Use GovTrack to research and track legislation in the United States
Congress, including Members of Congress, bills and resolutions, voting
records, and committee activity.
Do a search on the GovTrack database here.
Open government data has changed the way we understand civics. The Open Government Data (The Book) is about the principles behind that movement — yes, it is a movement — and its development in the United States. Topics include principles of open government data, the history of the movement, applications to transparency and civic engagement, a brief legal history, data quality, APIs, prioritization, civic hacking, case studies, and paradoxes in transparency.
Read the full Open Government Data (The Book) here.