THOMAS from the Library of Congress
THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.
- Bills, Resolutions
- Search bill text for current congress
- Search bill summary and status
- Search multiple Congresses
- Public laws by law number
- House roll call votes
- Senate roll call votes
- Browse legislation by sponsor
- Activity in Congress
- Yesterday in Congress
- House floor now
- Congressional Record
- Congressional Record latest daily digest
- Search the Congressional record
- Congressional Record index
- Schedules, Calendars
- Days-in-session calendars
- House floor this week
- Committee Information
- Search committee reports
- Presidential Nominations
- Search presidential nominations
- Treaties
- Government Resources
- For Teachers
Coverage
1968-present
Date
September 13, 2010
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Mobile interface available, see description for link.
Screencast tutorial available, icon linked to list.
Contents of this database are in Summon.
Resource provides Get VText links to access full text.
Resource provides open access publishing opportunities and open access publications.
Resource provides self archiving opportunities and open access documents.Warning
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