Guides: Politics Research Guide: Web Resources

Government Documents on the Internet

CIS Index to Presidential Executive Orders & Proclamations
Includes chronological list of executive orders, Washington to Wilson.
Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders
Edited and re-arranged text of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders from April 13, 1945 to January 20, 1989
govinfo
govinfo is a service of the United States Government Publishing Office (GPO). The site provides free public access to official publications from all three branches of the Federal Government. govinfo will replace FDsys.
Homeland Security Digital Library
The Living Room Candidate
An online collection of television commercials for campaigns from 1952-2016.
Miller center
Transcripts of White House tapes, speeches, oral histories, and images.
Policy Agendas Project
Presidential Elections Roper Center
Presidential Libraries
From Hoover to Obama
Resources for Tax Reform
CRFB has published several resources on recent tax reform plans, policies that may be included, gimmicks lawmakers may use, the status of the current tax code, and other tax issues
Statistical Abstract of the United States
The Statistical Abstract of the United States is the best-known statistical reference publication in the country. As a comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, it is a snapshot of America and its people. Available from 1878 through 2012.
U.S. Reports
United States Reports is a series of bound case reporters that are the official reports of decisions for the United States Supreme Court.
The American Presidency Project
Contains detailed biographies of the U.S. Presidents and presidential public documents available online. Powerful database allows to accurately limit the results to specific presidents, dates, and categories ranging from declarations, executive orders and interviews to statements, memoranda, and Twitter.

U.S. Constitution Resources

The Federalist, commonly referred to as the Federalist Papers, is a series of 85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison between October 1787 and May 1788.

The Federalist Papers were published in two volumes bound in as one book in 1788, a year after the Federal Convention of September 17, 1787. This work is available online. The Library of Congress offers an extensive subject guide on Federalist Papers also available online.

The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution (DHRC).
The first volume of the DHRC was published in 1976 by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Editors used over 70000 documents such as executive records, legislative proceedings, amendments, personal papers, diplomatic correspondence, etc. To date this work consists of thirty-four volumes. With the exception of the last two volumes,which will be available two years after they are published in print, the entire set is available online. This set is also available in print. It adds additional volumes contains indices and the documents pertaining to the Bill of Rights.