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The United States Congress is the lawmaking branch of government. Congress is composed of two bodies: the House of Representatives
and Senate.
Ohio's Congressional Senators
- Sherrod Brown R-Ohio
- Capitol Hill
SR - 455 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510-3503
- Tel: (202) 224-2315
Fax: (202) 228-6321
- Web Form: http://brown.senate.gov/contact/
- George V. Voinovich R-Ohio
- 524 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
- Tel: (202) 224-3353
- Web Form: http://voinovich.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
Ohio's Congressional Representative -- Fifth District
- Robert E. Latta R- Ohio
- 1203 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515-3505
- Phone: (202) 225-6405
- Congressman Latta's Home Page
Congressional Members -- Directories and Search Engines
There are a variety of directories and search engines that facilitate identifying, contacting, or just finding information
about a member of Congress.
Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing
Political Parties
Databases and Indexes
Lexis-Nexis Congressional
Full text access to congressional hearings, reports, bills, legislative histories, the Federal Register, information on members
and more. Excellent subject and keyword index to the Congressional working papers. Online access is available only to the
BGSU community
GPO Access--Legislative
This is a massive database of legislative documents created by the Government Printing Office (GPO). Available to all users
free of charge. It provides a WAIS search engine and full-text material including:
Thomas
Created and maintained by the Library of Congress. There is significant overlap between Thomas and GPO Access. Thomas is often
easier to search than GPO but there are materials on GPO that you can not find on Thomas. Available to all users free of charge.
Thomas includes:
Guides to Legislative Process
How Our Laws Are Made
Created by the Library of Congress and mounted on Thomas.
The Legislative Process: How a Bill Becomes a Law
Created by Lexis-Nexis and mounted on their web site.
Congressional Publications
In the legislative process, Congress generates a variety of publications and reports:
- Bills and Resolutions
- Hearings and Committee Prints
- House and Senate Reports
- House and Senate Documents
- Congressional Debates
- Public Laws
- Codified Law
More Congressional Publications
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