SOURCE MATERIAL ON CONGRESS FOR NEWSPAPER EDITORS

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Source Material
On Congress
FOR NEWSPAPER EDITORS
WHAT IT IS ...
AND WHAT IT DOES
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY
1156 19th Street, N.W., Washington 6, D. C.
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Congressional Quarterly is a privately owned organization
now in its eleventh year of publishing a unique reference
service on Congress, which consists of a Weekly Report, a
quarterly cumulative index and an annual Almanac.
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What CQ Can Do For The
Newspaper Staff
HELPS MANAGING EDITOR...
? Cut down time lost in haphazard fact-finding on Congressional
affairs . . . save the work of one or two staff members.
? Build up a finger-tip source of information that can add depth
to political coverage.
EDITORIAL EDITOR ...
Furnish a cumulative, accurate, easy-to-use record of Congress
and legislation.
0 Spark editorial ideas and present the facts to back them up.
Keep posted on Committee hearings and who's pressuring
Congress for what.
0 Save hours-and eyes-checking votes in your morgue.
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What CQ Can Do For The
Newspaper Staff
HELPS NEWS AND CITY EDITORS ...
? Find tips and clues to local angles on Washington news.
? Put meat on those interviews with visiting solons.
? Back up spot developments with-solid background.
POLITICAL WRITERS ...
? Fill in the facts on your Congressmen and what they are-or
aren't-doing on the job.
? Show how your delegation stacks up with others in revealing
studies of voting performance.
? Spotlight upcoming political issues that may make top local
stories.
LIBRARIAN .. .
? Solve filing and- research headaches with one handy -source on
Congress.
'If Its About Congress, It "s -in Mr`
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CQ Gives You
CQ is a service founded by a newspaperman for newspapermen. Others
who follow Congress and politics have found its brisk coverage so convenient
that they far outnumber its newspaper clients. Yet the service remains one
planned and edited for the man bucking a deadline.
COVERAGE
No other service or publication attempts
to paint the full Congressional picture.
Even Congress' own lengthy, chronologi-
cal record includes no substantive report
of vital committee sessions. No impor-
tant area of Congressional activity is
neglected by CQ.
EMPHASIS V
Each week CQ surveys a legislative topic
in depth, or else presents an analysis of
voting patterns resulting from its con-
tinuing audit of Congress. Such topical
surveys are timely summaries of the big
issues of the year, backed up with fact
and source sheets showing not only what
CQ writers found but where.
ORGANIZATION
While CQ can be used for the moment
and has a timely quality, it is organized
for the decade. What cannot be used
one week need not be discarded, but
becomes stand-by material for the next.
CQ's goal is accurate, impartial report-
ing. Where volume of material neces-
sitates digesting, newspaper - trained
writers strive to retain the points of
real importance.
SERVICE
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CQ concentrates on the big assignment
of covering Congress; and the record it
prepares is a working record, intended
for easy use and rapid service. CQ's re-
search is purposeful, and the product
organized and well-indexed. The job is
vast, but CQ touches all the bases and
provides the type of service fast-working
newsmen expect. Nowhere else can you
get as quickly the complete Congres-
sional story.
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The Weekly Report
CQ's Weekly Report covers all phases of Con-
gressional activity, carefully departmentalized for
rapid use. In every Weekly Report there are three
guideposts:
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS on the front cover
is comprehensive and is a key to the extent of
the record coverage the Report supplies. It
leads off with a major CQ survey. Standard
headings are:
SUMMARY OF LEGISLATION
COMMITTEE ROUNDUP
FLOOR ACTION
VOTES
PRESSURES ON CONGRESS
POLITICAL NOTES
AROUND THE CAPITOL
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THE WEEK IN CONGRESS on the back of
every Report is a concise summary of top Con-
gressional developments. They are covered in
more detail within the Report.
CONGRESSIONAL BOXSCORE, inside the
back cover, is a breakdown of the status of
major legislation before Congress, whether
reported from committee., passed, killed or
signed.
In addition, at the end of each quarter, CQ's
cumulative index supplies a valuable, single-
alphabet reference to all Congressional activity.
TRADE AND AID
Kay~conomfa Polloy Mor
Communlet Effort
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The Week in Co=gresa
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EXPLANATION OF CONTENTS
Summary Of Legislation
This section of the Weekly Report records all action on every
public bill and is divided into two sections:
Bills Introduced is a listing of all public
bills showing the sponsor, number, a
brief description, and the committee to
which the bill was referred. Bill cate-
gories are Agriculture, Appropriations,
Education & Welfare, Foreign Policy,
Labor, Military and Veterans, Miscel-
laneous & Administrative, and Taxes.
