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Open Congress

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Here is a great tool to personalize and track all the information you want to follow about Congress. Search bills, senators, representatives, committees, issues, and forums. There are great tools to try out: facebook, widgets, and Congrelicious.

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bills, senators, congress

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congressional bills, congressional committees, government transparency, house of representatives, political forums, political issues, bills in congress, government transparency resources

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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