The Big Picture
To learn more about immigration policy, we think the best place to start is with the think tank that came up with "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" -- MPI, the Migration Policy Institute.
Sites we like to check in on
Subtitled "A Commonplace Book of This & That in American Political Life". This is a friend's thoughtful meditation on the deeper questions of our political life. A site that should be far more widely read.
Research Resources
In the spirit of Thomas Jefferson, legislative information from the Library of Congress -- and the first place to look for all kinds of answers.
Within the Library of Congress site you’ll find the Congressional Record, a searchable database of House and Senate Floor transcripts going back to the 101st Congress (1989-1990).
The Congressional Record
Government Printing Office: Executive Branch
In the Executive Branch section you can find administrative documents detailing the Budget, Executive Orders, the State of the Union speeches, and specific regulations like Davis-Bacon Wage determinations and the U.S. Government Manual.
Government Printing Office: Judiciary Branch
Search the Judiciary Branch section for the Constitution, Supreme Court decisions from 1937 to 2000, or committee reports from the Judiciary Committees of each Chamber of Congress
Government Printing Office: Legislative Branch
We used the GPO’s Legislative Branch section to find committee reports, conference reports, histories of bills, calendars for previous Congresses, parliamentary rules for each chamber, they even have a searchable version of the US Code.
Our Government
Official website of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Official website of the U.S. Senate.
The official White House website.
When you’re in DC it’s a challenge to keep track of everything that happens on the Hill. We found the best way to stay on top of things were the “daylistsâ€. Here's the one for the Senate Radio & TV Gallery.
And here's the one for the House Radio & TV Gallery.
Media
One of our favorite parts of C-SPAN is their Congressional Chronicle. They’ve made 160,000 hours of their video archives searchable and viewable on line, so any Floor speech given since 1987 is watchable.
Watch C-SPAN live.
