Getting Involved

Contact Congress

Tips on communicating with public officials

Senate

• General Information
• Members of the Senate/Find Your Senator
• Senate Operator: 1-202-224-3121
• U.S. Senate Committees

House

• General Information
• Members of the House of Representatives/Find Your Representatives
• House Operator: 1-202-224-3121
• http://www.house.gov/committees/

Legislative Process 101

• How a Bill becomes Law
• How a Bill becomes a Law –- Flowchart
• The Legislative Process

Resources

• Introducing … THOMAS!

Links to Government

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• Census Bureau
• American Fact Finder
• The Census Project
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Behavioral & Social Research (BSR)
• National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
• Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branches (DBS)
• Office of Behavioral & Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Other Resources

• A-Z Index of all U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
• Childstats
• FastStats
• FirstGov
• Population Action International
• State and Local Governments
• Thomas Legislative Information
• US House of Representatives
• US Senate
• The White House