2007-10-18 09:05:19 · 11 answers · asked by searching_please 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
The Federal Register is a law mandated register of all activities and legislative action posted daily. You can get to their website here...
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/
2007-10-18 10:24:52 · answer #1 · answered by paulmccord 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two sources. Both listed below. The first is the one for C-Span. The other is for the "Thomas" site of the Library of Congress. Both have excellent search engines to download the language of a bill and how it was handled, including the votes recorded on each bill.
2007-10-18 19:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Issues is a broad term, especially when a single bill may involve several. The Library of Congress site has voting records for each bill, but if there's a specific issue you're concerned with, you might want to find a lobby group with a stake in it, and they'll have a list of past and ongoing bills.
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov
2007-10-18 16:11:06 · answer #3 · answered by Beardog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow - that's an interesting question, I've wondered it myself. It is kinda funny how votes are distorted during election season, you hear things like 'voted 300 times to raise taxes...' or 'voted to support blah blah blah...', then the media pundits "Interpret" things in their own way.
I've long thought about a web site, Politics RAW. Not the crap on TV that they call raw as in biased yelling, I mean bills - even the 100+ pages ones, printed in FULL, and how each congressman voted. No spin, no comments/forums, no concicse, dumbed down, or biased summaries of the bills - just the whole deal - raw fact, no opinion. Form your own opinion, spend the time to read the bill, even if its long.
2007-10-18 17:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most congressmen (and women) maintain websites that list their votes. Try that. You can also check the websites of your local newspapers. It's not a gov't source, obviously, but many papers (such as the Star-Ledger in NJ) carry Sunday listings of all the votes in the state and the federal houses.
2007-10-18 22:51:38 · answer #5 · answered by Karen V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not a gov site but keeps records of everyone in Congress record
http://www.aflcio.org/issues/legislativealert/votes/
2007-10-18 16:11:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are smart to want to research this. A potential candidate's voting record speaks far more truth than any stump speech or political rhetoric.
http://ontheissues.org/default.htm
2007-10-18 17:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the Congressmerge.com site.
http://www.congressmerge.com
Although there are features political bigwigs and organizations pay for, you don't have to pay to find out who represents you or your state, link to their individual page, and from there, you get links to voting records and text or summaries of legislation.
This is one to check out for sure.
2007-10-18 23:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by John H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
library of congress
Or watch CSPAN 1&2 And see it as it happens
2007-10-18 17:32:49 · answer #9 · answered by frank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.congress.org gives you a quick snapshot on how your representative voted on "key" bills, but it doesn't list all of his votes- it's helpful if you're looking for his/her vote on recent bills/resolutions
2007-10-18 20:02:46 · answer #10 · answered by TxVg 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