From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms Thomas / Congress.gov (Library of Congress) Thomas The Tank Engine – Accidents Can Happen “THOMAS: In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress” THOMAS is now Congress.gov THOMAS / Thomas was launched in January of 1995, at the … Read more
From the Congressional Glossary – Including Legislative and Budget Terms Library of Congress / Congressional Research Service / CRS The photograph by Carol Highsmith is of the Main Reading Room in the Jefferson Building. The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is … Read more
Congress receives more than 86.9 million pieces of snail mail annually, and more than 200 million emails each year. How effective are these communications? Joshua Tauberer, the creator of research tool GovTrack says that in his personal experience: […] what Congressional staff say is that two things happen with letters and other communications. First, Representatives … Read more