As publishers begin to post textbooks about Congress on the Internet, we will proivde links to them here.

The American Congress provides the most insightful treatment of congressional politics available in an undergraduate text. Informed by the authors' Capitol Hill experience and nationally-recognized scholarship, The American Congress presents a crisp introduction to all major features of Congress: its party and committee systems, leadership, and voting and floor activity. The American Congress has the most in-depth discussions of the place of the president, the courts, and interest groups in congressional policy making available in a text. And the online version of The American Congress is always the most up-to-date textbook on any aspect of American politics. The online version of The American Congress is free to instructors, students, and interested others. Use the links below to download chapters, which are available in PDF format. Links to additional reading on congressional politics, to our test bank, and to websites related to congressional politics also are provided.

Women in Congress
Since 1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress, 245 more women have served as U.S. Representatives or Senators. This Web site, created and maintained by the Office of the Clerk and based on the book Women in Congress, 1917–2006, contains biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress, links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos.