Explain (in an easy to understand way) Budget Reconciliation in the Senate? And its impact on health care reform this year? [more inside]
posted by paulinsanjuan on Apr 30, 2009 - 8 answers

How can I research how a particular act of the U.S. Congress came into existence - with as much detail as is possible about how it changed from proposal to final act and how it was influenced along the way? [more inside]
posted by croutonsupafreak on Nov 8, 2008 - 12 answers

Two political candidates have identical websites. Did one rip another off, or are they both using the same template? [more inside]
posted by fingo on Oct 5, 2008 - 4 answers

What size organization does a U.S. Senator run? [more inside]
posted by Xalf on Sep 4, 2008 - 17 answers

Were can I find a list of the wealth of the current members of the US Senate?
posted by mac-way on Aug 24, 2008 - 2 answers

Can anyone tell me the percentage of children of illegal immigrants who attend college? Specifically in Texas. We are arguing the HB 104 (in state tuition bill) in my government class and I need to know how many children of illegal immigrants who were not born in the US actually attend institutions of higher education....
posted by madmamasmith on Mar 22, 2008 - 12 answers

How can I, a US citizen, be more informed about my lawmakers' decisions and whether they're doing a good job? I have an example that I wonder about intensely, today's Senate Intelligence Committee meeting. [more inside]
posted by cmiller on Oct 18, 2007 - 4 answers

How can a regular citizen get in to see Senate hearings? I have found rules for reporters explaining how they can get credentials, but not for us regular folks. I assume it would be harder to get into high-profile hearings like the recent AG performances, but I would like to try if it is possible.
posted by mmf on Jul 28, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there a really good schedule for upcoming activities in the U.S. Senate available online? [more inside]
posted by fugitivefromchaingang on Jan 22, 2007 - 6 answers

How come they won't call Virginia for the democrats? [more inside]
posted by petsounds on Nov 8, 2006 - 17 answers

Is there an online tool that simplifies writing similar letters to each of one's elected officials? [more inside]
posted by chefscotticus on Jul 30, 2006 - 3 answers

How do you track U.S. federal legislation for which bill numbers -- either of the house record (H.R.) or Senate (S.) variety -- have not yet been assigned? [more inside]
posted by shivohum on Apr 27, 2006 - 7 answers

Why was Alberto Gonzales not under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee? Specific legal nuances are what I'm looking for. [more inside]
posted by odinsdream on Feb 9, 2006 - 12 answers

I am looking for histories of the U.S. Senate in the 19th century. [more inside]
posted by Yelling At Nothing on Dec 16, 2005 - 2 answers

Where can I find a complete transcript, preferably in a single PDF file (or at the most 4 or 5) of the House and Senate deliberations, debates and votes over Bill Clinton's impeachment? [more inside]
posted by paperpete on Nov 11, 2005 - 3 answers

What is the origin of addressing all comments in Senate speeches to the President of the Senate? Is this simply tradition or is there some parliamentary reason for this?
posted by trey on May 23, 2005 - 4 answers

Curiosity struck and I'm looking for a year-by-year breakdown of the number of times the filibuster has been used. A chart with further breakdowns of senator, state, party, duration, cause, and whether the filibuster was ended via cloture would be even nicer. [more inside]
posted by rudyfink on May 17, 2005 - 7 answers

I'm looking for high quality video from the senate floor. Is there some government run (public domain) archive containing this? When I called CSPAN looking for an hour of video, they told me it would cost about $150 to get a copy on VHS. An extensive search of google and discussion with my school librarian revealed no other sources for senate video other than CSPAN. Any ideas?
posted by zelphi on Dec 1, 2004 - 2 answers

SenateFilter: Who will replace Tom Daschle as minority leader?
posted by MrAnonymous on Nov 3, 2004 - 12 answers