Federal Policy Resources: Past Legislation

1945-present. Expert, unbiased reporting on Congress. Original narrative accounts of every major piece of legislation that lawmakers considered during a congressional session. Arranged thematically, CQ Almanac organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics. Keyword search for floor votes, public laws, legislative summaries, etc. Results can be sorted by date.

Annals of the Congress of the United States, 1789-1824
Congressional Globe, 1833-1873
Congressional Record, 1873-2009
Congressional Record Daily, 1980-2012
Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789
Register of Debates in Congress, 1825-1837.

Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789

Congressional materials ca. 1789-present. Full text of hearings, Senate and House documents, the U.S. Serial Set (a collection of U.S. Government publications compiled under directive of the Congress), legislative histories, committee prints, etc.

1789-current. Official source for the laws and resolutions passed by Congress. Keyword search or search by citation.

Collection of documents that are produced in Congress during the enactment of a law. In the "Limit to" area, deselect all but "Legislative Histories 1969-present.

Federal legislative information freely available to the public