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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Welcome'''</span> =
| + | <div style="margin: 2em 0em; font-size: 160%;">'''The OpenCongress Wiki is an editable guide to Congress for the people, by the people.'''</div> |
| − | <div style="margin: 2em 0em; text-align: center; font-size: 160%;">'''The OpenCongress Wiki<sup><span style="font-size: 60%;">[beta]</span></sup> is an editable guide to Congress for the people, by the people.'''</div> <div id="throw_away" class="clearfix"><div id="how_it_works"> | + | |
| − | === How Congress Works ===
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| − | *[[Congressional committees|Committees]] | + | {| style="width:100%" |
| − | *[[Earmarks]] | + | |- |
| − | *[[Ethics in Congress]] | + | |width="50%" valign="top"| |
| − | *[[How a bill becomes a law]] | + | <big>'''Popular pages:''' |
| | + | :* [[Members of Congress by state]] |
| | + | :* [[:Category:Members of the U.S. Senate|Senators by name]] |
| | + | :* [[:Category:Members of the U.S. House|Representatives by name]] |
| | + | :* [[Freshman members of the 112th Congress|Freshman members of Congress]] |
| | + | :* [[Project:RaceTracker|2012 elections]] |
| | + | :* [[:Category:U.S. legislation|Legislation]] |
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| − | <span class="small_blue_button">{{#switchtablink:How_Congress_works_2|Learn How Congress Works|Wiki Home}}</span>
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| − | </div> <div id="hot">
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| − | === What's Hot Right Now ===
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| − | *[[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009|2009 stimulus bill]] | + | '''Meta:''' |
| − | *[[2008 bank bailout bill]] | + | :* [[Meta:Participate|Participate]] |
| − | *[[111th Congress]] | + | :* [[Meta:Help|Help]] |
| − | *[[Members of Congress under investigation]] | + | :* [[Meta:About|About]] |
| − | *[[Members of Congress who Twitter]] | + | :* [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]] |
| − | *[[Members of Congress posting schedules online]] | + | :* [mailto:conor@opencongress.org Contact] |
| − | </div> <div id="participate"> | + | :* [[Meta:Community Portal|Community Portal]] |
| − | === You're the Editor === | + | |valign="top" style="text-align:left"| |
| | + | <big>'''Community projects'''</big> |
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| | + | {{#click:Free THOMAS Whip Count|Image:FreeTHOMAS.jpg||Go to the Free THOMAS Whip Count!}}<br> |
| | + | [[Free THOMAS Whip Count|Tell Congress to free the THOMAS data!: <br>Grassroots whip-counting on open goverment]]<br><br> |
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| − | <span class="small_blue_button">[[Meta:Participate|Learn How to Participate]]</span>
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| − | </div> </div>
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Bills'''</span> =
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| − | === Hot Bills:<br> ===
| + | {{#click:Project:RaceTracker|Image:Good size for communitypage.gif||Go to the RaceTracker project!}}<br> |
| | + | [[Project:RaceTracker|Crowd-sourced election tracking]]<br><br> |
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| − | *[[District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009]]
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| − | === Bills in the 111th That Have Become Law:<br> ===
| + | {{#click:Project:Transparency Hub|Image:Transparency hub logo.png||Go to the Transparency Hub project!}}<br> |
| − | | + | [[Project:Transparency Hub|An open, collective knowledge base<br>for the transparency community]]<br> |
| − | *[[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Reducing Over-Classification Act]]
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| − | *[[Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[National Bombing Prevention Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[CAMPUS Safety Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Digital TV Delay Act]]
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| − | *[[Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Fast, Accurate, Secure, and Timely Redress Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2009]]
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| − | === Bills Currently Pending in Congress:<br> ===
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| − | *[[Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[Fair Tax Act of 2009]]
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| − | *[[TARP Reform and Accountability Act]]
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| − | ===All legislation articles===
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| − | Find a piece of legislation through the [[congressional scorecards]], the [[:Category:U.S. legislation|full index of legislation articles]] or through on of the issue areas below:
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| − | [[:Category:Communications, Science and Intellectual Property Policy (U.S.)|Communications, Science,<br>and Intellectual Property]]
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| − | | [[Image:economiclogo.png|150px]]<br>
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| − | [[:Category:Economic Policy (U.S.)|Economic<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Education Policy (U.S.)|Education<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Elections and Government Policy (U.S.)|Elections and Government<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)|Energy and Environment<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Food and Agriculture Policy (U.S.)|Food and Agriculture<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Health Policy (U.S.)|Health<br> Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Infrastructure and Transportation Policy (U.S.)|Infrastructure and<br> Transportation Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Labor, Immigration and Retirement Policy (U.S.)|Labor, Immigration<br> and Retirement Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:National Security and Foreign Policy (U.S.)|National Security and<br> Foreign Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Rights, Liberties and Courts Policy (U.S.)|Rights, Liberties and<br> Courts Policy]]
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| − | [[:Category:Social Policy (U.S.)|Social<br> Policy]]
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Senators'''</span> =
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| − | *[[Senate leadership]]
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| − | *[[:Category:U.S. Senate Committees|Senate committees]]
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| − | *[[Freshman members of the 111th Congress|Freshman members of Congress]]
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| − | *[[Members of Congress under investigation]]
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| − | *[[:Category:Former members of Congress|Former members of Congress]]
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| − | *[[Project:RaceTracker|Candidates for Congress]]
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| − | Or select the senator's state:
