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Subject LexisNexis Congressional is the world's most comprehensive access to U.S. legislative information from Congressional Information Service, Inc. The service offers access to a variety of information by and about the United States Congress. You can:
  • Search an index of congressional publications from 1789 to the present
  • Retrieve CIS Legislative Histories for public laws going back to 1970
  • Find selected testimony from congressional hearings
  • Track bills as they move through the House and Senate
  • Search the Congressional Record and Federal Register
  • Locate information about members and committees
Sources See Print Counterparts, below.
Dates Covered Varies from 1789 on.
Help Documents Click on the "Help" or "How Do I?..." buttons on the LexisNexis Congressional home page.
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CIS/Index to Publications of the U.S. Congress, 1970-present.
Congressional Record, 1985-present.
Federal Register, 1980-present.
U.S. Serial Set Index, 1789-1969.
Provider LexisNexis
Access Restricted to computers with the Bates IP address.


Page author: Sandi Groleau
Date: 8/13/02


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