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A* - Definitions of Markups and Reports

Markups are committee meetings held after the hearings to make changes in a bill and make recommendations to the floor about its passage
Votes are taken among committee members to determine whether the bill should be referred to the floor for consideration
Reports are issued if the committee determines to recommend the bill
Markup sessions are covered primarily by the press rather than official government reporters

Almanac of Policy Issues

Extensive web site on nine policy areas: criminal justice, culture and society, economics, education, environment, government operations, health, social welfare, and world affairs
Each section is divided into 4-10 subtopics
Provides a non-partisan back to the issues
Links to articles on all sides of the subject as well as primary documents and related government agencies, think tanks, and organizations

C-Span (Public Access)

Television coverage of Congressional floor and committee proceedings translated into real audio; requires helper application
Current Congressional television programming

Century of American Lawmaking (Library of Congress), 1774-1875 [Public Access]

CNN Politics

Committee Calendars

The House of Representatives and Senate link to current committees and their calendars
The Documents Center has annual paper calendars going back to 1989 in its stacks, shelved just before the current Senate and House Documents and Reports
Congress Votes Database (Washington Post)
- Full Record
- Visit Resource
- Complete list of floor roll call votes in the House and Senate since the 102nd Congress, 1991
- Sections for each Congress list House and Senate votes and votes by bill number
- Links from the main listing for each Congress provide analyses of individual roll call outcomes by party, state, region, gender, boomer status and astrological sign
- Overall for each Congress there are analyses of those votes with the widest and narrowest margins, late night votes, and members who missed the most votes

Congressional Bills via GPO FDSYS (Public Access)

Congressional Hearings Finding Guide

Location of printed, internet and microfiche hearings at the University of Michigan Library

Congressional Hearings via LEXISNEXIS Congressional (UMich Only)

Indexes committee hearings, prints and reports since 1789
Provides the full text of all published hearings, 1833-2003, and committee prints since 1830
Provides access to the full text of selected published and not-yet-published hearings beginning 1988 and reports since 1989
Most publications for the past six years are available in the Documents Center in paper copy under their SUDOCS (Y1, Y4 or Y10) numbers all publications are available in the Documents Center on microfiche
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