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Related Links

General News

Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com
New York Times: www.nytimes.com
CNN: cnn.com/allpolitics


Government and Federal Employee News

Federal Times: www.federaltimes.com
This link also contains a legislative update section targeted for federal employees and federal retirees.


Hill News

Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov
This link is a service of the Library of Congress. You can status, summaries, and text of legislation. Access to the Congressional Record on line.

House of Representatives: http://www.house.gov
Information from the Committees, contact Member, summaries of legislation coming to the floor that week, etc. From the Committees, legislation they have reported out.

House Legislative Schedule (The Whipping Post from the Majority Whips Office): http://majoritywhip.house.gov

You can get yourself on a list serve to receive the schedule every evening.

Senate: http://www.senate.gov

The Hill: http://www.hillnews.com
Another source of information on what is happening on the Hill. The Newspaper comes out once a week so the web page gets old.


Other Information

OMB:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/OMB/
OMB statements and Statement of Administration Policy (SAP)

Pew Research Center: http://www.people-press.org/
They do some good work on voter interests, and they include interest in international relations issues.


Phone Numbers

LEGIS (Good for bill status) 225-1772

HOUSE
Cloakroom
Republican (most often a tape) 225-7430
Week schedule (tape) 225-2020
Democrat (most often a tape) 225-7400
House Appropriations Committee
Republican 225-2771
Democrat 225-3481
House International Relations Committee
Republican 225-5021
Democrat 225-6735

SENATE
Cloakroom
Republican 224-8601
Democrat 224-8541
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Republican 224-4651
Democrat 224-3953

 

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