ProQuest Congressional Record (1789-2005)

Provides users with access to a comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information. Includes full text of congressional publications, finding aids, a bill tracking service, public laws and other research materials. The database is an effective source for general research in many academic disciplines, in addition to research related to specific legislative proposals and laws. Researchers can access information about Congress, including member biographical and committee assignment information, voting records, and financial data. The Congressional data here were derived from the following publications: Annals of Congress (1789-1824) Register of Debates (1824-1837) Congressional Globe (1833-1873) Congressional Record (1873-2005) Please note: OCR quality varies, and is particularly problematic for older material. The ProQuest data did not include any content from 2003-2005 (the 108th Congress) so that folder is currently missing. There are cases where the XML in certain files may be missing a wrapper. Folder naming convention: yyyy-yyyy-^session_number^ File naming convention: yyyymmdd-PQCR^serial_number^