Federal Government Resources
Federal government
Note: Official government sites carry the .gov suffix
Legislative branch
These sites offer up-to-date info on the week's agenda, the status of legislation and more.
U.S. Senate official site
Sen. Peter Fitzgerald (R-Ill.)
Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)
U.S. House of Representatives official site
* Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert is DeKalb's congressman. Republican, 14th Illinois House District.
U.S. Congress: An unofficial but useful site
(These pages all includes link to their Congressional committees)
Executive branch
The White House official site: Lots of information on the president's stand on current issues. Site also includes The Briefing Room, with latest press releases and federal statistics.
Judicial branch
U.S. Federal Judiciary home page. A good place to find info on Supreme Court and federal court cases.
Information
Daily Washington File from the United States Information Agency. This offers TONS of information on current issues, arranged by topic and by region. It also contains links to other news sources.
Fedstats: One-stop shopping for federal statistics. There's a wealth of information and links here if you need government statistics. This is a good site to browse once in a while so you're familiar with what's here.
NASA home page
U.S. Census Bureau, which includes links to demographic info for all 50 states, including Illinois.
Illinois
Find local and state links on the DeKalb and Illinois Resources page.
Find more state links on the Higher Education Resources page.
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