Research and Course Guides: GRSW 625--Social Policy and Program Development: Finding Legislation

Web resources on the U. S. government

Congress.gov
Congress.gov is the key source for information on legislation at the federal level.
Metavid
Current movie clips from the United States Senate and House. Searchable back to 2006.
Washington Post Votes Database
Includes voting records back to the 102nd Congress
USA.gov
Government made easy.
United States Government Manual
Includes agencies of the legislative, judicial, and executive branches and information on quasi-official agencies, international organizations in which the United States participates, and boards, commissions, and committees.
The White House
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives

Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports
This site provides access to the weekly reports published by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics.
This Web site provides statistics on many different areas of interest to those studying families, including virths, deaths, marriages, and divorces.
U.S. Department of Education. National Center for Education Statistics
This site is the basic site for Education Statistics. It includes the Encyclopedia of Education Statistics as well as Youth Indicators, and demographic information on children and families, published by the U.S. Department of Education.
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
This site provides many different statistics covering "Inflation and consumer spending", "Wages, earnings and benefits", "Occupations", "Demographics", "Industry", "Business costs", etc. from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
U.S. Census Bureau
This Web site provides information about the Bureau of the Census, and about access tools, as well as social demographic and economic information. Also includes a statistical site called "American Factfinder".
Tax Statistics
Tax Statistics information and forms from the IRS.

50 States.com
Council of State Governments
Primary association for state governments.
Minnesota State Legislature
House research publications, Session Weekly, Legislative Library.
State and Local Governments
Consistent information for each U. S. state: access to services, marketplace, state directories, city guides, statewide offices, legislative branches, judicial branch, executive branch, boards and commissions, regional authorities, counties, cities and townships.
Office of the Governor of the State of Minnesota
Minnesota.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Green Book
This is a publication of the House Ways and Means Committee of the Background Material and Data on Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. To access, highlight the most current edition of the Green Book n the list and then type "green book" in the "Search Terms" box, or type a specific subject term in the box.
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Information on the Bureau of the Census including many resources and statistics which they produce.
Minnesota Department of Human Services

Westlaw Campus Research This link opens in a new window
Westlaw Campus has a broad selection of federal and state statutes, regulations, and case law. It is designed for the academic market and is not the full Westlaw database available to law schools. It also provides the full text of international, U.S., state, and local newspapers, magazines and wire services as well as company and industry financial data, SEC filings and news from business publications.