Now that the 111th Congress is officially over, we can start preparing for the 112th! Since the election in November, the House and Senate were busy putting the final touches on several pieces of legislation. This is commonly referred to as a lame-duck session. So what is a lame-duck session? When Congress is in …
Whether or not you’re enjoying the day off, take a minute today to explore the Library’s Veterans History Project. There’s also a bill in THOMAS, S.Res. 670, that would designate this week beginning on Monday, November 8, 2010, as “National Veterans History Project Week.” Want to learn more about Veterans Day? The Department of Veterans …
While I frequently mention THOMAS, I should point out that other parts of our website also feature legislative information, especially historic information. We have one of the most complete collections of U.S. Congressional documents in their original format. A Century of Lawmaking For a New Nation provides access to U.S. congressional documents and debates from …
This has been a great year for watching Congress online! C-SPAN launched their Video Library . It is an incredible resource that contains: …[e]very C-SPAN program aired since 1987, now totaling over 160,000 hours, …in the C-SPAN Archives and [is] immediately accessible through the database and electronic archival systems developed and maintained by the C-SPAN …
We’ve been busy the last few weeks prepping and enhancing THOMAS for this week. I’ve enjoyed watching the message spread about the changes to THOMAS. I was fortunate enough to be able to do my first radio interview discussing our enhancements from this year for the DorobekInsider on Federal News Radio. (How many places besides …
Over the past couple months I, along with the great THOMAS team here at the Library of Congress, have been working hard on the latest set of enhancements. Thankfully, we’ve been able to finish them before Congress returns from August recess. User feedback is continuing to drive our newest update. We collect feedback through OpinionLab …
We’re big into Twitter here at the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress account is closing in on 100,000 followers. The Law Library account has grown steadily since its launch last October. I work with a colleague to tweet for the @LawLibCongress account. Twitter can be a great tool for both finding out about …
Did you know that we are open to Congress anytime either Chamber is in session? If they are in session on Thanksgiving, we have a law librarian here open for business. If they are gathering during a blizzard, we have someone walk through the snow to be here. What provision requires us to be open? …
Since the January enhancements to THOMAS, I’ve been looking at the statistics on user searches and creating a list of the most searched legislation. Health care legislation has dominated the list since then, jumping around but always somewhere within the top ten. The current top ten includes: H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act …