Senators
- " U.S. CongressProvides US law as well as pending legislation.
Federal Judges
If you have any issues accessing the New York Times articles linked to in this section, please select the LexisNexis Academic Universe database and simply copy and paste the title in the Lexis search bar to locate the NYT article.
Presedential Approval Ratings (George W. Bush)
General Resources
On this LibGuide, you'll find information on members of Congress that will assist you with your judicial nomination hearing simulation including:
- Biographical information
- Committee membership
- Key votes & voting records
- Public statements
- Interest group ratings from select groups
The resources listed in this box will include most of the aforementioned information. Please refer to other sections for more specific resources.
- Politics in America
- JK1010 .P64 | Latest volume at Ekstrom Reference desk
- The Almanac of American Politics
- JK1012 .A44 | Latest volume at Ekstrom Reference desk
- Congressional Staff Directory
- JK1012 .C65 | Latest volume at Ekstrom Reference desk
- National Journal
- x JK1 .N28 | also available online at nationaljournal.com
- Govtrack.us
- Information compiled from government resources like THOMAS in an easy-to-use, interactive format.
- ProQuest CongressionalGeneral information is located on left under "Members" and "Committees;" public statements are under the "Political News" tab at the top. Topics: U.S. Congress, Law.
Coverage: 1970 to the present; updated daily
Formats: Congressional publications and hearings; legislative histories; legislative tracking; directory and committee information. Some full-text.
Truncation: * to replace a letter or letters in a word; ! to replace an infinite number of letters following a word root
Availability: From all UofL campus buildings; off-campus/remote access only for UofL community.
Producer: Congressional Information Service, Inc.
Vendor: Lexis-Nexis a division of Reed Elsevier, Inc.
- The Almanac of American PoliticsContains biographical information of Congressional members as well as office contact information, staff roll by issues, committee memberships, and election results by vote count (most recent election) and percentages (older elections).
- Project Vote SmartProvides biographical and voting information on elected government officials as well as information on interest groups. Also includes political stances, public statements, and campaign finances.
Interest Groups
While most resources in General Resources identify interest group ratings, you can also search the websites of interest groups to find their ratings of individual members of Congress. Refer to Project Vote Smart under "General Resources" for Interest Group Ratings by Congress member. Here are examples of specific interest groups and their ratings for each member of Congress:
- How the NRA Ranks LawmakersInteractive map lasted updated 12/29/2012 from the New York Times. The NRA-PVF provides grades for current elections.
- Americans for Prosperity ScorecardConservative interest group.
- Concerned Women for AmericaConservative interest group.
Historical Election Results
- Map of U.S. Election Results by StateThis interactive map lets you scroll through elections from 1964-2012 to visually depict to what candidate that state's Electoral College votes went.
- U.S. Electoral College Historical Election ResultsIncludes the popular vote tallies as well as to whom the electoral votes went to in each state.
Election Returns
- Rothenberg Political ReportThe Rothenberg Political Report is a non-partisan resource for looking at information on Congresional safe & contested seats.
- Cook Political Report - Senate MapThis map shows partisan leanings in Senate races. NOTE: Some resources are blocked as subscription only if you proceed to other pages on the CPR.
- Kentucky Board of Elections (Secretary of State)Every state has election statistics, usually through the Secretary of State. While this is Kentucky's, you can easily Google your congress member's state along with "board of elections" to find information on election returns.
- Election Statistics, Office of the Clerk, US House of RepresentativesFeatures vote counts; this can allow you to see the margin by which the member won or lost.
