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Federal Government - Legislative Branch

Senate (4)
House of Representatives (6)
Legislation & Official Documents (3)

Supporting Agencies (5)
Other Resources (3)

	Senate
	Senate Committee Office Websites - http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/committees/ Links to the official pages of the Standing, Special, and Joint Committees. Most committee web sites have information about the committee, its members, hearing schedules, hearing minutes or other publications.
	Senate Homepage - http://www.senate.gov/ The official site of the U.S. Senate. Use this page to find your Senator, look up committees, review the Floor Schedule, or explore the brief facts and statistics gathered in the Reference section.
	Senate Leadership - http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm An organizational chart, leadership biographies, and brief explanation of the leadership roles.
	Senators on the Web - http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm A quick way to find your Senator's Web site.
	House of Representatives
	House Committee Office Websites - http://www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.shtml Links to the official pages of the Standing, Select, and Joint Committees. Most committee web sites have information about the committee, its members, hearing schedules, hearing minutes or other publications.
	U.S. House of Representatives - http://www.house.gov The official site of the U.S. House of Representatives. Use this page to find your Representative, look up committees, review the Floor Schedule, find voting information, and more.
	House Leadership Offices Page - http://www.house.gov/house/orgs_pub_hse_ldr_www.shtml Links to the Speaker, Majority Leader, Democratic Leader, Majority Whip, Democratic Whip, House Republican Conference, Democratic Caucus, and House Republican Policy Committee, and House Democrats Web pages.
	Office of Inspector General - http://www.house.gov/IG/ Find full-text reports on the financial and administrative functions of the House and joint entities.
	Office of the Clerk - http://clerk.house.gov/ At this site, you can obtain copies of House documents. You can also find historical information about the House of Representatives and information about its Members and Committees.
	Representatives on the Web - http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.shtml A quick way to find your Representative's Web site.

Legislation & Official Documents

Congressional Record TEXT - http://thomas.loc.gov/home/r109query.html
Search the full-text of the Congressional Record.

THOMAS, Legislative Information on the Internet - http://thomas.loc.gov

U.S. Code - http://uscode.house.gov/usc.htm
The text of public laws enacted by Congress.

Supporting Agencies

Congressional Budget Office - http://www.cbo.gov/
Cost estimates and budget reviews for current and past Congresses in statistical tables and full-text reports. The site also includes news and testimony provided to Congress.

Government Accountability Office - http://www.gao.gov/
The "investigative arm of Congress," the GAO conducts studies of government programs and expenditures. You can search and read full-text reports from those studies here.

Government Printing Office - http://www.gpo.gov/
The GPO is the "Federal government’s primary centralized resource for gathering, cataloging, producing, providing and preserving published information in all its forms." You can search for print and electronic documents using the GPO Access links.

The Library of Congress - http://www.loc.gov
The largest library in the world and Congress's research arm. Access the many digital collections, or search the library's online catalog.

The Stennis Center for Public Service - http://www.stennis.gov
Created by Congress in 1988 to "promote and strengthen public service leadership in America." Use this site to find information on the Center's many programs, including the Congress to Campus program.

Other Sources

Congressional Pictorial Directory - http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/105_pictorial
Pictures of members of Congress in PDF format.

C-SPAN: Congress Resources - http://www.c-span.org/resources/congress.asp
A great site for researching legislative actions with links to the key votes library, a profile of Congress, House and Senate schedules, hearings, current issues and overviews, and other information on the legislative process.

U.S. Legislative Branch - http://thomas.loc.gov/links/
A Library of Congress Internet Resource Page with multiple links.