Background and Context

• LexisNexis Academic
• Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report
• National Journal
• Politics - CBS
• Politics - ABC
• Politics - New York Times - Free Registration Required
• On Politics - Washington Post - Free Registration Required

• Résumés of Congressional Activity
  The résumé of legislative data includes, for each Congress, such measures as bills enacted into law; total number of measures introduced, passed, and reported; number of conference reports; quorum calls; yea-and-nay and recorded votes; bills vetoed, and vetoes overridden.
• Thomas - Frequently Asked Questions
  Questions answered include finding pre-1989 legislation, finding the latest version of a bill and finding the current law of the land.
• Table of Congressional Volumes and Presidential Issuances
  This table relates all the major congressional publications together so that you can see at a glance which volumes of the Congressional Record, Statutes at Large, and so forth go with which Congresses, Administrations and calendar years.

• LexisNexis Congressional
• How Our Laws Are Made
• Enactment of a Law
• Legislative Process - Senate
• The Legislative Process - Tying it All Together - House of Representatives

• Chart of Legislative Process
• Quick Reference to Types of Legislation and Legislative Publications
• Quick Reference to Versions of a Bill