Call Votes, Rules, Historical Highlights
Capitol Switchboard
- - Senate: 202-224-3121 (Operator assistance)
- - House: 202-225-3121 (Operator assistance)
Daily Floor Action & Scheduling Information
Senate: 202-224-6191 (Republican Cloakroom)
- - 202-224-8601 (Republican Cloakroom recording)
- - 202-225-4691 (Democratic Cloakroom), Democratic Cloakroom
- - 202-224-8541 (Democratic Cloakroom recording)
House: 202-225-7350 (Republican Cloakroom), Republican Cloakroom
- - 202-225-7430 (Republican Cloakroom recording - action)
- - 202-225-2020 (Republican recording - legislative schedule)
- - 202-225-7330 (Democratic Cloakroom)
- - 202-225-7400 (Democratic Cloakroom recording - action)
- - 202-225-1600 (Democratic recording - legislative schedule)
Congressional Record Daily Digest Inquiries
- - 202-225-2868 (regarding committee meetings)
- - 202-225-1501 (chamber)
Senate Documents Room and House Legislative Resource Center
Senate: 202-224-7701 (availability of bills, reports, laws)
- - Room B-4 Hart Senate Ofc Bldg., Wash, DC 20510
- - (mailed requests include self-addressed mailing label,
- - no more than six different items can be requested)
-- fax requests to 202-228-2815
-- email requests to [email protected]
House: 202-226-5200 (availability of bills, reports, laws)
- - 202-226-4362 (to fax requests - up to 12 different items)
- - Room B-18 Ford House Ofc Bldg., Wash. D.C. 20515
- - (mailed requests include self-addressed label)
-- email requests to [email protected]
- - (202-225-3874 Chief's office - decides bill distribution)
Enrolling Clerk's Office
- - Senate: 202-224-8427 (status of bill enrollment/signatures)
- - House: 202-225-3153 (status of bill enrollment/signatures)
Executive Clerk's Office -
- - Senate: 202-224-4341 (treaties & nominations info)
Law Revision Counsel (http://uscode.house.gov/)
- - House: 202-226-2411 - Assigns U.S. Code classifications to laws;
- - Updates U.S. Code classification tables
Legis Office
- - House: 202-225-1772 (status information from 93rd Congress to present;
- - does not include upcoming scheduling information)
Legislative Counsel's Office
- - House: 202-225-6060 (Statute Compilations)
- - Senate: 202-224-6461
Parliamentarian's Office
- - Senate: 202-224-6128 (Senate procedural questions)
- - House: 202-225-7373 (House procedural questions)
Congressional Support Organizations
Congressional Budget Office Publications (http://www.cbo.gov/) - 202-226-2809 -- email requests to [email protected]
Congressional Research Service Publications - 202-707-7132
- - (Must know CRS report # and they may require you to go through a member of Congress)
- - CRS Reports on House Rules & Practices (http://archives.democrats.rules.house.gov/CRS_Rpt/index.html)
- - CRS reports on Congress & its Procedures as well as other links (http://www.llsdc.org/CRS-Congress/)
Government Accountability Office - Publications - 202-512-6000 (http://www.gao.gov/)
Government Publishing Office; GPO FDsys (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/)
- - CFR, USC, Fed. Register, Public Laws, Cong. Rec., Bills, Reports, Hearings, etc.
- - Document Orders (all materials): 202-512-1800
- - Recording for new GPO Congressional publication sales - 202-512-1809
- - (changed at 8 AM and 2 PM Monday-Friday)
- - Fax orders: 202-512-2104 (all materials)
- - Main Bookstore: 202-512-0132 710 North Capitol St. (8-4:30 pm)
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Law Library of Congress (http://www.loc.gov/law/index.php) Reading Room: 202-707-5080
Office of Public Records: 202-224-0758 (information on lobbyist registrations)
Congress.gov (replaced THOMAS) (https://www.congress.gov/)
- - Legislative Information on the Internet by the Library of Congress
- - Presidential Nominations, Treaties
Executive Branch Agencies with Legislative Information
National Archives
- - Records of Congress (http://www.archives.gov/legislative/index.html)
- - - - Center for Legislative Archives (202-501-5350 - public accessible committee files 30-50 years old; e-mail questions to [email protected])
- - - - Congressional Collections at Archival Institutions
- - Office of the Federal Register- Contact information: 202-741-6000
- - - - Publications
- - - - Federal Register
- - - - Documents on Public Inspection (tomorrow's Federal Register docs, laws)
- - - - Public Laws (Update Service 202-741-6043)
- - - - Code of Federal Regulations
- - - - Executive Orders of the President - Disposition Tables, Text
- - - - Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
State Department Office of Treaty Affairs: 202-647-1345
- - Treaty Affairs
- - Treaties in Force (listings)
White House (http://www.whitehouse.gov/; 202-456-1111)
- - Executive Clerk's Office: 202-456-2226 (recording on bills received, new laws signed, etc.)
