FINDING INFORMATION ON:
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL BILLS, FEDERAL SENATORS &
REPRESENTATIVES, STATE OFFICIALS, AND NATIONAL/LOCAL MEDIA
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your search for information.
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Information on the status of bills before the current Congress:
Go to Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet at http://thomas.loc.gov
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If you know the number of a bill before the Senate - for example:
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S. RES. 56 for a Senate resolution, or |
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S. 1561 for a Senate bill, |
then enter the number in the Bill Number box and click on Search. | |
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If you know the number of a House bill - for example:
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H. CON. RES 384 for a House concurrent resolution, or |
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H.R. 4892 for a House bill, |
then enter the number in the Bill Number box and click on Search. | |
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If you only know:
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the general topic of the bill, or |
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a phrase that is definitely in the bill, or |
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a word that is in the bill, |
then enter the topic, phrase, or word in the Word/Phrase box and
click on Search. The search engine should return first a list of
bills containing the exact phrase that you entered, ranked in order of
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Information on bills before the previous Congresses:
Go to the Bill Summary & Status page of Thomas: Legislative
Information on the Internet at http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d106query.html
You can do a search for the current or a previous congress:
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By a word or phrase that it contains |
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By its subject |
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By the bill/amendment number |
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By the stage that it has reached in the legislative process |
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By its date of introduction into the House or Senate |
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By its Sponsor or cosponsor |
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That is before a House or Senate committee |
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Find the name of, or write to, your federal Senators and House members
Go to
http://www.congress.org/, select the Congress radio button, select a state,
and click on the GO button beside the state.
An alphabetic list of Representatives' web sites is maintained at http://www.house.gov/
This list also allows a search by Zip code and State. It has a form to send an
Email to the your representative.
Go to http://www.senate.gov/, select
your state from a pull-down list, and click on Go. You should get a listing of
your two senators. Clicking on a senator's name will take you to their home
page. They all have an Email link so you can send a letter to their office.
Find data about a federal House committee:
A list of committee web sites is at: http://www.house.gov/
The page has lists of:
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Committee Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Ranking Minority Member, members,
schedule, hearings, etc. |
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Subcommittees associated with a given committee. |
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Schedules. |
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Hearings. |
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A description of the jurisdiction of the committee: areas that it deals
with. |
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"Hot topics" -- press releases of the committees. |
Find data about a Senate committee:
A list of committee web sites is at: http://www.senate.gov/
The page has lists of Senate standing, special, select and other committees. It
also has a list of joint Senate/House committees.
Find data about state legislators, local officials, etc.
Go to
http://www.congress.org/, select the State or Local radio button, select
a state, and click on the GO button beside the state.
Contact national or local media:
Go to
http://www.congress.org/ enter the Zip code, and click on Go. This web
site also allows searches:
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For editors and reporters and producers by their last last name. |
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For Newspapers, TV stations, radio stations, etc. |
You can also get a state-wide listing by clicking on the U.S. map.
Copyright © 2000 to 2005 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2000-SEP-18
Latest update: 2005-JUN-11
Author: B.A. Robinson 
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