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Federal Legislative History: Debates

Resources for locating compiled histories and individual documents for federal legislation.

Free Resources for Congressional Record

Historical Congressional Record

The Congressional Record is published each day that Congress is in session. At the end of each year the daily editions are bound and renumbered. For more information about searching the daily or bound editions, abbreviations used in each and other information, view the About the Congressional Record from Congress.gov.

Debates: 1789-1873

The American Memory Project makes available pre-1883 Congressional debates and preceedings from these publications:

Members of Congress

Paid Resources for Congressional Record

Additional Materials