If you are familiar with how to find information about floor debates and votes, you can skip this section.
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Just as hearings give lobby groups a chance to voice their opinions, the floor debates give the opinions of Members of Congress. |
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A record of these debates appears in the Congressional
Record. But the Congressional Record is not a verbatum
transcript. Members may edit and add material to their
speeches that they never actually spoke on the floor.
Its call number is: J11.R, and it is located in the Documents Center. Use this link to see a picture of it and its location. |
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Congressional
Universe indexes the Congressional Record by speaker, keyword, and
date since 1985 and provides the full text. It can be accessed under
Publications/Congressional Record
Congressional Universe is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server. |  |
Although the Congressional Record search page has boxes for subject, speaker, and Congress, you can search everything together in the subject box. Examples: superfund and speaker (smith) and date is 03/20/2003 OR medicare w/10 kennedy and date is 7/18/03 |
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Since 1993, debates can also be searched on the Web in Thomas, which contains the bills, bill indexes, and the full text of the Congressional Record. |
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The best source is the Congressional Quarterly. Tables compare the voting records of Members
of Congress.
The call number for the Weekly Report is JK1.C12 and the Almanac is JK1.C756. Both are located in the Documents Center. |
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Floor votes are also available on the Congressional
Quarterly Weekly
Report web site beginning in 1995. Access the search
engine using the Floor Votes button in the upper corner of the lefthand
frame. It is only available to University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff from campus workstations, from home using the University's private Ann Arbor phone number, or through the remote server. |
| The Documents Center web site lists additional web and paper resources for floor votes. |
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