Green Book

Chairman Rangel Announces Rollout of the 2008 Green Book:

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) today announced the release of the 2008 edition of “Background Material and Data on the Programs within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means,” informally known as the Green Book.

The Green Book provides updated data and information on programs within the Committee’s jurisdiction, such as Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Foster Care and welfare. Additionally, it includes a discussion of related issues, such as the well-being of the elderly and of children and families. Since its first publication in 1981, the Green Book has become a valued reference guide for legislators, administrators, researchers and interested citizens.

Upon completion, individual chapters of this volume will be accessible on the Committee’s website (http://waysandmeans.house.gov/). The first of these completed sections, Child Support Enforcement Program, was posted today. Once all sections have been completed, a printed edition of the entire book will be made available for purchase from the Government Printing Office.

From: University of California at Santa Cruz

MetaVid (http://metavid@ucsc.edu) is an open source project from the University of California at Santa Cruz that allows users to keyword search EVERY word spoken (aka transcript search) on the floors of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate and then listen to the audio and/or watch the video. The text transcript comes from the closed captioning associated with each file, and the index dates back to January, 2006. Files can be viewed online and downloaded if desired. Search terms can be set-up on an RSS feed, and an advanced search interface is also available

Congressional Earmarks Database

From the Office of Management and Budget:

U.S. Congress: New Features Added to Earmarks Database (PDF)

From the announcement:

The first change is that the database will now show earmarks as they move through the FY08 appropriations process. The number of earmarks and the dollar value of those earmarks can be viewed as a bill moves through the legislative process.

The second change is that earmarks for selected authorization bills resulting in expenditures in 2005 have been posted to the database. This is an expansion beyond appropriations legislation, recognizing that while most earmarks appear in annual appropriations bill, some appear in authorization legislation. These new authorization bills include the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) and the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.

Direct to Earmarks Database

Congressional Pictorial Directory

From GPO Access:

Congressional Pictorial Directory: 110th Congress (PDFs)

The 110th Congressional Pictorial Directory provides a color photograph of each member of the House of Representatives and the Senate for the 110th Congress. It also includes information about a Member of Congress’ length of service, political party affiliations, and Congressional district.
Also contains pictures of the President, Vice President, and House and Senate officers and officials.

Women in Congress

From the Joint Committee on Printing (via GPO Access)

Women in Congress 1917 - 2006 (House Document No. 108-223)

Reference document including biographical profiles of individual Representatives and Senators, portraits of every woman who has served in Congress, and statistical graphs and charts.

Congressional Archives

From the National Archives:

New Web Harvest Online: 109th Congress


What does it contain?

More than four million pages (42 GB) crawled and archived between 11/11/06 and 12/11/06
Browse by Members Name
Browse by Committee Name
Browse by Leadership
Browse by House or Senate Organizations


The crawl was done using The Internet Archive’s open-source Heretix Crawler.
Learn More about the 109th Congress Web Harvest

Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, recently told a U.S. House Committee, that the average life of a web site is between 44 and 75 days.

Sources: NARA and The Internet Archive

Congressional Committee Meetings Index

From the library at the North Carolina State University at Raleigh:

Congressional Committees Meetings Index

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/congbibs/


The U.S. Congressional Bibliographies enumerate and describe meetings held by Congressional committees since 1985, those for which printed transcripts are issued, and those that remain unprinted.

Its sources are the Congressional Record's "Daily Digest" and bibliographic information supplied by the U.S. Senate Library. Its primary goal is to be an authoritative, exhaustive reference source of meetings held and documents released by House and Senate committees.

U.S. Congress Votes Database

From the Washington Post:

U.S. Congress Votes Database

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/about/


This site, washingtonpost.com's U.S. Congress Votes Database, is a database of every vote in the United States Congress since the 102nd Congress (1991). It lets you browse votes in a variety of ways -- both in aggregate and for individual members of Congress.

Browse the database by drilling down to a particular Congress (e.g. 109th Congress) or particular member (e.g. 109th Congress senators).

Congresspedia

Congresspedia

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congresspedia

Congresspedia is the "citizen's encyclopedia on Congress" that anyone can edit.

