AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

created by Peggy Beck Haines

SEE ALSO ONLINE RESOURCES. (Use Congressional Quarterly's American Government & other databases; and Galenet History Resource Center, US. Search reference books, and click into other tabs for Periodicals & Primary Documents. SEE ALSO Galenet Opposing Views Resource Center, Issues and Controversies On File, and Issues in American History.)

AGENCIES (SEE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES & SITES (FOR DEPT AGENCIES, MILITARY, ETC.)

AMERICAN POLITICS (LINKS ON CONGRESS, CONSTITUTION ANDUNIV. OF TEXAS)

BILL OF RIGHTS RESOURCES (SEE CONSTITUTION RESOURCES.)

CIVICS RESOURCES

CIVICS ONLINE

CONGRESS RESOURCES

                AMERICAN POLITICS (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)
                ANNALS OF CONGRESS (LIBRARY OF CONGRESS)
                THE CENTER ON CONGRESS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
                A CENTURY OF LAWMAKING FOR A NEW NATION: U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS AND DEBATES 1774-1875
                CONGRESS LINK: THE DIRKSEN CONGRESSIONAL CENTER
                CONGRESS MERGE: CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULES
                CONGRESS.ORG
                CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY
                CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS
                CONGRESSIONAL GUIDE (NEW YORK TIMES)
                THE DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FIRST FEDERAL CONGRESS, 1789-1791
                ELECTION INFORMATION
                FEDSTATS
                THE HILL (THE NEWSPAPER FOR AND ABOUT THE U.S. CONGRESS)
                HOUSE DEMOCRATIC LEADER
                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
                HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE
                LAW LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
                LEGISLATIVE HISTORIES: UNITED STATES CONGRESS (FROM 1993)
                REPRESENTATIVES' OFFICES
                STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON THE NET
                THOMAS: LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
                UNITED STATES CONGRESS
                U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON RULES
                U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 109TH CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL TERMS RESOURCES (For Pros & Cons, SEE ALSO ONLINE RESOURCES, Galenet Opposing Views Resource Center and Issues and Controversies On File.)

C-SPAN CONGRESSIONAL GLOSSARY

CONGRESSIONAL TERMS OF OFFICE BILLS (GOVTRACK.US)

GLOSSARY OF CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE TERMS (CAPITOL NET)

LEGISLATIVE TERM LIMITS: A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

PROPOSITION 225: LIMITING CONGRESSIONAL TERMS (CALIFORNIA, 1998)

U.S. TERM LIMITS (A PRO-LIMIT ORGANIZATION SITE)

CONSTITUTIONS, STATUTES, AND CODES RESOURCES

                CONSTITUTION RESOURCES
                CONSTITUTIONS, STATUTES, AND CODES
                U.S. CONSTITUTION

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE RESOURCES

                THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TEXT
                        THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
                HISTORY AND ANALYSIS
                        DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: A HISTORY
                        THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: OUR NATIONAL TREASURE
                       DRAFTING THE DOCUMENTS
                        WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
                SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION
                         DESTINY OF THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
                        THE PRICE THEY PAID: SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
                        A USER'S GUIDE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
                        WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

DEMOCRACY & CITIZENSHIP (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

ELECTION & VOTING RESOURCES

FILIBUSTER RESOURCES

*FOR SPECIFIC FILIBUSTERS, SEE THOMAS LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET. (UNDER CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, BROWSE BY DATE OR KEYWORD. ENTER FILIBUSTER.) YOU CAN ALSO SEARCH THE HILL (THE NEWSPAPER FOR AND ABOUT THE U.S. CONGRESS) AND CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY RESEARCHER AT ONLINE RESOURCES.**

YOU MIGHT ALSO LOOK AT THE SITES BELOW THAT HAVE FOR SUMMARIES OF SPECIFIC FILIBUSTERS IN RECENT YEARS. THEN SEARCH FOR MORE DETAILS ON THAT FILIBUSTER.**

