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Search by keywords or bill number to find state legislation about your topic. You can search the current or past sessions. Included in this database are the following:

Status and history
Votes
Analysis (this analysis is used by legislators to make voting decisions, so it would be considered a primary source)
Bill text

Congress.gov. Congress.gov includes legislative information from the U.S. Congress. Search by keywords or bill number to find federal legislation about your topic. You can search the current or past sessions. When you find a bill, click on "Bill Summary & Status" for the following:

Text of Legislation
Major Congressional Actions - this is where you will find the voting records, and passage/failure
Related Bills
Cosponsors

Public Policy Institute of California
The mission of PPIC is to inform and improve public policy in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research.
California Research Bureau
The CRB provides nonpartisan research services to the Governor and his staff, to both houses of the Legislature, and to other elected State officials.
Policy Archive
A freely available archive for public policy research including reports, charts, videos and white papers.
Congressional Reports via Congressional Research Service
The Congressional Research Service, a component of the Library of Congress, conducts research and analysis for Congress on a broad range of national policy issues.
ProCon.org
An independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit Web site that offers pros and cons of controversial issues. The site aims to "promote critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting research on controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format."
Evidence-Based Practice Resources from the Social Work Policy Institute
Seeks to promote the integration of evidence-based mental health treatments into social work education and research.
Top 50 Think Tanks
This guide from Penn State Libraries provides a list of United States think tanks as well as the top think tanks in other parts of the world.

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