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Representatives'''</span> =
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| − | Pick a state above to see its members of Congress or break them down by:
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| − | *[[:Category:Members of the U.S. House]]
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| − | *[[House leadership]]
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| − | *[[:Category:U.S. House Committees|House committees]]
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| − | *[[Freshman members of the 111th Congress|Freshman members of Congress]]
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| − | *[[Members of Congress under investigation]]
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| − | *[[:Category:Former members of Congress|Former members of Congress]]
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| − | *[[Project:RaceTracker|Candidates for Congress]]
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Elections'''</span> =
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| − | Select a state below to see the current and past candidates in every congressional district:
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''How Congress works'''</span> =
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| − | *[[Authorization-appropriations process of the U.S. Congress]]
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| − | *[[Clerk of the House]]
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| − | *[[Cloture and filibusters in the U.S. Congress]]
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| − | *[[Congress Reporting Information]]
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| − | *[[Congressional Budget Office]]
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| − | *[[Congressional Research Service]]
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| − | *[[Congressional calendar]]
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| − | *[[Congressional gift regulations]]
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| − | *[[Congressional legal defense fund regulations]]
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| − | *[[Congressional offices and staff]]
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| − | *[[Congressional parliamentarians]]
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| − | *[[Congressional travel regulations]]
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| − | *[[Democratic Policy Committee]]
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| − | *[[Differences in Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006]]
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| − | *[[Earmarks]]
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| − | *[[Efforts to initiate the impeachment of President George W. Bush]]
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| − | *[[Ethics in Congress]]
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| − | *[[Expulsion and censure]]
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| − | *[[Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006]]
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| − | *[[Foreign Agents Registration Act]]
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| − | *[[House Democratic Caucus]]
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| − | *[[House Republican Conference]]
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| − | *[[House counsel]]
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| − | *[[House leadership]]
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| − | *[[How a bill becomes a law]]
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| − | *[[Impeachment]]
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| − | *[[Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007]]
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| − | *[[Lobbying for foreign interests]]
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| − | *[[Lobbyist regulations]]
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| − | *[[Members of Congress posting schedules online]]
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| − | *[[National Republican Congressional Committee]]
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| − | *[[Non-voting members of Congress]]
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| − | *[[Personal Financial Disclosure]]
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| − | *[[Political action committee]]
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| − | *[[Prospects for Ethics Reform in the 110th Congress]]
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| − | *[[Recess appointment]]
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| − | *[[Revolving door regulations]]
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| − | *[[Roll call votes]]
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| − | *[[Secretary of the Senate]]
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| − | *[[Senate Republican Conference]]
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| − | *[[Senate leadership]]
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| − | *[[Term limits]]
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| − | *[[Transparency in the U.S. Congress]]
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| − | *[[Travel Reports]]
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| − | *[[U.S. House of Representatives - Rules]]
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| − | *[[U.S. Senate - Rules]]
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| − | *[[U.S. Senate Confirmation Process]]
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| − | *[[U.S. Senate actions to require testimony or document production]]
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| − | *[[U.S. congressional pages]]
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| − | *[[U.S. constitutional amendment process]]
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| − | *[[U.S. federal ethics, transparency, and campaign finance legislation, 110th Congress]]
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| − | *[[United States Constitution: Article I]]
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| − | '''<big>[[Project:RaceTracker]]</big>'''
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| − | Citizens tracking every candidate in every district.<br>Coordinated by the Swing State Project.
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| − | <br>'''<big>[[Project:Transparency Hub]]</big>'''
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| − | A collective knowledge base for the pro-transparency community.<br>Coordinated by the Sunlight Foundation.
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| − | ===Start a project===
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| − | Want to start a community project? We'd be happy to host it. Contact [[User talk:Conor Kenny|Conor Kenny]] for details.
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| − | = <span style="font-size: 110%;">'''Blogs on Congress'''</span> =
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| − | Select a state below to see the local blogs on Congress:
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