BRIEFING ON FILIBUSTER AND CLOTURE (U.S. SENATE)

C-SPAN: GLOSSARY (DEFINITION)

CENTRISTS COMPROMISE, AVERTING FILIBUSTER FACEOFF

DEMOCRATS REVIVE FILIBUSTER THREAT

THE FILIBUSTER (CATO, A LIBERTARIAN FOUNDATION)

FILIBUSTER ACTION CENTER (PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY)

FILIBUSTER: DEFINITION

** THE FILIBUSTER FORMULA (TIME MAGAZINE)

FILIBUSTER FRIST.COM: FILIBUSTER FOR DEMOCRACY (PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SITE)

FILIBUSTER HISTORY (WORDPHILES)

FILIBUSTER RULE CHANGE OPPOSED

FILIBUSTER SHOWDOWN LOOMS IN SENATE

** FILIBUSTER 2005: WHO REPRESENTS AMERICA?

** FILIBUSTERS ACROSS AMERICA BY STATE

GLOSSARY: FILIBUSTER (DEFINITION)

HATCH ORNSTEIN FILIBUSTER EXCHANGE IN ROLL CALL (PDF)

**HISTORY OF THE FILIBUSTER: A TOOL USED BY BOTH PARTIES

THE "NUCLEAR OPTION" (TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF FILIBUSTERS)

**RECENT FILIBUSTERS

REPUBLICANS ABANDON GOP ON FILIBUSTER

** A SENATE SHOWDOWN VS. A MODERATING COMPROMISE

SENATORS COMPROMISE ON FILIBUSTERS

THE TOP 10 FILIBUSTER FALSEHOODS (MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA)

WHAT IS FILIBUSTER? (SCROLL TO #6)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS & DEFENSE (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES & SITES (FOR DEPT AGENCIES, MILITARY, ETC.)

GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

THISNATION.COM: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

IDEOLOGY, PUBLIC OPINION, AND MEDIA (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

IMPEACHMENT RESOURCES

JUDICIARY (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

JUSTICE LEARNING: CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE REAL WORLD

LAW RESOURCES

NEWS SERVICES

ALL-POLITICS

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY (SEE ONLINE RESOURCES.)

C-SPAN WEB

FEDNET

THE HILL (THE NEWSPAPER FOR AND ABOUT THE U.S. CONGRESS)

PARTICIPATION, INTEREST GROUPS, & LOBBYING (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

POLITICAL ECONOMY & PUBLIC POLICY (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

POLITICAL PARTIES, CAMPAIGNS, AND ELECTIONS RESOURCES

PRESIDENCY & EXECUTIVE (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS) (SEE ALSO PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES RESOURCES.)

SENATE RESOURCES

BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1774- PRESENT

FEDSTATS

SENATE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

SENATE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE

SENATORS' WEBSITES

STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ON THE NET

THOMAS: LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET

UNITED STATES SENATE

U.S. SENATE REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE

STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (LINKS - UNIV. OF TEXAS)

SUPREME COURT RESOURCES

                AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION: SUPREME COURT PREVIEW
                C-SPAN: JUDICIARY RESOURCES
                CURIAE LAW PROJECT: U.S. SUPREME COURT RECORDS AND BRIEFS
               FINDLAW'S SUPREME COURT CENTER
                FINDLAW'S SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
                LANDMARK SUPREME COURT CASES
                ON THE DOCKET (NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY'S U.S. SUPREME COURT NEWS)
                OYEZ: U.S. SUPREME COURT MEDIA
                SUPREME COURT COLLECTION
                SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
                SUPREME COURT HISTORICAL SOCIETY
                THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
                SUPREME COURT WATCH (HOLT)
                U.S. SUPREME COURT MONITOR (LAW.COM)
                WASHINGTON POST'S SUPREME COURT PRIMER
                WASHINGTON POST'S SUPREME COURT COVERAGE

WHITE HOUSE

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