Congresspedia is part of SourceWatch, a wiki-based website documenting the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda.

GovTrack.us

GovTrack.us — a 2006 Webby Award nominee mentioned in both The New York Times and The Washington Post — brings together legislative data from existing government sources and presents it in a user-friendly format, and provides the ability to track legislative events as they happen via email updates and RSS/Atom feeds. GovTrack provides its services for free.

As a nexus of information about the United States Congress, GovTrack brings together information on the status of federal legislation, voting records, and campaign contributions. The site automatically tracks legislative events and categorizes them into thousands of subjects, such as "nuclear energy" and "medicine," so that users can subscribe to follow just the events that interest them. Events, like the passage of bills, are sent to users on a daily or weekly basis by email, or through RSS/Atom feeds.

Information is retrieved from a variety of government websites, primarily THOMAS and also sites listed on this page, on a daily basis.


http://www.govtrack.us/

African American Voices in Congress

Here's a new Web site:

Avoice: African American Voices in Congress This site was "designed to capture and preserve the rich history of political and legislative contributions of blacks for future generations. This virtual online library is a central source of information about historical and contemporary African American policy issues." Features exhibits on the history of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, and related topics. Developed by the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.
URL: http://www.avoiceonline.org/

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee announced its subcommittee membership list during a Jan. 17 organizational meeting.
Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn.) and ranking member John Mica (R-Fla.) serve as ex officio members on each of the six subcommittees.
Democratic members of the Aviation Subcommittee include:
Chairman Jerry F. Costello (Ill.), Bob Filner (Calif.), Leonard L. Boswell (Iowa), Rick Larsen (Wash.), Russ Carnahan (Miss.), John T. Salazar (Colo.), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Nick Lampson (Texas), Zachary T. Space (Ohio), Bruce L. Braley (Iowa), Harry E. Mitchell (Ariz.), John J. Hall (N.Y.), Steve Kagen (Wis.), Steve Cohen (Tenn.), Nick J. Rahall (W.Va.), Peter A. DeFazio (Ore.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Corrine Brown (Fla.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Juanita Millender-McDonald (Calif.), Ellen O. Tauscher (Calif.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Michael E. Capuano (Mass.), Doris O. Matsui (Calif.), Mazie K. Hirono (Hawaii).
Republican members of the Aviation Subcommittee include:
Ranking member Thomas E. Petri (Wis.), Howard Coble (N.C.), John J. Duncan (Tenn.), Vernon J. Ehlers (Mich.), Steven C. LaTourette (Ohio), Frank A. LoBiondo (N.J.), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Robin Hayes (N.C.), Sam Graves (Mo.), John Boozman (Ariz.), Jim Gerlach (Pa.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Kenny Marchant (Texas), Charles W. Dent (Pa.), Ted Poe (Texas), David G. Reichert (Wash.), Connie Mack (Fla.), Randy Kuhl (N.Y.), Lynn A. Westmoreland (Ga.), Mary Fallin (Okla.), Vern Buchanan (Fla.).
Democratic members of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee include:
Chairman Elijah E. Cummings (Md.), Gene Taylor (Miss.), Rick Larsen (Wash.), Corrine Brown (Fla.), Juanita Millender-McDonald (Calif.), Brian Higgins (N.Y.), Brian Baird (Wash.), Timothy H. Bishop (N.Y.).
Republican members of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee include:
Ranking member Steve LaTourette (Ohio), Don Young (Alaska), Howard Coble (N.C.), Wayne T. Gilchrest (Md.), Frank A. LoBiondo (N.J.), Ted Poe (Texas).
Democratic members of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee include:
