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HISTORIC AND FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
The Constitution of the United States with Index and the Declaration of Independence * Senate Document 105-11 * 50 pages
The Constitution of the United States of America - as amended with Unratified Amendments and Analytical Index * House Document 106-214 * 89 pages
The Constitution of the United States with Index and the Declaration of Independence - Pocket Version * House Document 106-215 * 48 pages
The Emancipation Proclamation: A Transcription * January 1, 1863 * 2 pages
GOVERNMENT FUNCTION AND CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS
How Our Laws are Made - by Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, U.S. House of Representatives * Revised and Updated January 2000 * 56 pages
Management Challenges Facing the New Administration * October 2000 - Report of the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs * 55 pages
Our American Government - 2000 Edition * House Document 106-216 * 136 pages
Minutes of the Senate Democratic Conference 1903-1964 * Senate Document 105-20 * 719 pages
Minutes of the Senate Republican Conference 1911-1964 * Senate Document 105-19 * 1057 pages
U.S. GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AND ANNUAL REPORTS
U.S. GOVERNMENT ANNUAL REPORT 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
1999 Citizen Report: Budget, Economy
Financial Report of the U.S. Government 1999
U.S. Government Annual Report 2000: Appendix
2001 Consumer Action Handbook * U.S. General Services Administration * Federal Consumer Information Center