What Does Congress Do for Me?

This section looks at the question “What Does Congress Do for Me?” and presents some key legislative accomplishments that are so integral to our lives now that they are almost unrecognizable as acts of Congress.

 

Interact

• The Impact of Congress

 

Watch

• Facts of Congress Series

• How Congress Affects You

• The Bill of Rights

• How Congress Works: An Insider’s View

 

Listen

• Age Discrimination

• Agriculture Extension Service

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Bilingual Education

• Centers for Disease Control

• Child Labor

• Civil Rights Act

• Clean Air Act

• Delaney Clause

• Disaster Relief

• Ending the Military Draft

• Environmental Protection

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• GI Bill

• Gun Control

• Hill–Burton Act

• Homeless Assistance

• IDEA: Education for Children with Disabilities

• Immigration Reform

• Interstate Highway System

• Marshall Plan

• Medicare

• Morrill Land Grant College Act

• National Cancer Act

• National Parks

• National Science Foundation

• Orphan Drug Act

• O.S.H.A.

• Pell Grants

• Project Headstart

• Safe Drinking Water

• Securities and Exchange Commission

• Social Security

• Title IX: Women's Athletics

• Toxic Substances

• Voting Rights

• War Powers

• Whistleblower Protection

 

Read

• Lee Hamilton Commentaries

• It’s Tough to Give Americans What They Want

• More Want More From Congress

• Remember to Separate the Wheat from the Chaff in Congress

• The Impact of Congress

• The Role of Congress in American Society

• Survey Results