The Legislative Branch
The Legislative Branch of the United States Government includes Congress, the chief law-making body in the country, and agencies that provide support for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Books
Women of the 116th Congress by Call Number: Online Resource (Libby / OverDrive)ISBN: 9781419742460Publication Date: 2019
Inside Congress by Call Number: JK1021 .C68 2017 (DP & RHC)ISBN: 9780815727323Publication Date: 2017
Gerrymandering in America by Call Number: KF4905 .M29 2016 (DP)ISBN: 9781316507674Publication Date: 2016
The Oxford Handbook of the American Congress by
No legislature in the world has a greater influence over its nation's public affairs than the US Congress. The Congress's centrality in the US system of government has placed research on Congress at the heart of scholarship on American politics. Generations of American government scholars working in a wide range of methodological traditions have focused their analysis on understanding Congress, both as a lawmaking and a representative institution. The purpose ofthis volume is to take stock of this impressive and diverse literature, identifying areas of accomplishment and promising directions for future work.
Call Number: JK1041 .O94 2013 (DP)ISBN: 9780199650521Publication Date: 2013
The House: The History of the House of Representatives by Call Number: RHC. JK1319 .R46 2006 (RHC)ISBN: 0060884347Publication Date: 2006
Selected Government Documents
- Congressional DirectoryCongressional Directory provides information about members of Congress and also lists officials of the courts, military establishments, and other Federal departments and agencies.
- Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789The twenty-six volumes of the Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774-1789 aims to make available all the documents written by delegates that bear directly upon their work during their years of actual service in the First and Second Continental Congresses, 1774-1789.
- Journal of the House of RepresentativesThe Journal is the official record of proceedings of each legislative day in the House of Representatives.
- Green Book House Ways and MeansBackground material and data on the programs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Includes program descriptions and historical data on a wide variety of social and economic topics, including Social Security, employment, earnings, welfare, child support, health insurance, the elderly, families with children, poverty and taxation.
On the Senate Floor Today
Loading ...
On the House Floor Today
Loading ...
Reading of the Constitution
Alfre Woodard reads Article I, Sections 1-3 at People For the American Way Foundation's 2009 Inaugural Reading of the Constitution at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The event was held on January 18, 2009.
Length: 5:21