Library Guides: Federal Legislative History: Monitoring Congress

Current Awareness

CQ Weekly
The most comprehensive source on activity in the U.S. Congress. Available via CUA Libraries.
USA.gov
Information on commonly requested U.S. law and regulations as well as how laws, regulations and executive orders are made and where to find them.

Nexis Uni This link opens in a new window
To search, click Menu (top left) > Political Science scroll down for “Recent Political Science News” and "Political Science Blogs and Social Media" Includes access to popular news sources such as CQ Congressional Press Releases, The Hill, Roll Call, and CongressNow.

How Congress Passes Laws Now (Villanova University)
Research project by John Cannan (Villanova Law) reviewing how laws were passed based during the 111th-116th Congresses (2009-20) and the information sources that were generated for each law. Site contains downloadable spreadsheets where you can see data about committees, votes, amendments, reports, and more.