http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes//rss/federal-legislative-research.xml Top Stories from Santa Clara Law http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/washington-post-database-on-congressional-votes.cfm Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:40:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/new-and-improved-firstgov.cfm FirstGov, the federal government's official web portal, has undergone a face lift. It now features a revamped search engine that uses Vivisimo's clustering technology to group search results by subject Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:55:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/featured-reference-question.cfm Sat, 25 Feb 2006 23:20:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/online-compilation-of-selected-federal-legislative-histories.cfm Fri, 28 Apr 2006 18:10:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/online-tutorials-congressional-materials.cfm From today's Scout Report, a link to UC Berkeley Library's Congressional Tutorials Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:24:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/congressional-investigation-hulk-hogan-was-a-terrible-wrestler.cfm Congressional investigations are an overlooked source of information for researchers. And how good of a wrestler was Hulk Hogan? Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:40:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/federal-digital-system-(fdsys).cfm PDF copies of federal documents Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:06:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/stimulus-act.cfm Text and Committee Reports Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:24:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/recoverygov.cfm Website with information about the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:02:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/nih-draft-guidelines-on-stem-cell-research.cfm Online text Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:21:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/miscellaneous-congressional-bills.cfm Anti-smoking; study abroad Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:11:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/student-loan-bill.cfm H.R. 3221 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:41:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/finding-house-and-senate-reports.cfm Students often come to the Reference Desk with a citation to a House or Senate Report, and then want to know what they are looking for. Here's a list of readily-accessible places where you can find these reports. The list is arranged by the years the reports were published. . . . (more) Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:45:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/federal-jobs-and-taxes.cfm Bill to bar federal employment for tax delinquents Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:22:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/recognition-of-native-hawaiians.cfm Bill pending in the Senate Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:52:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/law-librarians-society-of-washington-dc-(llsdc).cfm New resource for finding Congressional Reports Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:08:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/catalog-of-federal-register-publications-online-services.cfm Online links to documents since the mid-1990s Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:47:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/in-custodia-legis.cfm New blog from the Law Librarians of Congress Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:13:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/the-law-library-now-has-the-serial-set.cfm Wonderful news! The Heafey Law Library now subscribes to a digital version of the U.S. Congressional Serial Set! If you're unfamiliar with the Serial Set, it collects U.S. government publications that were compiled by order of Congress. This makes it a gold mine of information for federal legislative history research! The Serial Set contains House and Senate committee reports on proposed legislation. Many of these reports will contain not just the text of the legislation but a section-by-section analysis of the legislation. Fri, 08 Oct 2010 01:00:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/statutes-in-usc-section-notes.cfm A presentation on their origin and validity Thu, 26 May 2011 23:37:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/crs-guide-to-legislative-history.cfm A selection of CRS Reports on federal law making Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:41:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/budget-control-act-of-2011.cfm Citation and links to online text Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:28:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/charting-tax-breaks.cfm $1 trillion per year in tax breaks, by sector, with dates and details Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:13:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/houselivegov.cfm Video coverage of proceedings on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:03:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/fdsysgov.cfm GPO completes move from GPO Access to FDsys Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:13:00 GMT http://law.scu.edu/blog/heafeyheadnotes/cornells-legal-information-institute.cfm Release of the online C.F.R, and improvements to the online U.S. Code Wed, 09 May 2012 19:37:00 GMT