Now Live: New Enhancements to Congress.gov Include Saved Searches, Congressional Record Search by Speaker, and More

New online today from Congress.gov (Collaboration of LC, GPO, U.S. Senate, U.S. House).
From an LC Announcement:

The new features include:

• User Accounts & Saved Searches: Users have the option of creating a private account that lets them save their personal searches. The feature gives users a quick and easy index from which to re-run their searches for new and updated information.

• Congressional Record Search-by-Speaker: New metadata has been added to the Congressional Record that enables searching the daily transcript of congressional floor action by member name from 2009 – present. The member profile pages now also feature a link that returns a list of all Congressional Record articles in which that member was speaking.

• Nominations: Users can track presidential nominees from appointment to hearing to floor votes with the new nominations function. The data goes back to 1981 and features faceted search, like the rest of Congress.gov, so users can narrow their searches by congressional session, type of nomination and status.

Other updates include expanded “About”  and “Frequently Asked Questions” sections and the addition of committee referral and committee reports to bill-search results.

Direct to Congress.gov

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