U.S. Congress

• U.S. House of Representatives Home Page
• U.S. Senate Home Page
• House Committees
• Senate Committees

House Proceedings

• Current House Floor Proceedings
• This week on the House Floor
• House Schedule for the Year
• House Committee Hearings Schedule

Senate Proceedings

• Senate Floor Schedule and Calendars
• Senate Committee Hearings Schedule

Live Broadcast

• Watch C-Span Live Broadcast of House and Senate Proceedings

Legislative Activities

• Thomas Home Page (searchable database of legislative information from the Library of Congress)
• Legislation: Bills and Resolutions (text and status of legislation)
• Search the Congressional Record (official record of the proceedings and debates of the U.S. Congress)
• Committee Reports (includes House and Senate and Conference Reports)
• Roll Code Votes (House and Senate)
• Presidential Nominations
• Treaties
• Public Laws (bills passed by Congress and signed into law)
• U.S. Code (a consolidation and codification by subject matter of the general and permanent laws of the United States)

Definition of Frequently Used Terms During Congressional Proceedings

• C-Span Congressional Glossary
• Library of Congress Congressional Glossary
• U.S. Senate Glossary of Terms

Learn about the Legislative Process: From a Bill to a Law

• How our Laws are Made
• Enactment of a Law
• How Laws are Made (Interactive site from the Clerk of the House to teach children the legislative process)

Historical Documents

• Primary Documents in American History from the Library of Congress American Memory Collection
  (includes the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Federalist Papers, Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Guide to American Historical Documents Online)
• Charters of Freedom from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Related Resources

• How Congress Works
• What's Happening Now in Congress
• Working on Your Behalf
• Search for Bill Summary and Status