Government Information
An overview of United States federal documents that are available at F&M.
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Resources for the Presidency and Congress
- Compilation of Presidential DocumentsOnline access to all presidential speeches, remarks, interviews, and documents - from 1993 to the present. Updates occur as items are released by the White House Press Office.
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis version, from the University of Michigan, covers 1929 through 2001. When browsing the collection, search by the first name of the President.
- Public Papers of the PresidentsThis official online version only covers 1991 to 2010.
- Presidential LibrariesLinks to the official libraries of modern U. S. presidents, Hoover to George W. Bush. The libraries contain documents, artifacts, and audio-visual materials (such as campaign speeches and debates and advertisements).
- Congress.govCongress.gov is the official website for U.S. federal legislative information and is the Library of Congress's legislative research database.
- Congressional RecordDaily transcripts of speeches and remarks delivered on the floor of the House and Senate.
U.S. Doc. X/A ....(1921 - present in paper; 1873-1921 on microfilm)
Online access, from 1994 to the present, is through FDSys. - Congressional Record - Digitized VolumesVolumes of the CR have been digitized from 1873 to 2013
- Congressional Globe - Records of CongressOfficial record of the debates of Congress, 1833-73.
- Register of DebatesA record of the Congressional debates of the 18th Congress, 2nd Session through the 25th Congress, 1st Session (1824-37).
- Annals of CongressFormally known as The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, covers the 1st Congress through the first session of the 18th Congress, from 1789 to 1824.
- Federal Elections Commission (FEC)Contains the laws and regulations pertaining to federal elections, and campaign finance reports.
