The Legislative Process: Part One

Legislative Research

• Thomas
• GovTrack
• Lexis-Nexis
• CQ Electronic Library
• Other sources
• US Code
• Citing US Code

Bill Drafting

• Types of measures
• An example of legislative language: Climate Change Bill
• Senate Legislative Counsel
• House Legislative Counsel

Rules

• House Rules
• Senate Rules
  

Do They Read The Bills? No.

• The PATRIOT Act.

• ReadTheBill.Org

Committees:

• House Committees
• Senate Committees