Government
Congress Today
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C-SPAN site includes a Congressional directory, schedules, voting roll call, committee hearings, and current legislation
E-The People
• Search from a database of more than 170,000 elected officials nationwide.
Flags of the
World
• View pictures of more than 5,500 flags.
Illinois home page
•
State of Illinois home page includes links to government agencies.
Infonation
•
Country database from the United Nations, with information on geography,
economy, population, and social indicators.
Native
American Sites
• Links to information about individual Native American
Nations
Roll Call
• News,
commentary, and other information about Congress
Stately
Knowledge
• Basic facts about the states
The White House
U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. Senate
U.S.
Supreme Court
United Nations
• Daily
news updates, pictorial history and descriptions of UN departments and
offices
World
Fact Book
• Facts about the countries of the world.
Laws
Legi-Slate
•
Find out how a bill becomes a law, and other descriptions of the legislative process.
U.S. Laws
• Government site includes recent
bills and laws, with details of their passage
World
Constitutions
Economics
A
Brief History of Our Nation's Paper Money
Currency Converter
•
Compute the exchange rate between different currencies.
Economy at
a Glance
• Find monthly employment and pricing data.
EDGAR
• The
Security Exchange Commission regulates companies that sell stock. Their
EDGAR database contains company financial reports.
Glossary of
Economics and Banking terms
Great
Economists and Their Times
• Overview of major economists and economic
theories.
The Mint
• Site designed for students includes information
on saving, investing, spending and creating a budget.
