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This is an engraving depicting the assassination of President Garfield

Congressional Reactions to the Assassination of President Garfield in the Bound Congressional Record

Posted by: Robert Brammer

The Bound Congressional Record on Congress.gov now provides coverage back to 1881, so I decided to see if I could find Congressional reactions to the shooting of President Garfield on July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station by Charles Guiteau, and the President’s subsequent death on September 19, 1881. The assassin, Charles …

A historical bill text from the 10th Congress in Congress.gov.

Congress.gov April 2023 New, Tip, and Top – Part II

Posted by: Robert Brammer

Earlier this month, Andrew brought us news that the Bound Congressional Record on Congress.gov now provides coverage dating back to 1881. With this release, we are adding enhancements to our historical collection of bills, joint resolutions, and historical documents that was migrated to Congress.gov from the Library of Congress Century of Lawmaking site. Bills and …

A screenshot of the new 47th through 51st congresses of the Bound Congressional Record

Congress.gov April 2023 New, Tip, and Top

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Last month, Robert shared a post about the U.S.S. Macon in the Bound Congressional Record. We continue to work hard to pull in additional Congresses for this collection. Robert regularly shares some of the congressional reactions to historical events from these time periods including the 1918 flu pandemic, the moon landing, and the Kennedy assassination. …

A screenshot of the new "Get Alerts" box that includes member remarks in the Congressional Record

New Options for Member Alerts: Congress.gov February 2023 New, Tip, and Top

Posted by: Andrew Weber

Congress.gov uses an iterative design process to get few features and enhancements to you quickly. With the January release Robert shared that member remarks are now included with sponsored and cosponsored legislation on member profile pages. With today's release we build on that by adding option when get alerts for a member to customize what you want to receive.

The member remarks filter is available on member profile pages on Congress.gov.

Congress.gov January 2023 New, Tip, and Top

Posted by: Robert Brammer

Earlier this month, Andrew took a look back at all of the great new features that were added to Congress.gov in 2022. In this release, we have added member remarks in the Congressional Record as a filter on member profile pages. If you access a member’s profile page, you can perform a search and then …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

The 2022 Congress.gov Top 22 and Year in Review

Posted by: Andrew Weber

We are always working to incorporate your feedback into making Congress.gov an even better experience. One major request was one of the biggest items that the Congress.gov team worked on last year: the new Congress.gov API (application programming interface). The API is great if you want to pull a lot of the content of Congress.gov. …