Government Agencies and Resources - POLS 1310 - American National Government - Research Guides at University of Arkansas Little Rock

USA.gov

USA.gov
As the U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web. Including the word "statistics" in a search will focus on results that include data tables or reports with graphs and charts.

United States Congress

Congress.gov
provides legislation from the 107th Congress (2001) to the present, members of Congress profiles from the 93rd Congress (1973) to the present, and selected member profiles from the 80th through the 92nd Congresses (1947 to 1972)
Congressional Resources Guide
House of Representatives
website offers links to membership pages, committee designations, reports and other literature, and an overview of the purpose of the House.
Senate
website provides links and data on the members of the Senate, their committees, calendars, and history of the Senate, including artwork in the Senate chambers.

Presidency & The White House

White House
This website offers materials on the actions of the current president as well as all past presidents and first ladies. Links are also provided to Executive agencies and current members of the Cabinet.

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Provides full-text coverage of law journals, the Congressional Record Bound volumes, U.S. Reports, Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations; treaty series for the League of Nations, United Nations, and the United States; and additional files.

Hein Online's U.S. Presidential Library includes titles like Messages and Papers of the Presidents, the CFR Title 3 (Presidents) and other documents relating to U.S. Presidents including the Economic Report of the President, Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and U.S. National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement. External links include digitization projects involving papers of Abarham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Thomas Jefferson.

American Presidency Guide

Courts

U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the highest tribunal in the nation for all cases and controversies arising under the Constitution or the laws of the United States. The Court stands as the final arbiter of the law and guardian of constitutional liberties
U.S. Federal Courts
United States Courts Opinions (USCOURTS) collection is a project between the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (AOUSC) to provide public access to opinions from selected United States appellate, district, and bankruptcy courts. The content of this collection dates back to April 2004, though searchable electronic holdings for some courts may be incomplete for this earlier time period. Once an opinion is located, all associated opinions within the same case can be accessed from the opinion

Courts for individual states are best access from the state homepage.
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