Chairman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Michael H. Michaud (Maine), Jason Altmire (Pa.), Michael A. Arcuri (N.Y.), Christopher P. Carney (Pa.), Timothy J. Walz (Minn.), Steve Cohen (Tenn.).
Republican members of the Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee include:
Ranking member Sam Graves (Mo.), Bill Shuster (Pa.), Kenny Marchant (Texas), Charles W. Dent (Pa.), Randy Kuhl (N.Y.).
Democratic members of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee include:
Chairman Peter A. DeFazio (Ore.), Nick J. Rahall (W.Va.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Juanita Millender-McDonald (Calif.), Ellen O. Tauscher (Calif.), Tim Holden (Pa.), Michael E. Capuano (Mass.), Julia Carson (Ind.), Timothy H. Bishop (N.Y.), Michael H. Michaud (Maine), Brian Higgins (N.Y.), Grace F. Napolitano (Calif.), Mazie K. Hirono (Hawaii), Jason Altmire (Pa.), Timothy J. Walz (Minn.), Heath Shuler (N.C.), Michael A. Arcuri (N.Y.), Christopher P. Carney (Pa.), Jerry McNerney (Calif.), Bob Filner (Calif.), Elijah E. Cummings (Md.), Brian Baird (Wash.), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Doris O. Matsui (Calif.), Steve Cohen (Tenn.), Zachary T. Space (Ohio), Bruce L. Braley (Iowa), Harry E. Mitchell (Ariz.).
Republican members of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee include:
Ranking member John J. Duncan (Tenn.), Don Young (Alaska), Thomas E. Petri (Wis.), Howard Coble (N.C.), Richard H. Baker (La.), Gary G. Miller (Calif.), Robin Hayes (N.C.), Henry E. Brown (S.C.), Timothy V. Johnson (Ill.), Todd Russell Platts (Pa.), John Boozman (Ark.), Jim Gerlach (Pa.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Kenny Marchant (Texas), Charles W. Dent (Pa.), Ted Poe (Texas), David G. Reichert (Wash.), Charles W. Boustany (La.), Jean Schmidt (Ohio), Candice S. Miller (Mich.), Thelma D. Drake (Va.), Mary Fallin (Okla.), Vern Buchanan (Fla.).
Democratic members of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee include:
Chairman Corrine Brown (Fla.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Leonard L. Boswell (Iowa), Julia Carson (Ind.), Grace F. Napolitano (Calif.), Nick Lampson (Texas), Zachary T. Space (Ohio), Bruce L. Braley (Iowa), Timothy J. Walz (Minn.), Nick J. Rahall (W.Va.), Peter A. DeFazio (Ore.), Jerry F. Costello (Ill.), Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Elijah E. Cummings (Md.), Michael H. Michaud (Maine), Daniel Lipinski (Ill.).
Republican members of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee include:
Ranking member Bill Shuster (Pa.), Thomas E. Petri (Wis.), Wayne T. Gilchrest (Md.), Steven C. LaTourette (Ohio), Jerry Moran (Kan.), Gary G. Miller (Calif.), Henry Brown (S.C.), Timothy V. Johnson (Ill.), Todd Russell Platts (Pa.), Sam Graves (Mo.), Jim Gerlach (Pa.), Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.), Lynn A. Westmoreland (Ga.).
Democratic members of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee include:
Chairman Eddie Bernice Johnson (Texas), Gene Taylor (Miss.), Brian Baird (Wash.), Doris O. Matsui (Calif.), Jerry F. Costello (Ill.), Timothy H. Bishop (N.Y.), Brian Higgins (N.Y.), Russ Carnahan (Mo.), John T. Salazar (Colo.), Mazie K. Hirono (Hawaii), Heath Shuler (N.C.), Harry E. Mitchell (Ariz.), John J. Hall (N.Y.), Steve Kagen (Wis.), Jerry McNerney (Calif.), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), Bob Filner (Calif.), Ellen O. Tauscher (Calif.), Michael E. Capuano (Mass.), Grace F. Napolitano (Calif.), Michael A. Arcuri (N.Y.)
Republican members of the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee include:
Ranking member Richard H. Baker (La.), John J. Duncan (Tenn.), Wayne T. Gilchrest (Md.), Vernon J. Ehlers (Mich.), Frank A. LoBiondo (N.J.), Gary G. Miller (Calif.), Robin Hayes (N.C.), Henry E. Brown (S.C.), Todd Russell Platts (Pa.), Bill Shuster (Pa.), John Boozman (Ark.), Connie Mack (Fla.), Randy Kuhl (N.Y.), Charles W. Boustany (La.), Jean Schmidt (Ohio), Candice S. Miller (Mich.), Thelma D. Drake (Va.).