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Archive for the Congress Category (273 posts)

Congress.gov May 2022 New, Tip and Top

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In April, Andrew wrote about the addition of Alerts to member pages so users can be notified when a member in whom they are interested has sponsored or cosponsored a bill. This month, we are releasing another enhancement to Member pages.

Now users can directly access their member’s contact information in Congress.gov. simply by clicking on the Contact button on a member’s page.

Screen shot of a Member page showing the link to contact the member

Enhancements

Enhancement – Members – Contact Link

Enhancement – Committee Profiles – Alerts

Committee profile alert emails now separate committee meeting announcements from committee hearing transcript updates so you can readily see meeting details.

Congress.gov Tip

Congress.gov has a multitude of Search Tools and extensive documentation on these Search Tools. One of my favorites are the Search Operators, which include terms used in Boolean searching such as “AND,” “OR,” and “NOT.”

Most-Viewed Bills

1. S.2992 [117th] American Innovation and Choice Online Act
2. H.R.3617 [117th] Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
3. H.R.4521 [117th] America COMPETES Act of 2022
4. H.R.2471 [117th] Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
5. H.R.3684 [117th] Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
6. H.R.2471 [117th] Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
7. H.R.5376 [117th] Build Back Better Act
8. H.Res.57 [117th] Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.
9. H.R.1319 [117th] American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
10. H.R.6833 [117th] Affordable Insulin Now Act

Congress.gov April 2022 New, Tip, and Top

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Last month Margaret shared our enhancements and also provided some insights from a few Congress.gov staff on what they do for the website. This month we continue to make it easier for you to track what your members are sponsoring and cosponsoring on Congress.gov. When you put in your address to search for your members, […]

Congress.gov February 2022 New, Tip and Top – Part II

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Earlier this month, Andrew blogged about the addition to Congress.gov of the ability to browse House, Senate, and Joint Committee prints. With this release, we have enhanced the Legislative Tracker by adding information about what the Tracker is and providing the user with a direct link to the Legislative Process videos. Enhancements Enhancement – Mobile […]

Browse Committee Prints: Congress.gov February 2022 New, Tip, and Top

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Last month, Robert shared that Congress.gov now has committee hearing transcripts going back to the 103rd Congress (1993-1994). We previously added Committee Prints to the website. With today’s release, you can now browse the House prints, Senate prints and Joint committee prints. They are listed by the print number, title, committee, and any legislation that […]

Congress.gov January 2022 New, Tip, and Top

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In November 2021, Andrew brought us news of appropriation email alerts, allowing you to receive an email each time new appropriation measures are considered by Congress. In December 2021, Margaret mentioned that the Congress.gov team added content for the Bound Congressional Record dating all the way back to 1899. Since so much important work in […]

The Bound Congressional Record – Congressional Reactions to the 1918 Flu Pandemic

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The Bound Congressional Record on Congress.gov now offers almost 100 years of content, covering 1899 to 1994. As part of a new series, we are going to show you how you can explore congressional remarks on significant moments in American history using this resource. We did this once before by highlighting congressional reactions to the […]

The 2021 Congress.gov Top 10 and Year in Review

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Each year we continue to enhance and grow Congress.gov. Back in January 2013 we added the Congressional Record to the website. At the time, the Congressional Record only went back to 2011. If you look today, after we have methodically been adding previous Congresses of the Bound Congressional Record, it now goes back to 1899. […]

A Trove of Information: The Congress.gov Coverage Page

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We often talk about how Congress.gov is a group project comprised of multiple partners who provide different content and services to the site. The Library of Congress OCIO division provides the software and hardware for the site while, the reference librarians in the Law Library help public patrons navigate the site and construct searches for […]