The Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is a substantially verbatim account of the remarks made by senators and representatives while they are on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives. It also includes all bills, resolutions, and motions proposed, as well as debates and roll call votes.

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View a specific day, back to the 101st Congress (1989), of the Congressional Record:
113th Congress (2013-2015)

Visit the Virtual Reference Desk page, "Congressional Record" for more information about the Record including the Record's Index.

Read the research guide, "How to find the Congressional Record" for information on researching the 19th-century publications that preceded the publishing of the Congressional Record.

Daily Digest

The Daily Digest summarizes floor and committee actions in the Senate and the House of Representatives, and provides page references to those actions. It is the last section in each edition of the Congressional Record and serves as an index to that day's proceedings.

The Daily Digest can be browsed from the Congress.gov website.

Résumé of Congressional Activity

The Résumé of Congressional Activity provides statistical data on congressional workload, such as the number of days in session and the number of bills introduced and enacted into law. The current monthly Résumé and every annual edition are online.


	Read the eloquent orations of Daniel Webster and Robert Hayne and other Senators in this collection of classic Senate speeches.


	You can access legislative information, by bill number or key words, from the Congress.gov website. Information from the present back to the 93rd Congress (1973) is available on Congress.gov.


	Search for Executive Communications on THOMAS or learn more with the Executive Communications Research Guide.

Find Votes

There are several sources for finding out about the floor votes cast by a senator or representative.