Bills Acted On is a continuing report on
the progress of public legislation, re-
cording step-by-step advancement
through the House and Senate as bills
and resolutions are reported by com-
mittees, passed, and sent to the Presi-
dent. Upon this signature, the bills are
listed with their Public Law numbers.
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EXPLANATION OF CONTENTS
Committee Roundup
Covers hearings, action and reports. A
committee calendar shows dates when
important Senate and House committee
sessions are scheduled. Significant
testimony of government spokesmen,
representatives of organizations, and in-
dividuals is reported. Committee ap-
proval or rejection of legislation and
action on amendments are recorded.
Much of the business of Congress is done
in committee, and CQ's summaries post
you on legislation before it comes to the
floor for debate. On the whole, CQ's
committee roundup is the most complete
obtainable.
Floor Action
This section covers in detail action and
debate on major legislation-the bills
you most often need information about.
For reference ease, a precise formula is
followed, and under the bill's identifying
label you find summarized:
ACTION
BACKGROUND
PROVISIONS
DEBATE
AMENDMENTS
The "Provisions" section is a point-by-
point digest of the bill's contents. All
amendments offered from the floor are
listed and their disposition noted.
Major bills are covered, in detail, in the
"Floor Action" section. Action taken on
all public bills is recorded in the "Bills
Acted On" section of the "Summary of
Legislation".
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EXPLANATION OF CONTENTS
Votes
Each record vote of every Senator and
Representative is checked off on CQ's
roll-call charts. Keyed to a brief but
carefully written explanation of the ques-
tion, each roll call is numbered for rapid
identification. House and Senate se-
quences are maintained throughout the
session.
Political Notes
These record political pressures and
personalities, campaigns and elections-
and list major political developments in
states as well as activities of the national
parties and their campaign expenditures.
Around The Capitol
Includes pertinent developments which
affect legislation-special reports to
Congress or concerning the Administra-
tion, pertinent statements, and com-
ments on events. Major executive branch
activities are noted. Texts of all major
Presidential messages to Congress, and
the highlights of the Budget, are carried
in the Weekly Report.
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CO WEEKLY REPORT BRINGS YOU ...
PRESSURES ON CONGRESS
CQ's LOBBY -COVERAGE:
1. ON PRESSURE GROUPS : Lobby ac-
tivity is often the neglected phase of the
Congressional story. But pressure groups
have a big role in shaping legislation, so
CQ reports regularly on organization
stands, tactics and testimony on pending
measures.
2. ON LOBBY REGISTRATIONS : Re-
ports on registrations of lobbyists show
organizations represented; interests, sal-
aries and expenses, previous registra.
tions.
3. ON LOBBY SPENDING: At least
twice each year CQ tabulates and ana-
lyzes lobby expenditures and compiles a
list of the top spenders. From them you
can judge how and where the big money
is spent ... and trace its impact on legis-
lation.
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In addition, special CQ studies show
how lobbies work, how pressures are
brought to bear on Congress. These
stories describe the organization and
activities of a major lobby or bloc of
lobbies; or, taking a specific issue, re-
port stands taken by lobbies and methods
used to put their viewpoints across. No
other service offers newspapers detailed,
continuing coverage of lobbies.
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SURVEYS
Each Weekly Report carries a survey on a major subject of long-term, but
topical, significance. All experience gained by CQ editors during their year-
round audit of Congress, all reporting of Congressional activities, all record.
ing and indexing of fact are brought to bear on distilling the essence of Con-
gress for these weekly surveys. CQ's purpose is to make these studies definitive
and to cover as subjects the year's most important Congressional issues. Cross
references to or in other Weekly Reports are guides to additional details, or
point up relationships in subsequent developments.
Most special studies fall into such catagories as:
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LEGISLATIVE SURVEYS --
? Summaries of issues plus the outlook for legislation, or
? Recapitulations of existing legislation in specific fields
plus reviews of operation.
Reports on the Administration's legislative program, its
specific progress through Congress, and the voting sup-
port or opposition afforded by Members of both Houses.
Reports on Party Unity-how each Member of Congress
votes with or against the majority of his party.
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SURVEYS
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Reports on voting of all Members of Congress on Key
Votes; or on their voting on vital roll calls in a specific
field, such as foreign policy.
