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Legislative Branch | Executive Branch | Judicial Branch | Foreign Governments | Other Government Related Sites
Legislative Branch - Congress
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- This site contains information on Congress and the legislative process. You can search for bills, laws, historical documents, the Congressional Record, committee reports, and committee home pages.
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- This site is updated daily with committee schedules, hearings scheduled for the week, and business to be considered on the floor of both houses.
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- You can use this website to track specific legislation or member or Congress by creating an account (free).
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Website
- Legislative information, documents about the legislative process, member bios, committee info, and links to state, Federal, foreign and international laws are a few of the highlights of this site.
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Website
- This searchable website provides information on senators, Senate history, links to committee pages, and statistics as well as legislative information.
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(1994 to present)
- Access congressional debate, etc. The official record of congressional activity.
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- This site allows you to review Debates and Journals of Congress from 1774-1873
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- Look here for a detailed account of the legislative process.
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Web Page (18th Congressional District)
- Find out what Representative LaHood has been doing on Capitol Hill, or learn about constituent services and how to contact your representative.
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- Check these maps to find your state and federal legislative districts.
Executive Branch - President, Vice-President, & Agencies
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- This site contains personal information about the President and Vice President and their families, the current day's press releases, "Hot Topics," and the latest federal statistics.
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- This web site includes a listing of Cabinet members, and all other offices and council's which fall under the Executive Office of the President.
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- This site is the official site to the OMB
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Links to Federal Agency Websites
Judicial Branch - Courts
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- This is the official web site to the United States Supreme Court.
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- This web site includes listings for all Federal courts: The Supreme Court, US Courts of Appeal, US Districts Courts, and US Bankruptcy Courts.
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- This site allows you to review the FJC catalog of publications, some of which are available to download. It also includes a Federal Judicial history including biographies of Federal Judges.
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- This site gives an overview of the judiciary as well as provides links to the History of the Federal Judiciary, Supreme Court decisions, & special jurisdictions.
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- This site has a listing of on-line manuals, guidelines, amendment, publications, & statistics.
Foreign Governments
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- Link to foreign government websites courtesy of this page from Northwestern University Library.
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- This Website includes links to the House of Commons, House of Lords and an exploration of Parliament for students.
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- British Government Department responsible for overseas relations and foreign affairs.
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- Official website of the Canadian Government
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- Listings of official government sites relating to agencies and documents of the Mexican Government.
Other Government Related Sites
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- This subset of (mostly) 18th century documents from the Avalon Project at Yale University includes everything from the Magna Carta and the Mayflower Compact to the Declaration of Independence and the Federalist Papers.
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by Yale University
- Looking for the Code of Hammurabi, the Communist Manifesto, or the Munich Pact? Then this is your website! Famous treaties and historical documents galore.
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- Select Browse through the descriptions of data items to search the database. Topics covered include demographics, vital statistics, immigration, AFDC, child support, education, Medicaid, etc.
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- This comprehensive site includes many topical pages of links to government and statistical information.
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- Cursory economic data for foreign countries including population, GDP, unemployment, imports/exports, budget, type of government, etc.
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- Provides a listing of governmental agency websites by areas of interest.
- State of Home Page
- Connect to state agency homepages, keep up on state issues, or track legislation in the General Assembly.
- City of Home Page
- All about Macomb! Local news and weather, maps, real estate listings, classified ads, churches, food and lodging establishments, health services, and local government information are included here.