Legislative Branch - Government Information - LibGuides at San Francisco State University

U.S. Congress

SFSU is in the 12th Congressional District
Represented by Congresswoman Jackie Speier.
California Senators
Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein represent the State of California in the 111th Congress.
U.S. Senate
U.S. House of Representatives
What Does the House Do?

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Legislative Process

Legislative Branch Resources on GPO Access
THOMAS: Legislative Information
From the Library of Congress.
How Our Laws Are Made

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Legislative Agencies

Government Accountabiltiy Office (GAO)
Government Printing Office (GPO)
The Library of Congress
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Office of Technology Assessment (closed 1995)
Architect of the Capitol
Legislative Branch: The Center for Legislative Archives
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
U.S. Botanic Garden
Congressional Research Service (CRS)
CRS reports are available on the GalleryWatch CRS Reports database (1993-present).

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About the Legislative Branch

"Article I, Section 1, of the United States Constitution, provides that:

* All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.

The chief function of Congress is the making of laws. In addition, the Senate has the function of advising and consenting to treaties and to certain nominations by the President."

For more information, see "How Our Laws are Made" ( http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.html) from the Library of Congress, THOMAS website.

More information about the Legislative Branch
From the White House.gov site.
Federal Legislative Branch
Official information and services from the U.S. government from USA.gov.

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Legislative History

A Century of Lawmanking for a New Nation, 1774-1875
U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, including Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, Statutes and Documents, Journals of Congress, Debates of Congress.
Federal Legislative History Research
Subtitled: A Practitioner’s Guide to Compiling the Documents And Sifting for Legislative Intent. By Richard J. McKinney and Ellen A. Sweet. Originally published in 2001; Last revised in May, 2006. © 2001 Law Librarians’ Society of Washington, D.C