POSC 335: Environmental Politics Project III
Professor M. Teodoro

Bill summaries, tracking, etc.

Thomas
Includes lists of related bills, links to texts of bills, Congressional record, CRS summary

1. Search by bill number e.g. s. 3036

LexisNexis Congressional - Legislative Histories
Includes links to texts of bills, list of congressional documents published during the legislative process, Congressional Record floor discussion

1. Select Legislative Histories Bills & Lawsin left-hand column
2. Limit by congress
3. Search by bill number e.g. s. 3036
4. When searching for roll call votes, use format: chamber and # e.g. Senate and 145

 

Media and other reports:

CQ Weekly

1. ALWAYS select Advanced Search and use congress or date limits.
2. Search by bill number - NO punctuation, e.g.: s 3036
3. May also need to search by keyword

LexisNexis Congressional - Political News/Hot Topics
Searches Section A of the Washington Post, The Hill, and Roll Call

1. Select Political News/Hot Topics in left-hand column
2. Limit by year
3. If too much info, search words in title.

Academic Search Premier
Includes some newspapers, newsweeklies

1. Keyword search, limit by year
2. If necessary, use facets "Congress" and "law and legislation"

PAIS
Public administration articles

1. Don't search here for Consolidated Natural Resources Act

LexisNexis Academic
Primarily newspapers, some newsweeklies

 

Campaign finance information

Campaign Finance Delicious bookmarks
MapLight.org does a nice job cross-tabulating donation with votes on bills, and you can see which people/organizations were interested in each bill. Data comes from Congressional Record and from FEC.