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Senate Committees
Congress.gov
Provides US law as well as pending legislation.
2018 Senate Judiciary Committee
2005 Senate Judiciary Committee

Federal Judges

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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 Congressional
General 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 Politics
Contains 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).
Congressional Directory
Project Vote Smart
Provides biographical and voting information on elected government officials as well as information on interest groups. Also includes political stances, public statements, and campaign finances.
Vote View

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:

American Center for Law and Justice: position on John Roberts
American Center for Law and Justice: position on Samuel Alito
NPR (Business Groups to Endorse Alito Nomination)
Alliance for Justice: position on John Roberts and Samuel Alito
AFL-CIO
Planned Parenthood Congressional Scorecard
How the NRA Ranks Lawmakers
Interactive map lasted updated 12/29/2012 from the New York Times. The NRA-PVF provides grades for current elections.
Americans for Prosperity Scorecard
Conservative interest group.
American Conservative Union
Concerned Women for America
Conservative interest group.
NAACP

Historical Election Results

Federal Election Results Archieve
Map of U.S. Election Results by State
This 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 Results
Includes the popular vote tallies as well as to whom the electoral votes went to in each state.

Election Returns

Rothenberg Political Report
The Rothenberg Political Report is a non-partisan resource for looking at information on Congresional safe & contested seats.
Cook Political Report - Senate Map
This 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 Representatives
Features vote counts; this can allow you to see the margin by which the member won or lost.

Subject Guide

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