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About the U.S. Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/abtcong.html

Congressional Oversight
Congressional Research Service describes congressional oversight of policy implementation and administration. 2001
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/legbranc/oversite.pdf

Foreign Policy Roles of the President and Congress
CRS Report to Congress
http://www.fpc.gov/Crsfpol.htm

The House Apportionment Formula in Theory and Practice
Congressional Research Service Report describes apportioning congressional representation to states. October 10, 2000
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/legbranc/housefrm.pdf

The Legislative Process - Tying it All Together
http://www.house.gov/house/Tying_it_all.html

How Our Laws are Made
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html

How to Follow Current Federal Legislation and Regulations
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
http://www.house.gov/rules/96-473.htm

Our American Government: The Legislative Branch
House Document 102-192, U.S. GPO: 1993

Questions and Answers in Legislative and Regulatory Research
Law Librarian's Society of Washington, DC, December 1999
http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/legis-Q-and-A.htm

Membership of the 107th Congress: A Profile
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/politics/congress/prof107.pdf

U.S. House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov

U.S. Legislative Branch
http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html

U.S. Senate
http://www.senate.gov


CONTACT INFORMATION AND BIOGRAPHIES

Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp

Congressional Pictorial Directory
Photos (approx. 12 X 15 cm)of senators and representatives from the 105th through 107th Congresses. Includes larger images of the President and Vice President.
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html

United States Congress House Directory 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/hou01.txt

United States Congress Senate Directory 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/sen01.txt

Congressional E-Mail Addresses and Web Sites - 107th Congress 2001-2002
Courtesy of the University of Michigan Documents Center
http://www.lib.umich.edu/libhome/Documents.center/congress/conemail.txt

Congressional Committees and Subcommittees
Assignments for all congressional committees by Juan Cabanela.
http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/committees.html


LINKS TO LEGISLATIVE RESOURCES

CapitolHearings
Distributes gavel-to-gavel audio coverage of U.S. Senate Committee hearings via the Internet.
http://www.CapitolHearings.org/

Congress Link
http://www.congresslink.org

Congressional Apportionment
U.S. Census Bureau
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/apportionment.html

CRS WWW Accessible Reports-Government & Law
http://www.senate.gov/~dpc/crs/reports/reptsubj.html#gl

Glossary of Congressional Terms
http://www.thecapitol.net/glossary/index.shtml

GPO ACCESS
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/

GPO Gate University of California
http://www.gpo.ucop.edu/

How Congress Works - Committee on Rules
http://www.house.gov/rules/

Legislative Source Book: Law Librarians' Society of Washington, D.C.
http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook/fed-leg-hist.htm

The Legislative Process
http://www.house.gov/Legproc .html

The Legislative Process on the House Floor
http://www.house.gov/rules/95-563.htm

NARA: The Center for Legislative Archives
The Center for Legislative Archives is the repository, reference center, and outreach facility for the historically valuable records of the U.S. Congress. The site offers "Resource Guides" and finding aids for serious researchers of the U.S. Congress, as well as links to sources of dated or obscure Congressional documents.
http://www.nara.gov/nara/legislative/

Senate Majority Leader
http://lott.senate.gov/

Speaker of the House
http://speakernews.house.gov

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Congress
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/index.html


JOURNALS

Congressional Quarterly (subscription only)
http://www.cq.com

The Hill
http://www.hillnews.com

National Journal (subscription only)
http://www.nationaljournal.com

Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com



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