American Presidency
The American Presidency Project, non-profit and non-partisan, is the source of presidential documents on the internet. We are hosted at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Executive Orders - Federal Register
The President of the United States manages the operations of the Executive branch of Government through Executive orders. After the President signs an Executive order, the White House sends it to the Office of the Federal Register (OFR).
Short overviews of each president from the White House webpage.
A comprehensive collection of material about the Presidents of the United States and the history of the presidency. This web site features essays about the President's life before, during, and after each presidential term.
Presidential campaign commercials dating back to the 1950's.
Between 1940 and 1973, six American presidents from both political parties secretly recorded just under 5,000 hours of their meetings and telephone conversations.
The Scripps Library, through cooperation with various presidential libraries, has been collecting some of the most important presidential speeches in American history. These speeches all have transcripts, and some are available in their entirety in audio or video.
The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States contains material that was compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration. It includes volumes covering the administrations of Presidents Hoover, Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Obama.
Key speeches, proclamations, etc. for George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, Dwight Eisenhower, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
U.S. Congress
The Congress.gov top ten most-viewed bills list is compiled each Monday from the previous week’s metrics
Track members of Congress and the status of legislation. Full text of bills from 1993-present; varied coverage 1799-1992
Access to public information relating to Congress, such as staff salaries and financial disclosure statements.
Congressional Twitter Accounts
Many Senators and Representatives are active on Twitter, often issuing statements there rather than posting official press releases to their websites. This list is intended to help users identify and quickly access the Twitter accounts of those in the current 117th Congress.