Covers legislative and regulatory information from the United States Government. Includes index records, abstracts, and some full text of congressional publications (1789 to present). The collection contains bills and resolutions, Congressional hearings, Congressional documents, the Congressional Record and its predecessors, bill tracking information, information on committees and individual members, and more.
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Contains all publications from the 15th-96th Congresses, together with American State Papers (a retrospective collection of materials from 1789-1838 published in the 19th century). An incomparably rich collection of primary source material on all aspects of American history. During much of the 19th century, especially the pre-Civil War era, also included materials from key Executive Department publications.