Congressional Resources

Congressional Collections at Archival Repositories

The history of the U.S. Congress is documented in the official records of Congress, the private and personal papers of members of Congress, and many other sources. Official records and some personal papers are located at the National Archives, but most personal papers are geographically dispersed in repositories around the country.

Listed alphabetically by hosting institution/organization and by Member of Congress name, some sites found on the list of Congressional Collections at Archival Repositories provide detailed, collection-specific descriptions and other sites only mention congressional collections in the broader scope of their holdings.

• U.S. House
• U.S. Senate

Information about the U.S. Senate: directories and email access to members of the Senate, committee information, visiting the Senate, etc.

U.S. House of Representatives

Information about the House: the legislative process, schedules, who's who and how to contact them, organization of the House, committees, visitor information, citizen input, etc.

Archival Research Resources for the U.S. House of Representatives

Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet

Information from the Library of Congress about legislation and the U.S. Congress, including full text of legislation, bill summaries and status, "hot" legislation, full text of the Constitution, C-Span schedules, etc.

The American Memory Project at the Library of Congress now includes:

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789 at  http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/bdsds/bdsdhome.html 

A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: US Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873 at  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lawhome.html

Roll Call Online

Online version of Roll Call: the Newspaper of Capitol Hill featuring News Scoops, Roll Call Files, Commentary, Cartoons, and Policy Briefings, etc.

The Hill
From The Capitol Hill Publishing Company, The Hill: the Capitol Newspaper [on the Web] provides daily features, columns, opinions and resources, etc.