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{{Short description|Online database of the United States Congress}}{{for|the legislature |United States Congress}}Congress.gov is the online database of United States Congress legislative information. Congress.gov is a joint project of the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate and the Government Publishing Office.WEB,fcw.com/articles/2016/04/28/thomas-loc-retired.aspx, Library of Congress to retire Thomas, Mazmanian, Adam, April 28, 2016, Federal Computer Week, live,web.archive.org/web/20160607113335/https://fcw.com/articles/2016/04/28/thomas-loc-retired.aspx, June 7, 2016, Congress.gov was in beta in 2012, and beta testing ended in late 2013. Congress.gov officially launched on July 5, 2016, superseding THOMAS,WEB,blogs.loc.gov/law/2012/09/introducing-congress-gov/, Introducing Congress.gov!, Weber, Andrew, blogs.loc.gov, Law Library of Congress, NEWS,www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/congressgov-launches-thomas-legislative-database-gets-a-face-lift/2012/09/19/cf807804-026b-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html, Congress.gov launches; THOMAS legislative database gets a face lift, Kolawole, Emi, September 19, 2012, The Washington Post, live,archive.today/20160404144624/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/congressgov-launches-thomas-legislative-database-gets-a-face-lift/2012/09/19/cf807804-026b-11e2-8102-ebee9c66e190_blog.html, April 4, 2016, limited, August 23, 2016, WEB,radar.oreilly.com/2012/09/congress-launches-congress-gov-in-beta-doesnt-open-the-data.html, Congress launches Congress.gov in beta, doesn’t open the data - O’Reilly Radar, Howard, Alex, September 19, 2012, radar.oreilly.com, August 23, 2016, WEB,www.libraries.rutgers.edu/indexes/thomas, Congress.gov, Rutgers University#Libraries, Rutgers University Libraries, August 23, 2016, the Library of Congress’s original online database of congressional material, which had been launched in 1995.WEB,www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/, So long, Thomas.gov: Inside the retirement of a classic Web 1.0 application, Gewirtz, David, May 4, 2016, ZDNet, live,www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/," title="web.archive.org/web/20160505012419www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/,">web.archive.org/web/20160505012419www.zdnet.com/article/thomas-gov-an-exclusive-inside-look-at-the-retirement-and-transition-of-a-classic-web-1-0/, May 5, 2016, The website was created by Library of Congress employees using the Solr open-source search platform.In fiscal year 2015, the Library of Congress reported 36 million page views for Congress.gov.

Contents

The resource is a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including:

• bills and resolutions
  • texts
  • summaries and status
  • voting results, including how individual members voted
• Congressional Record, including the daily digest
• presidential nominations
• treaties
• appropriations
• Constitution of the United States with interpretive annotations from Supreme Court decisions

References

External links

• Congress.gov

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