United States Government
Documents
 | The Declaration of
Independence
| The
Constitution
| The Bill of
Rights
| The
Federalist Papers | |
INSTITUTIONS
| United States House Of
Representatives
| United States Senate
| The White House
| United States Federal
Judiciary
| Executive
Branch Web Sites
| Democratic National
Committee
| Republican National Committee
| |
RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LINKS
| The
Legislative Process Explained
| The Legislative
Process Explained Somewhat Differently
| THOMAS In the spirit of Thomas
Jefferson, the Library of Congress provides you with searchable
information about the U.S. Congress and the legislative process. Search
bills, by topic , bill number, or title. Search through and read the
text of the Congressional Record for the 104th and 105th Congress.
Search and find committee reports by topic or committee name.
| Federal Statistics
Briefing Room The most current economic and social statistical
indicators.
| GPO
Access A growing list of Online Services from the Supt. of
Documents. Includes the Congressional Record, Federal Register,
Government Organization Manual, House and Senate Calendars, House,
Senate, and Executive Reports, and House, Senate and Treaty Documents,
GAO Reports, Economic Indicators, selected Foreign Office documents and
others.
| Newspaper and
Current Periodical Reading Room of the Library of Congress This is
an excellent research tool for accessing the LOC archives of newspapers
and periodicals.
| Project Vote Smart An
excellent, non-partisan, non-profit effort that researches, tracks and
provides to the public independent factual information on over 13,000
candidates and elected officials. Voting records, campaign issue
positions, performance evaluations by special interests, campaign
contributions, backgrounds, previous experience, and contact information
are available.
| National Election Studies
NES conducts national surveys of the American electorate in presidential
and midterm election years and carries out research and development work
through pilot studies in odd-numbered years. This site offers access to
much of the data that NES has produced.
| Gallup Organization Public
political opinion pollsters.
| Federal Election Commission
Information on electoral history, election rules, campaign financing and
voting statistics.
| C-Span On-Line A wealth of
information about the current Congress with up to the minute updates on
the actions of the Senate and House.
| Congressional Quarterly Home
Page News about current activities of Congress. See
Votewatch and American Voter sections for detail on floor votes and
activities of individual Representatives.
| FedWorld Information Network
A comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering
and acquiring government and business information. It is the online
locator service for the inventory of information disseminated by the
Federal Government.
| Roll Call A newspaper that
reports exclusively on Congress and the Federal government.
| The Hill Another newspaper
that reports on Congress and the Federal government. | |
LEGAL RESOURCES
| Cornell Law
Library All cases from 1990 to the present and a selection of
historically significant cases.
| FedWorld/FLITE Supreme
Court Decisions Cases from 1937-1985 available on line.
| Federal Register and
Public Laws Index | |
Comparative Government
| Central Banks of the
World A page that provides information on the actions of many of the
world's central banks as well as links to their official sites.
| International Studies
Association A resource with information on the association as well
as links to sites that concern their areas of interest.
| Latin
American Government Documents Project A Cornell University project
"to organize and describe the many Latin American official documents now
appearing on the Internet."
| Embassy Page Embassies,
consulates, and other links. | |
International Relations
Research Organizations
| International Studies
Association A resource with information on the association as well
as links to sites that concern their areas of interest.
| Brookings Institution
Center for Foreign Policy Studies Provides authoritative
information, critical assessment, and careful objective analyses of
world events and to anticipate those developments that are most likely
to have significant effects on U.S. foreign policy over the next several
years.
| Center For Defense Information A
private, non-governmental, research organization that monitors the
military and defense expenditures.
| Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution, and Peace Home page of a leading academic think tank in
the field of international relations. Includes a list of their current
projects and publications.
| International
Relations Think Tanks A well maintained page of links to many of the
world's leading think tanks on international relations.
| |
European Community Sites
| Europa The official site of the
union, it provides information on the goals, institutions, and policies
of the European Community.
| University of
California (Berkeley) EU Info Site A comprehensive, well organized
list of sites and links that deal with the European Union.
| European Court of Justice
| European Parliament
| European
Governments on the Web A complete listing of official web sites and
includes links to all servers in EU institutions usefully arranged by
organizational structure.
| Association for Monetary Union in
Europe Provides information about the preparations for the
introduction of the Euro. | |
International Organizations
| United Nations
| NATO
| World Bank
| International Monetary Fund
| World Trade Organization
| World Health Organization
| |
Political Theory
| Oxford
University Political Theory Web Site Lots of background information
on the most important classical and modern political philosophers with
links to full text versions of many classic works in this field.
| Guide To
Philosophy A very nice and well organized site in Sweden with
thumbnail biographies of many famous philosophers. A good place to start
for those casually interested in political thought.
| St. Martin's
Press Political Theory Web Site A site with links to pages and
writings of great philosophers as well as other general sites that deal
with political theory. | |
Web Sites of General Interest
