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• - The online version of the Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 106th Congress, available on GPO Access.
  
• - Comprehensive directory of House and Senate members, committees, leadership, and offices.
  
• - C.O.P. provides coverage of every congressional vote, multiple links on votes/members, statistical information, vote-studies including missed votes and search capability. (For fee service.)
  
• - Official site maintained by the Architect of the Capitol provides historic and current information on the function and architecture of the Capitol, House and Senate buildings, and surrounding grounds.
  
• - An online exhibit of the documentary history of the most productive Congress in U.S. history.
  
• - The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session.
  
• - List ethnic minority members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, including links to the members' official websites.
  
• - Real time audio coverage of House and Senate floor debates, proceedings, and hearings provided by FedNet. Subscription required for archived material.
  
• - Chartered by Congress to complete a study of the United States's housing.
  
• - Search for information on members of the US Congress from 1774 to the present day by entering a name, position or state.
  
• - Provides continuously updated information on daily House and Senate floor proceedings (when in session) and projected weekly schedules. Includes general background information on Floor procedures.
  
• - Nonprofit group that promotes the history of the Capitol and Congress. Interactive tour, feature articles, Capitol art, chronology, links, historic stereograph views, educational materials and bibliographies
  
• - Online simulation where participants can pretend to be US Senators, members of Cabinet or Supreme Court Justices.
  
• - Directory of Congressional resources including the official pages for the US Senate and House, access to Congressional Archive collections, Roll Call Online, and a biographical directory of Congress from 1774-present.
  
• - Membership organization is comprised of men and women who served as pages in the Congressional Page Program during their high school years. Details of application process.
  
• - Fee-based service offering live and archived audio of Congressional hearings.
  
• - Legislative Process in the Congress (emphasis on the House of Representatives)
  
• - Online textbook introduces the party and committee systems, leadership, and voting and floor activity of Congress. Features a test bank and annotated resources.
  
• - Interactive tour of the Capitol, including panoramic views and historical information on the various chambers, major events which have unfolded there, and the objects therein.
  
• - News, information and resources on Congress including votes, bills, assignments and information about individual members.
  
• - Economic research of policy issues before the U.S. Congress.
  
• - Guide to the United States Congress: member contact information, biographies, legislative news, guide to how Capitol Hill operates, and current issues.
  
• - Searchable by name or state.
  
• - Service to track votes by your U.S. Senators and Representatives.
  
• - Provides easy access to text of legislation currently in the news.
  
• - An independent, bipartisan commission chartered to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
  
• - Access official Congressional databases online via GPO Access
  
• - Document on how U.S. legislation is crafted in Congress. House and Senate aspects from proposal and introduction to consideration, debate, engrossment, and enrollment. Includes the roles and actions of the President.