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A daily account of House and Senate floor debate, votes and members' remarks.
Daily record of the proceedings and debates of Senate and House; not always a verbatim account of floor debate.
A record of Congressional proceedings that are published daily and consist of a substantially verbatim account of those proceedings. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities.
a document published by the government printing office recording all debates, votes and discussions taking place in the Congress; available for free inspection at all government document repositories, as well as in some major libraries.
a published account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress
The transcript of debate and proceedings in Congress, printed daily when Congress is in Session.
The daily publication issued each day the House and Senate are in session. It contains everything said on the House and Senate floor that day [although Members have the right to edit and revise their statements before publication]. The Congressional Record also contains all the roll-call votes held each day, and additional statements for the record inserted by Members of Congress. It is published by GPO, the Government Printing Office, and available by subscription or on-line at http://thomas.loc.gov/.
The official transcript of House and Senate proceedings.
The substantially verbatim account of daily proceedings on the floors of both houses of Congress. It is printed for each day that Congress is in session. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities.
The official transcript of the proceedings of the U.S. Congress.
The daily printed account of the proceedings of the House and Senate.
A verbatim report of all that is said and done in the House and Senate (although members have an opportunity to revise their remarks before publication), except for executive sessions. Whole speeches that are inserted into the Record often have not been delivered on the floor. An appendix contains material from representatives not spoken on the floor, but published by permission – "extensions of remarks."
Government. publication containing debates and discussions that occurred on the floor of the U.S. Congress. Published every day, when Congress is in session, and received by all depository libraries as a part of the basic collection. Official copies are available on GPO Access. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html
Largely verbatim account of daily proceedings on the Senate floor. It is printed for each day the Senate is in session. At the back of each daily issue is the "Daily Digest," which summarizes the day's floor and committee activities.
The printed, daily account of debates, votes and comments in the House and Senate published by the Government Printing Office.
The daily printed report (when Congress is in session) of debate and proceedings in both the House and Senate chambers.
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published by the United States Government Printing Office, and is issued daily when the United States Congress is in session. Indexes are issued approximately every two weeks.