Libraries: Quick Reference Sources: Politics, Government, Law

Poltics, Government, Law

C-SPAN
Website of the cable television broadcaster; provides video of coverage of the U.S. government in action.
City of Houston
The official site -- pay traffic tickets and water bills
Congress.gov
Provides full text of bills along with comprehensive information on the US Congress.
FDsys: Federal Digital System
GPO's Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides free online access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government.
Federal Register
Official daily publication for Rules, Proposed Rules, and Notices of Federal agencies and organizations, as well as Executive Orders and other Presidential Documents. (Full-text)
Harris County
Official website.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Provides research
SIRS Issues Researcher
A suite of databases providing access to periodical articles, reference materials, pictures, government documents, and selected Internet sites, related to a wide range of topics. (Full-text) Learn to Use SIRS Issues Researcher

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Supreme Court of the U.S.
Includes a search utitlity for court documents and dockets.

Texas Fact Book
This document provides information on Texas Facts for the Legislative Budget Board.

Texas.gov
Official state site with links to government branches
U.S. Treasury
Organizational website for the United States Government agency.
United Nations
Official website for the international organization and its agencies.
United States Government Manual
Provides information on the legislative, judicial, and executive branches, as well as quasi-official agencies; international organizations; and boards, commissions, and committees. (Full-text)
Who Represents Me?
Find your Texas legislators.
World Factbook
The Central Intelligence Agencies source for national-level information on countries

World Leaders
"The CIA publishes and updates the online directory of Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments regularly. The directory is intended to be used primarily as a reference aid and includes as many governments of the world as is considered practical, some of them not officially recognized by the United States."