Lexis Nexis Congressional

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Provides an index of congressional reports, documents, prints, bills and the Congressional Record. For 1980s forward, full text is available for many documents. Includes bill tracking reports, public laws and the United States Code Service, The Federal Register, and the Code of Federal Regulations. Also contains biographical and financial information, voting records, committee rosters, charters, and schedules for committees and subcommittees.
A complete list of sources is posted below:

Committee Information	Coverage	Updated
Committee Rosters and General Information	Current Congress	As available
Committee Schedules	1966 to current	Daily
Congressional Publications: Committee Hearings	Coverage	Updated
Published Hearings Indexing	1833 to 1969	Archive
Published Hearings Abstracts and Indexing	1970 to current	Monthly
Selected Testimony Transcripts and Submitted Statements	1988 to current	Daily when Congress is in session
Unpublished Hearings, House, Indexing	1833 to 1972	Quadrennially
Unpublished Hearings, Senate, Indexing	1824 to 1984	Quadrennially
Congressional Publications: Committee Prints	Coverage	Updated
Committee Prints Indexing	1830 to 1969	Archive
Committee Prints Abstracts and Indexing	1970 to current	Monthly
Committee Prints Selected Full Text	1993 to 2004	Archive
Congressional Publications: Committee Reports	Coverage	Updated
Committee Reports Indexing	1789-1969	Archive
Committee Reports Abstracts and Indexing	1970 to current	Monthly
Committee Reports Full Text	1990 to current (limited coverage for 1990)	Daily when Congress is in session
Congressional Publications: House and Senate Documents	Coverage	Updated
House and Senate Documents Indexing	1789-1969	Archive
House and Senate Documents Abstracts and Indexing	1970 to current	Monthly
House and Senate Documents Full Text	1995 to current (most, but not all, documents are available)	Weekly
Senate Executive Documents and Reports not included in the Serial Set	1817-1969	Archive
Congressional Publications: Other	Coverage	Updated
Congressional Record	1985 to current	Daily when Congress is in session
Congressional Rules	current	As available
Federal Register	1980 to current	Daily
GAO Reports Abstracts and Indexing, with links to PDFs	2004 to current	Monthly
Members of Congress	Coverage	Updated
Campaign Contributions from Individuals and PACs	1987 to current	Quarterly during even-numbered years; semiannually during odd-numbered years
Campaign Financial Data	1989 to current	Quarterly during even-numbered years; semiannually during odd-numbered years
Key Votes in Congress	1987 to current	As available
Member Financial Disclosures	1991 to current	Annually
Member Information	Current	As available
Profiling of Congressional Membership	Current	As available
Voting Records in Congress	1988 to current	Daily when Congress is in session
Laws and Bills	Coverage	Updated
Bill Text	1989 to current	Daily when Congress is in session
Bill Tracking (includes CRS Bill Digest)	1989 to current	Daily when Congress is in session
Public Laws	1988 to current	Within two weeks after a law is passed (most available within 24 to 48 hours)
U.S. Code	Current	Several times per month
Legislative Histories	Coverage	Updated
Legislative Histories, Complete, All Public Laws	1999 to current	Monthly
Legislative Histories, Complete, Major Public Laws Only	1984-1998	Archive
Legislative Histories, Abbreviated, All Public Laws	1969-1983	Archive
News Sources	Coverage	Updated
The Hill	1995 to current	Weekly
Hot Bills and Topics	Current	Monthly
Roll Call	1989 to current	Monday and Thursday while Congress is in session (Monday only when in recess)
Washington Post, Section A News	1977 to current	Daily
Regulations	Coverage	Updated
Code of Federal Regulations	1981 to current	Weekly
Federal Register	1980 to current	Daily

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