- - Press Office: 202-456-2580
- - Obama Executive Orders
- - Office of Management & Budget, Statements of Admin. Policy
State and Local Government Information
State Legislative History Research Guides (http://www.law.indiana.edu/lib/netres/govt/stateurlslist.html; Indiana Univ.)
State Legislatures, State Laws, and State Regulations: Websites & Telephone Numbers (http://www.llsdc.org/state-legislation; LLSDC)
CourtSystem.org (info/links to local courts, DAs, jails, prisons, police depts, sheriffs)
District of Columbia
- - D.C. Council (http://dccouncil.us/)
- - - - Legislative Services: 202-724-8050
- - - - D.C. Register: 202-727-5090
Maryland - General Assembly (http://mlis.state.md.us/)
- - State Department of Legislative Services: 301-970-5400
- - Montgomery County Council Legis. Info. Services: 240-777-7910
- - Prince Georges County Public Docs Ref. Library: 301-952-3904
Virginia - General Assembly (http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/)
- - Senate Legis. Information Office: 804-698-7410; email to [email protected]
- - - - Toll Free No. for Virginia residents: Senate 888-892-6948
- - House of Delegates Informaton: 804-698-1500; e-mail to [email protected]
- - - - Toll Free No. for Virginia residents: House 877-391-3228
- - Alexandria City - Office of the City/Council Clerk: 703-838-4550
- - Arlington County - County Board Chair: 703-228-3130
- - Fairfax County - Board of Supervisors Clerk's Office: 703-324-3151
Other Non-Subscription Legislative Web Sites
Center for Responsive Politics (http://www.opensecrets.org/; campaign contributions, lobbyists)
Center on Congress (http://congress.indiana.edu/; Indiana University)
Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation, A
(http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html
U.S. congressional docs & debates: 1774-1875 - Library of Congress)
Checklist of United States Public Documents: 1789 - 1909
(http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1029/ - via Univ. of North Texas Library)
CNN's All Politics (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/; news, info)
Congress.org (Capitol Advantage; http://www.congress.org/
Congressional Data Coalition (http://www.congressionaltimeline.org/ (transparency, annual conf.)
Congressional Timeline (http://www.congressionaltimeline.org/
(features historical info - Dirksen Center)
Congress Merge (http://www.congressmerge.com/; who represents you, schedules
, committees & subcommittees)
Congressional Bills: Glossary (https://www.congress.gov/help/legislative-glossary; Congress.gov)
Congressional Research Service Reports
(http://www.llsdc.org/crs-report-links
(LLSDC - Links to most all sources for CRS Reports on the Internet)
Contacting the Congress (http://www.contactingthecongress.org/; web pages,
phone numbers, e-mail addresses)
Cornell's Legal Information Institute - U.S. Code (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text;
(with links to titles, chapters, sections, popular name table)
C-SPAN (http://www.c-span.org/; video & audio programs,
see also news & info on Congressional Material)
Findlaw - U.S. Code, C.F.R., Fed. Register (http://caselaw.findlaw.com/; with links to titles,
chapters, sections, popular name table)
GovTrack.us (http://www.govtrack.us/ - legislative tracking with blogs and more)
Green Papers, The (http://www.thegreenpapers.com/; state & federal election coverage, party &
political history, sessions of congress, presidential administrations, etc.)
