Educational Links

How Our Laws Are Made

  • A detailed text description of the legislative process.

How Our Laws Are Made by Chapter

  • The above document, broken down into chapters.

Enactment of a Law

The Declaration of Independence

  • The full text of the Declaration of Independence.

Early Congressional Documents

  • A list of Early Congressional Documents from the Constitutional Convention and the Continental Congress.

The Federalist Papers

  • A list of titles of the 85 Federalist Papers.

The Constitution of the United States

  • The full text of the U.S. Constitution.

Bill of Rights

  • The full text of the Bill of Rights.

Other Amendments to the Constitution

  • The full text amendments 11 through 27 to the Constitution that have been ratified.

Amendments Not Ratified

  • The full text of amendments to the Constitution that have been proposed but not ratified.

U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

  • A century of lawmaking for a new nation.

Historical Documents

  • From the Library of Congress.