Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Congress Collection
Current edition.
Provides analysis of members of Congress, their legislative voting behavior, interest groups, and their interactions in crafting public policy. Also explains institutional and organizational history, the legislative process, and public policy decision-making.

Using the "Export Data" link on the lefthand side of the screen, you can extract and download Excel spreadsheets of data comparing members of Congress on biographical characteristics, lobby group ratings and votes back to 1945. You can also compare votes by members, parties, state delegations, etc.

For example, using the "Members" menu you can extract data on the members of Congress in 2005 who were Baptists and received a 90-100% rating by the League of Conservation Voters.

Using the "Votes" menu, you can extract and compare the votes of all the Presidential candidates in the Senate by individual subject, like the war in Iraq, and all of the roll call votes of John Dingell in a particular Congress.

This new feature will be especially important for Public Policy, Political Science, Social Work, Natural Resources, and Public Health, all of which have courses on legislation and lobbying, as well as U.S.
History. [Grace York, Documents Librarians]

Sample Search: Welfare

Note on right side Document Type Breakdown

Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Researcher Online
Access via web:  http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI01461
1991-    (Updated 44 times per year)
Web service that includes the full-text of articles from the CQ Researcher reports dating back to 1991. PDF files are available for reports from January 1996; for reports published since January 2001, PDF files are also available in color. Good resources for in-depth reports on political and social issues in the news.

Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Weekly Report
Access via web: http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V/?func=native-link&Resource=UMI01176
Analytical articles on Congressional legislation and politics since 1983 and roll call votes since 1995.
Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Almanac
Access via web: http://searchtools.lib.umich.edu/V?func=native-link&resource=UMI04528
1975 - 94th Congress, 1st Session - A compilation of important legislation that was passed in a particular congress, in a narrative news-report format. CQ includes specific law and bill numbers, names, and dates with great accuracy and attention to detail. Searchable by topic, name.

National Journal
Access via web: http://proxy.lib.umich.edu/login?url=http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/nj/index.htm
1977-
Weekly periodical on government agencies; includes major legislative issues