Legislative Research Guide (http://www.llrx.com/resources7.htm; LLRX.com - links & resources)
Legistorm (http://www.Legistorm.com/ (tracks Congressional salaries, travel, foreign gifts,
campaign money, etc.)
Penny Hill Press (http://www.pennyhill.com/ (abstracts of CRS reports and briefs)
Political Graveyard, The (http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/; bios and info on past politicians)
Politics - Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/
(news & other info - must register)
Presidential Pardons – Wikipedia, Jurist, Dept. of Justice (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_pardoned_or_granted_clemency_by_the_President_of_the_United_States)
Project Vote Smart (http://www.vote-smart.org/ (candidate facts, election information)
Schedule of Volumes of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set (
http://www.llsdc.org/serial-set-volumes-guide; LLSDC - 1970 to current & an overview of the Serial Set)
Selected Compilations of Laws and Other Congressional Committee Prints (http://www.loc.gov/law/find/compilations.php; Law Library of Congress)
Sunlight Foundation (http://www.SunlightFoundation.com/ (establishes or funds
website projects and grantees that bring greater political transparency)
The Hill (http://www.thehill.com/; news on Capitol Hill)
U.S. Congress: Votes Database (http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
(roll call votes from 1991 to current by the Washington Post)
Voter Information Services (http://www.vis.org/; advocacy group ratings of candidate records)
Subscription Sources With Legislative Information
Bloomberg BNA (http://web.bna.com/; 1-800-372-1033; comprehensive, subject specific
newsletters and daily updates via BloombergLaw
Congressional Information Service, Inc. (CIS) (abstracts & microfiche of Congressional docs
- now part of Proquest
Congressional Observer Publications (541-745-7110; complete congressional & state vote info)
CQ Roll Call / CQ.com (http://www.cq.com/; 1-800-432-2250;
large legislative database with info back to 1985;
including CQ Transcripts)
C-SPAN Video Library (http://www.c-span.org/about/videoLibrary/;
1-877-662-7726; since 1987 recorded floor & hearing tapes available for sale)
Federal Document Clearing House (http://www.fdch.com/; now called ASC Services LLC
(f/k/a Morningside Partners), 301-731-1728; with congressional hearing transcripts & statements;
now owned by CQ.com)
Federal News Service (http://www.fnsg.com/; 1-800-211-4020; hearing statements
& selected transcripts); acquired by CQ Roll Call on Dec. 1, 2014
FedNet(http://www.fednet.net/; 202-393-7300;
live and audio recordings of cong. & reg. hearings & floor debates)
HeinOnLine(http://www.heinonline.org/; 1-800-828-7571; Federal Registers (1936-present);
Congressional Record (1873-present); selected legislative histories;
U.S. Statutes At Large (1789-present); U.S. Code; C.F.R. editions (from 1930s): & more
Leadership Directories (http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/;
(202) 347-7757; Cong., Federal & State Yellow Books)
Lexis Advance (https://advance.lexis.com/;
1-800-543-6862; huge database with a host of legislative material)
National Journal Group (http://www.nationaljournal.com/;
202-739-8400 - news, markup reports)
Political Resources On-Line (http://www.politicalresources.com/;
1-800-423-2677; candidate & political consultant info)
Politico http://www.politco.com/ (news on Congress, politcs)
Proquest Congressional (http://cisupa.proquest.com/ws_display.asp?filter=Congressional%20Overview);
(1-800-521-0600; huge databases for past Cong. documents)
Proquest Legislative Insight (http://cisupa.proquest.com/ws_display.asp?filter=Legislative%20Insight%20Overview) very large database of legislative histories from 1789 to present
Roll Call (http://www.rollcall.com/ (news on Congress, politics)
State Net (http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/state-net.page;
1-888-285-3947; State & Federal legislative & regulatory tracking)
Votenet Solutions (http://www.votenet.com/;
1-800-868-3638 congressional & state campaign software products)
WestlawNext (https://a.next.westlaw.com/;
1-800-937-8529; huge database with a host of legislative material)
This work was first produced in paper in the early 1990's well before the Internet age.
Maintained by Scott Bride, Senior Researcher, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C.
Last updated in October, 2016
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