Research Guides: POL-372: Seminar in Research and Methodology: U.S. Government

U.S. Congress

Congress.gov
Information about Congress, including the procedures for passing laws, links to the text of bills and public laws, the Congressional Record, and roll call votes.
Every CRS
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) provides detailed, thoroughly researched reports on hundreds of timely topics to Congress members and their staff.
GovTrack
Track the U.S. Congress through a website operated by an independent organization committed to increasing citizen participation in government.
Open Secrets
This site reveals publicly available information about donations to candidates for federal office.
U.S. House of Representatives
Daily activity, live house floor proceedings, background on members, legislation and history are also provided here.
U.S. Senate
Meet the senators, see what committees they serve on, and track legislation. Art and history of the Senate, and reference sources are also available.

Explore Census Data
The U.S. Census bureau's extensive database search tool for population, housing, economic and geographic information.
Supreme Court of the United States
Access court filings and rules, opinions, case documents, oral arguments, speeches and more.
The White House
Follow the White House briefings, explore the administration's top issues and key players in the administration.
USA.gov
US government portal site, with guidance on how to access the vast information resources of the US Government
U.S. Government Publishing Office
Federal Digital System (FDsys) is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of information covering all three branches of the Federal Government, and includes the Congressional Record, Code of Federal Regulation, Congressional
bills, economic indicators, public and private laws and more.

Finding datasets

The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, part of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. You can search by topic, series, geography, investigator, or thematic collection

https://www.re3data.org/ a search tool to find data sets in different locations

Local and state government data through https://www.data.gov/open-gov/

Other government datasets through data.gov