Thomas Legislative Information
Tired of second-hand reports about what Congress "decided"?...
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Tired of second-hand reports about what Congress "decided"?--show your students how to check the actual, factual record at THOMAS. You can use the Internet to bring civics education to life.
Acting under a Congressional directive to make Federal legislative information freely available to the Internet public, a Library of Congress team brought the THOMAS World Wide Web system online in January 1995.
The first database made available was Bill Text, followed shortly by Congressional Record Text, Bill Summary & Status, the Congressional Record Index, and the Constitution (now found, along with other historical Congressional documents, under the "Historical Documents" category on the THOMAS home page). Enhancements in the types of legislative data available, as well as in search and display capabilities, are continuously added.
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Using the THOMAS site, you can track a bill thru the legislative process. Pick one (or a few) of interest to your class or your community and follow it on a day-to-day basis.
