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CQ Magazine (formerly CQ Weekly)
- CQ Magazine This link opens in a new windowCongressional Quarterly's Magazine 0n Government, Policy and Politics (UTSA subscription)
"The CQ news team - by far the largest on Capitol Hill, with more than 100 reporters, editors and researchers - covers virtually every act of Congress, delivering nonpartisan news and analysis." (1983 to current)
Weekly Features
> Bills To Watch
> Vote Charts
> Status of Appropriations
> Trends and Forecasts
> New Perspectives on Current Events
> Weekly Report: Actions and Reactions in Congress
> Subject Index
> Cumulative Index
News Sources with Major Congressional Coverage
- National Journal Daily (via National Journal Policy Central)Formerly Congress Daily. "National Journal reflects the day's agenda on Capitol Hill through timely, behind-the-scenes coverage and analysis of House and Senate activity." 2008-current
- Congressional Record (via Congress.gov)Proceedings and debates of U.S. Congress. Current issue and archive back to 1881.
- Congressional Record (ProQuest Congressional)The official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. Published daily when Congress is in session. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities. (1789-current)
Also free on GPO's govinfo (bound) (1873-2017) and govinfo (daily) (1994-current) - CQ Roll CallRoll Call covers House and Senate activity and the people and issues involved in the Congressional arena. (1998-current) Current on the web: Roll Call
- The HillRespected non-partisan independent newspaper covering news and analysis about Congress and the Federal government with special focus on business and lobbying, political campaigns, and Capitol Hill issues.
Also in Nexis Uni (1995-current) and Master File (EBSCO) (2007-current) (full image) - PoliticoPolitical journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia, that covers politics and policy in the U.S. and internationally.
- Washington PostProQuest - 1988 - current - text only Certain freelance articles may not be available.
- New York TimesProQuest - 1980 - current - text (with some images)
also see San Antonio Public Library > NYT at SAPL Click on "Special Code" to set up an account. - U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Reports & TestimoniesAn independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress. Often called the "congressional watchdog." GAO investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars.
C-Span
- C-SPANLive video feeds, clips, and segments of proceedings, testimony, and speeches of legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. All programming since 1987 is available in the award-winning Video Library. C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service to provide public access to the political process. It receives no government funding.