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• Protest of the President Against Certain Proceedings of the House of Representatives, by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at MOA)
• A Remedy for the Defects of the Constitution, by Andrew Jackson Wilcox (page images at MOA)

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• Sharing Secrets With Lawmakers: Congress as a User of Intelligence (1997), by L. Britt Snider (HTML at webharvest.gov)
• The History of Legislative Methods in the Period Before 1825 (New Haven: Yale University Press; et al., 1917), by Ralph Volney Harlow (multiple formats at archive.org)
• How Members of Congress Are Bribed: An Open Letter; A Protest and a Petition From a Citizen of California to the United States Congress, by J. Hampton Moore (Gutenberg text)

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 (Washington: GPO, 2005), by United States Congress (PDF at govinfo.gov)
• Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 (Washington: GPO, 2013), ed. by Matthew A. Wasniewski, Albin Kowalewski, Laura Turner O'Hara, and Terrance Rucker (PDF files at govinfo.gov)
• Black Americans in Congress, 1870-2007 (Washington: GPO, 2008), contrib. by United States House Committee on House Administration and United States House Office of History and Preservation (PDF with commentary at govinfo.gov)
• Women in Congress, 1917-2006 (Washington: GPO, 2006), contrib. by United States House Committee on House Administration and United States House Office of History and Preservation (PDF with commentary at govinfo.gov)
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present, by United States Congress (searchable HTML at congress.gov)
• Twenty Years in the Press Gallery: A Concise History of Important Legislation From the 48th to the 58th Congress, the Part Played by the Leading Men of that Period, and the Interesting and Impressive Incidents; Impressions of Official and Political Life in Washington (New York: The author, 1906), by O. O. Stealey, contrib. by Henry Watterson, illust. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Official Congressional Directory (partial serial archives)

• Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress, and a Plan to Stop It (New York and Boston: Twelve, c2011), by Lawrence Lessig (PDF at lessig.org)

• Representing Congress: Clifford K. Berryman's Political Cartoons (Washington, DC: National Archives, 2016), by Center for Legislative Archives (U.S.), illust. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman (PDF with commentary at archive.org)

• Official Congressional Directory (partial serial archives)

• The Public Mapping Project: How Public Participation Can Revolutionize Redistricting (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2018), by Michael McDonald and Micah Altman (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)

• Speaking Freely: Former Members of Congress Talk About Money in Politics, by Martin Schram (HTML at opensecrets.org)

• Twenty Years in the Press Gallery: A Concise History of Important Legislation From the 48th to the 58th Congress, the Part Played by the Leading Men of that Period, and the Interesting and Impressive Incidents; Impressions of Official and Political Life in Washington (New York: The author, 1906), by O. O. Stealey, contrib. by Henry Watterson, illust. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Speaker of the House of Representatives (New York et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1896), by Mary Parker Follett, contrib. by Albert Bushnell Hart (page images at HathiTrust)

• Official Congressional Directory (partial serial archives)

• Enactment of a Law (1997), by Robert B. Dove (HTML and PDF at LOC)
• Warrington's Manual: A Manual for the Information of Officers and Members of Legislatures, Conventions, Societies, Corporations, Orders, Etc., by William Stevens Robinson (page images at MOA)

• Circular Letter from Hon. John M. Bright, by John M. Bright (page images at MOA)

• Representing Congress: Clifford K. Berryman's Political Cartoons (Washington, DC: National Archives, 2016), by Center for Legislative Archives (U.S.), illust. by Clifford Kennedy Berryman (PDF with commentary at archive.org)

• Cashing In: A Guide to Money, Votes, and Public Policy in the 104th Congress, by Nancy Watzman, James Youngclaus, and Jennifer Shecter (HTML at opensecrets.org)

• The Court vs. Congress: Prayer, Busing, and Abortion (Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 1989), by Edward Keynes and Randall K. Miller (page images at HathiTrust)
• Congress, the Constitution and the Supreme Court (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1925), by Charles Warren (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Command Crisis: MacArthur and the Korean War (Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History, #24; Colorado Springs, CO: U.S. Air Force Academy, 1982), by D. Clayton James (page images at HathiTrust)

• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (current, unofficial online edition of the CFR), by United States (HTML with commentary at ecfr.gov)

• The Federal Register, by United States (full serial archives)
• Code of Federal Regulations (annual edition), by United States (partial serial archives)

• Executive Orders and Proclamations: A Study of a Use of Presidential Powers (Washington: GPO, 1957), by United States House Committee on Government Operations (page images at HathiTrust)

• War Powers, Libya, and State-Sponsored Terrorism: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security, and Science of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session, April 29, May 1 and 15, 1986 (Washington: GPO, 1986), by United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The War Powers of the President, and the Legislative Powers of Congress, in Relation to Rebellion, Treason and Slavery (Boston: J. L. Shorey, 1862), by William Whiting (page images at MOA)

• Federal Government Information Technology: Management, Security, and Congressional Oversight (1986), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)

• Providing Special Investigative Authorities for the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Report Together with Minority and Dissenting Views (to Accompany H. Res. 167) (Washington: GPO, 1997), by United States House Committee on Rules (page images at HathiTrust)
• Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Election (2 redacted volumes in 1; 2019), by Robert S. Mueller, ed. by William Pelham Barr (PDF at govinfo.gov)
• The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew (hearing before the committee, August 1, 2007; Washington: GPO, 2008), by United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Covert Operation: Report of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session (4 volumes, first labeled "draft report", others labeled exhibit appendixes; Washington: GPO, 1992), by United States House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Referral from Independent Counsel Kenneth W. Starr in Conformity with the Requirements of Title 28, United States Code, Section 595(c): Communication From Kenneth W. Starr, Independent Counsel, Transmitting a Referral to the United States House of Representatives Filed in Conformity with the Requirements of Title 28, United States Code, section 595(c) (the Starr Report on Clinton and Lewinsky, with appendices), by Kenneth Starr (page images at HathiTrust)

• Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Washington: GPO, 2022), by United States House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (PDF and text at govinfo.gov)

• Owen Lattimore and the "Loss" of China (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992), by Robert P. Newman (HTML at UC Press)

• Executive Sessions of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations (the McCarthy hearing transcripts, 1953-1954 (5 volumes plus an index); made public in 2003), by United States Senate Committee on Government Operations Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, ed. by Donald A. Ritchie, Beth Bolling, and Diane B. Boyle, contrib. by Joseph McCarthy
  • Volume 1: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 2: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 3: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 4: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Volume 5: PDF and text at govinfo.gov
  • Index volume: PDF and HTML at govinfo.gov
  • all volumes: page images at HathiTrust

• Annual Report, by United States House Committee on Un-American Activities (partial serial archives)

• Silas Timberman (New York: Blue Heron Press, 1954), by Howard Fast (page images at HathiTrust)

• Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School: Report of the Office of the Child Advocate (Hartford, CT: State of Connecticut, 2014), by Connecticut Office of the Child Advocate (PDF at ct.gov)

• Stephen Branchflower Report to the Legislative Council, October 10, 2008: Public Report (public volume of the "Alaska Troopergate" report; 2008), by Stephen Branchflower (PDF at Alaska State Legislature)

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