From the desk of Rand Simmons

Remember these?

• The Administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter
• Passage/ratification of the 26th Amendment (allowing 18-year-olds to vote)
• Watergate
• The end of the Vietnam War
• The US Bicentennial
• Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
• The Iran Hostage Crisis
• OPEC and the Oil Crises of the 1970s
• Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act

The 1970’s. Ugh! High gas prices, low mpg, and 55 mph speed limits! So what was going in Congress?

The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) just announced that in partnership with the Library of Congress the have released the digital version of the bound Congressional Record from 1971-1980. You can search it on GPO’s govinfo. This release covers debates and proceedings of the 92nd through the 96th Congresses.

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873, and is still published today. Click here to learn more.

Issues dating from 1995 (beginning with the 104th Congress) are available online. Many federal depository libraries (like us) will have issues available in print. Current issues become available on Congress.gov shortly after they are published on GPO’s FDsys.

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