Top of page

Archive: 2024 (170 Posts)

Color illustrated map of Ireland from the early 18th century, delineating the provinces. Town and city names are identified in small print.

Commemorating Irish-American Heritage Month

Posted by: Bailey DeSimone

For St. Patrick's Day and National Irish-American Heritage Month, Bailey looks into the collections to learn a bit more about how Irish-American culture manifested in the United States, immigration law that affected it, and Congressional recognition of the Irish Free State in the 1920s.

Mr. Bates vs. The Post Office Spurs Possible Law Change

Posted by: Elin Hofverberg

The following is a guest post by Clare Feikert-Ahalt, a senior foreign law specialist at the Law Library of Congress covering the United Kingdom and several other jurisdictions. Clare has written numerous posts for In Custodia Legis, including Revealing the Presence of Ghosts; Weird Laws, or Urban Legends?; FALQs: Brexit Referendum; 100 Years of “Poppy Day” in the United Kingdom; and 100 Year Anniversary …

Screenshot of the PDF of the Congressional Globe on Congress.gov, p.2544

Congressional Globe in the News and Our Plan for Ongoing Modernization of the Globe

Posted by: Andrew Weber

As you some of you may know, the Congressional Globe is one of the many historical document treasures that is part of the legacy Century of Lawmaking website. The Globe, as it is usually called, contains the congressional debates of the 23rd through 42nd Congresses (1833-73). The Congress.gov team has been working on a multi-phase modernization of the content on this website which includes Congressional Legislation, Annals of Congress, the Globe, and Register of Debates as well as Senate, House, and Executive Journals.