Not too exciting, but the basics never are. Where to get legislative info?

[blondeatlast]

Thomas is the nitty-gritty, of course. It's run by the Library of Congress and is up to date. As a library reference provider, I have some problems with it, but eventually I can always manage to get the goods.

It can be found here:

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Any other good links out there? Activism sites you recommend?

[Ice4Clark]

1. Here's another site with similar info as the Thomas one

GPO Access

GPO Access contains all published versions of bills from the 103rd (1993-1994) Congress forward. The 109th Congress database is updated by 6 a.m. (EST) daily when bills are published and approved for release. The documents in these databases are available as ASCII text and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

[blondeatlast]

4. Forgot that one. It's good because everything's print ready. nt

[JDPriestly]

2. We should have a special section for

ridiculous, troubling Republican bills. Even if there is no chance they will pass, we should out any nutty Republican proposals.

[OzarkDem]

3. Legislative Advocacy for Breast Cancer

and all health care issues from one of the most influential grassroots health care lobbying groups on the Hill:

http://www.stopbreastcancer.org/

Check out their fact sheets and position papers for some very good health care and research policy.

[sandnsea]

5. Some links

Track by subject
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/subjects.xpd

Bills Introduced
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html
Senate Schedule
http://www.senate.gov/
Senate Hearings
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/committees/b_three_sections_with_teasers/committee_hearings.htm

House Bills Introduced
http://thomas.loc.gov/bss/d109query.html
House Schedule
http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html
Committees & Hearings
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/hcomso.html

Congressional Record
http://thomas.loc.gov/r109/r109.html