The American Congress Third Edition, Online Version © Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003 Online Sources on Congress  Several links to online sources on Congress are provided for each chapter.  In most cases, the links are to official congressional webpages. We do not include the many subscription and media sites that provide information on congressional politics.
	Chapter (PDF files)	Online Sources
Chapter 1	The American Congress: Modern Trends
Chapter 2	Representation and Lawmaking:  The Constitutional and Historical Context	the Constitution and other historical documents House history Senate history
Chapter 3	The Rules of the Legislative Game	House rules Senate rules Thomas: Library of Congress system bill process: short bill process: long
Chapter 4	Congressional Elections and Policy Alignments	Federal Election Commission election results, statistics Census Bureau: districts and apportionment
Chapter 5	Members’ Goals, Resources, and Strategies	current representatives current senators biographical directory congressional support agencies: CBO, GAO, Library of Congress
Chapter 6	Parties and Leaders	House party leadership and organizations Senate party leadership and organizations
Chapter 7	The Standing Committees	House committees Senate committees historical committee lists
Chapter 8	The Floor and Voting	Thomas: Library of Congress system floor voting data: Voteview site floor voting data: Stewart site House Committee on Rules
Chapter 9	Congress and the President	White  House and executive agencies
Chapter 10	Congress and the Courts	Supreme Court federal court system Supreme Court opinions:  FindLaw,Cornell,Oyez Project
Chapter 11	Congress, Lobbyists, and Interest Groups	Federal Election Commission House public disclosure site Senate lobbying disclosure site
Chapter 12	Congress and Budget Politics	Congressional Budget Office Office of Management and Budget
Additional sources	graduate seminar readings on Congress  bibliographies  glossaries  visiting Congress  newspapers  C-SPAN	Wash U Legislative Politics seminar bibliographies on Congress Senate glossary of legislative terms Senate reference book and key terms other guides to parliamentary terms Senate art and history congressional documents visiting Capitol Hill The Hill newspaper C-SPAN andC-SPAN Congress Guide