POLI 304: Congress: Your member

Your member's official website at [lastname].house.gov (sometimes first and last name) is a good starting point for their biography and leadership experience in Congress.

Project VoteSmart, a non-governmental, non-partisan organization dedicated to improving civic literacy, has compiled biographical profiles of all Congressional members.

The Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives is the House's official record-keeper. They maintain the official directory of all Representatives and information about their committee assignments.

Use the search box at https://congress.gov to:

• View the text of legislation proposed by your member and track the legislative history
• See the calendar of upcoming hearings and floor votes on legislation

Rep. Pete Aguilar of the California 33rd Congressional District (renumbered from the 31st in 2020) - University of Redlands' home district - is our example Representative for the sample searches throughout this guide.

Practice finding information on Rep. Aguilar so that you can apply similar strategies to learn about your member once you've received the assignment.