Congress.gov is the online database of

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...

legislative information. Congress.gov is a joint project of the

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Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

and the

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. Congress.gov was in beta in 2012, and

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ended in late 2013. Congress.gov officially launched on July 5, 2016, superseding

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, the Library of Congress's original online database of congressional material, which had been launched in 1995. The website was created by Library of Congress employees using the

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2015, the Library of Congress reported 36 million page views for Congress.gov.

The resource is a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including: *

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s **texts **summaries and status **voting results, including how individual members voted *

Congressional Record The ''Congressional Record'' is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record Inde ...

, including the daily digest * presidential nominations *

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* appropriations *

Constitution of the United States The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution, in 1789. Originally comprising seven articles, it delineates the natio ...

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interpretive annotations from Supreme Court decisions

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