Subject Guide
A Federal Depository Library
Current Congress
- U.S. SenateWebsite for the Senate. Link to bills, see floor votes, and find your senators
- United States House of RepresentativesWebsite for the House. Link to bills, see floor votes, and find your representative
- Senator John FettermanWebsite for Pennsylvania Senator Fetterman
- Senator Robert P. Casey Jr.Website for Pennsylvania Senator Casey
- Find your RepresentativeWebsite that lets you find your legislators, including your Representative in the House.
General Resources
- Congress.govThe gold mine of legislative information on the web, from the Library of Congress
- GovInfo.govExcellent source for Congressional and other legislative information.
- How Our Laws Are MadeFrom Congress.gov, an in-depth look at the legislative process
- Enactment of a LawAlso from Congress.gov, a second look at the legislative process
- Learn about the Legislative ProcessFrom the House of Representatives website, a one paragraph description of how the laws are made
- Legislative Resources from the Library of CongressLinks to Congress, Legislative Agencies and Commissions, and Information for Legislative Research
- GovTrackNice, easy to use database that tracks roll call votes, bills & resolutions, committee members, and members of Congress. Use for both present and past Congresses.
Selected Publications
- United States CodeCodification of our laws, arranged by subject
- Popular Names of Acts in the US CodeListing of popular names for laws in the US Code, by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School
- Bills, ResolutionsFull-text from 1989, summaries from 1973; from Thomas
- Public LawsLegislative histories and some full-text laws back to 1973, from Thomas
- Congressional RecordFull-text floor debates from 1873
- Selected Legislative HistoriesHistories of some major pieces of legislation. Provided by the Justice Department.