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  • Congress Votes Database
    Produced by the Washington Post Company, this site lets you browse every vote in the U.S. Congress since 1991.
    http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
    The CBO, created in 1974, has as its mission to provide Congress with objective, timely, nonpartisan analyses needed for economic and budget decisions and with the information and estimates required for the congressional budget process. This is where congress gets its budgetary information.
    http://www.cbo.gov/
  • Congressional Directory
    The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress. It presents short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district, and additional data, such as committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secretaries, and room and telephone numbers. It also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies, including D.C. government officials, governors of states and territories, foreign diplomats, and members of the press, radio, and television galleries.
    http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cdirectory/index.html
  • GovTrack.us
    GovTrack.us brings together information on the status of federal legislation, voting records, and other congressional data from official sources. This site serves as both a research tool and a customizable Congress-tracker providing email updates and RSS/Atom feeds for all aspects of Congress.
    http://www.govtrack.us/
  • Library of Congress
    Full text access to current pending bills in the U.S. House and Senate, research tools, library services, exhibitions and documents, photos, movie and sound recordings on America.
    http://www.loc.gov
  • Thomas: Legislative Information on the Internet
    Includes information on House and Senate bills with their text and status, text of the Congressional Record, and committee information.
    http://Thomas.loc.gov
  • U.S. House of Representatives
    House news, legislation, operations and directory. Member, committee and leadership offices.
    http://www.house.gov
  • U.S. Senate
    Information on senators, senate history, procedures, legislative activities and committees.
    http://www.senate.gov

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Judicial Branch

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International

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