US Government and Politics: The Legislative Branch

General

• The Legislative Branch
• Biographical Directory of the US Congress - every person who has served in Congress
• Legislative Branch Index from the Library of Congress. Excellent comprehensive site carrying almost the major sources of information about both Houses and legislation, including several searchable indices
• Congress.org - 'comprehensive resource for communicating with Congress' and directory of information about members
• Text of Bills, 108th Congress
• The Center on Congress from Indiana U
• Composition of Congress, by Political Party, 1855..2001
• Congressional Biographies
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Internet Services
• Contacting the Congress
• Bill's List of Senators and Representatives, state by state, 111th Congress, with links to 110th, and committees
• Congressional Record
• PIRG Congressional Scorecard 2000
• Voter Information Services - special interest ratings of voting records
• Broadcast coverage from FedNet
• Capitol Spotlight from C-Span and CQ
• C-SPAN Also C-Span Archives
• Today In Congress - daily summary from the Washington Post with index and search facility
• Contacting the Congress
• Congressional staff directory from CQ
• Congressional e-mail addresses
• Congressional Quarterly
• Congressional Report Cards
• The Dirksen Congressional Center
• Congressional Budget Office
• Congressional Accountability Project
• E-Mail Your Congressman
• The Federal Inspector-General's Reports
• Full text of Bills 106th Congress searchable
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation - US Congressional debates 1774-1873
• GPO Access US Congress
• GradeGov - assess members of Congress' records
• Grand Old Docket - political scandals
• The Hill - weekly newspaper covering events on Capitol Hill
• How Our Laws are Made
• LEGI-SLATE
• Capitol Hill Blue - 'daily irreverent coverage of Congress'
• US Congress Internet Caucus
• How Did your Senators and Representatives Vote? - voting records on major issues
• PIRG Scorecard 2002 and 1996 and 1999 and 2001
• Power Trips - privately funded trips taken by members of Congress
• Project Vote-Smart: A Voter's Self-Defense Sysatem
• Line Item Veto
• Voter Information Services - data on congressional votes since 1991 and information on the position of advocacy groups
• League of Conservation Voters Scorecard
• RollCall 'plug in to Congress online'
• Sunlight Foundation - 'new technologies to make information about Congress and the federal government more accessible'
• US Congressional Documents and Debates 1774-1875
• US Citizens' Congress Watch

House

• House of Representatives from Wikipedia
• Office of the Speaker
• Members of the House can mostly be found at this location. Add // for named individuals
• Office of the Democratic Whip
• House Roll Call Votes
• Office of the Clerk Information Center
• Commerce Committee Tobacco Documents
• House Committee on the Armed Forces
• House Financial Services Committee
• House Budget Commitee Democratic Caucus
• House Committee on Education and the Workforce
• Energy & Commerce Committee
• House Committee on International Relations
  • Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
  • House Committee on Rules
  • House Homeland Security Committee may time out
  • House Sub-Committee on International Operations and Human Rights
  • House Radio-Television Correspondents Gallery
  • Gop.gov - House Republicans information
  • House Democratic Caucus
  • Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse from Republican Study Committee
  • Write your Representative
• House Elections 2008 from Wikipedia

Senate

• US Senate from Wikipedia
• Senate Directory
• Senate Banking Committee
• Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
• Select Committee on Ethics
• Select Committee on Intelligence
• Senate Rollcall Votes
• Filibusters from Wikipedia
• Filibuster
• Filibuster from People for the American Way
• Top 40 Big Spenders in the Senate
• US Senate Elections 2008 from Wikipedia