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Archive: December 2015 (3 Posts)

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13th Amendment – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Andrew Weber

On this day 150 years ago, December 18, 1865, then Secretary of State William H. Seward issued the following statement verifying the ratification of the 13th Amendment. These two digitized images come from A Century of Lawmaking.  The image below comes from the Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress and shows that the …

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New End of Year Congress.gov Enhancements: Quick Search, Congressional Record Index, and More

Posted by: Andrew Weber

In our quest to retire THOMAS, we have made many enhancements to Congress.gov this year.  Our first big announcement was the addition of email alerts, which notify users of the status of legislation, new issues of the Congressional Record, and when Members of Congress sponsor and cosponsor legislation.  That development was soon followed by the addition of treaty documents and better …