Online newspaper covering Congress, "inside and out."
CQ Press publishes products that focus on American Government and politics. CQ Almanac is an important annual reference for studying the U.S. Congress. Articles are written, primarily, by journalists. The articles are not scholarly research but rather excellent reporting.
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The powers of the U.S. Congress are granted through the U.S. Constitution. Congress is mentioned in several sections of the Consitution however much is in Article I, Section 8.
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Encyclopedia of the United States Congress by 
Guide to Congress, 6th Edition, 2-Volume Set by 
Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1789 - 1946
Committees in the U.S. Congress, 1947-1992Online Sources:
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Major Acts of Congress by A legislative history is a compilation of the materials generated during the course of creating legislation. Legislative history is used for discovering the legislative intent. Use the information in the attached documents for locating resouces used in compiling Federal or state of Georgia legislative histories.
The acts and resolutions of each session of Congress are collected in the series Statutes At Large.
Remember, each Congress has 2 sessions, each session is (very roughly) one calendar year.
For example: 111th Congress:
Complete collection of the United States Statutes At Large (through 2010)
