Core Documents of U.S. Democracy
To provide American citizens direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications was made available via GPO Access. These titles contain information which is vital to the democratic process and critical to an informed electorate. This page archives and updates the GPO Access page, with a few additions.
Because this page is mainly a collection of links from various web sites it was not migrated to FDsys. The U.S. Government Printing Office now maintains this page as the Core Documents of Our Democracy.
Cornerstone Documents
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- Articles of Confederation
- The Bill of Rights
- A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
- The Constitution of the United States of America
- The Constitution of the United States of America, Analysis and Interpretation (browse list)
- The Declaration of Independence
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
- Emancipation Proclamation
- The Federalist Papers
- The Gettysburg Address
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Congressional
- Congressional Bills
- Congressional Directory
- Congressional Pictorial Directory (browse list)
- Congressional Record (Bound Edition)
- Congressional Record Daily (1994 to present)
- Congressional Record Index (Daily) (1983 to present)
- Public and Private Laws
- United States Code
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Presidential
- Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress
- Budget of the United States Government
- Codification of Presidential Proclamations and Executive Orders (April 13, 1945 through January 20,1989)
- Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents (browse list for January 29, 2009 to present)
- George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress
- "I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations
- Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Library of Congress
- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents (browse list for 1993 through January 29, 2009)
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Judicial
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1893 to present (FindLaw.com, may browse or search)
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 (GPO Access, search only)
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1937-1975 (FDsys zip file, browse only)
- Supreme Court Decisions, 1992/93 to present) (Federal Bulletin Board, browse only)
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Regulatory
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Demographic
- American Fact Finder(old page, maintained until fall 2011)
- American Fact Finder (new page)
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
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Economic
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Miscellaneous
- Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
- Freedom Papers
- United States Government Manual
- Our Documents
- 100 Milestone Documents (list)
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