Reports on Lobbying Activities--summaries of pressure
group stands and their effectiveness; pressures for spe-
cific issues; profiles of important lobbies.
Reports on an aspect of party politics as it relates to cur-
rent Congressmen and to future elections.
Reports on CQ's audits of Congressional activity, includ-
ing summaries of investigations, tallies on open and
closed committee hearings, money spent in Congressional
election campaigns, money spent by registered lobbyists,
and reports on Members' attendance for roll-call votes.
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CO WEEKLY REPORT BRINGS YOU ...
Quarterly Cumulative Index
The CQ Weekly Report Index is published four times each year. Each
quarterly issue indexes in one alphabetical arrangement the contents of all
preceding issues of the Weekly Report. At year's end, the fourth-quarter issue
is the Index to the contents of all fifty-two Weekly Reports.
Every individual and subject mentioned in the Weekly Report becomes
an entry. Under each entry, arrangement of sub-entries is alphabetical.
Separate sections list charts and tables, roll-call votes, election data, CQ
studies and corrections, with page references to the Weekly Report.
Since it is the only current cumulating index to Congressional activities,
CQ's Index is an invaluable and unique reference tool for locating facts on
Congress.
The only current
cumulating index
to Congressional
activities...
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CO BRINGS YOU ...
THE CQ ALMANAC
The annual Almanac is a permanent reference document on Congress,
bringing a year's account of legislation into perspective. The Almanac com-
bines in one big volume-and indexes--a session's activities. Its emphasis is
on legislation. For each major bill,
there is a complete account of _provi-
sions, background, consideration in
committee and on the floor of each
House. Floor and committee actions
on a specific bill, scattered over many
weeks, are brought together in a
single item. Stories of bills are
grouped in eight legislative sections :
Agriculture, Appropriations, Educa-
tion and Welfare, Foreign Policy,
Labor, Military and Veterans, Mis.
cellaneous and Administrative, and
Taxes and Economic Policy.
Nowhere else can be found so
simple but complete a review of na-
tional legislation.
Fifty-two Weekly Reports and al-
most 2,000 pages are required to
report, as they occur, the year's
events. For the Almanac, overlapping
material is discarded. Stories are re-
organized and condensed. Concise
yet comprehensive, the Almanac
covers bills, laws, amendments, com-
mittee activity, debate, hearings, in-
vestigations, vital statistics on Mem-
bers, lobby activities, party policies
and the voting records of all Con-
gressmen on roll-call votes.
By this process of distillation, the
Almanac not only provides perspec-
tive at year's end, but greatly in-
creases your ability to find the back-
ground on bills or votes of past years.
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CQ QUERY SERVICE
Query service is available to all CQ clients.
The Research Department promptly answers questions about matters
of fact in CQ's fields of coverage.
Clients are invited to use this query service through personal visits or
by telephone, telegraph or mail. Normally, there is no charge to clients for
answering standard inquiries.
The Research Department will undertake special research projects on
Congressional matters at the client's request. In such cases, CQ estimates the
time required and does the research at a specified hourly rate. An estimate is
submitted before research begins.
CQ's QUERY DESK SAVES YOU TIME
By answering complex questions
on Congress
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Three Questions And Answers
About CQ's Service
Q How does CQ's function differ from the Congressional news
approach of the press associations?
The press associations concentrate on spot news for direct
A wire transmittal. CQ.boils down for the record all significant
Congressional activity in easily accessible, cross-indexed
form. The CQ record material is conveniently packaged for
permanent filing.
Q How does CQ differ from the official Congressional Record?
A
The Congressional Record is primarily a stenographic tran-
scription of floor activities, published during the Congres.
sional session. CQ, in addition to reporting floor action, also
covers the activities of the 34 standing committees and their
dozens of subcommittees, the special and select committees,
related activities of the executive department, political de.
velopments, and lobbying. CQ provides a current and a per-
manent reference service on Congress. The current service
is a tightly edited and indexed Weekly Report published
52 times a year; the permanent service is the annual CQ
Almanac. Both are printed in handy, readable form, and
arranged for convenient reference to this complex and volu.
minous material.
Q Does CQ provide comment and opinion?
CQ avoids comment and opinion; it reports Congressional
opinion on controversial matters.
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PURPOSE
Congressional Quarterly is a privately owned organiza.
tion now in its eleventh year of publishing a unique refer.
ence service on Congress, which consists of a Weekly Re-
port, a quarterly cumulative index and an annual Almanac.
CQ was founded to provide a convenient and reliable
means of checking the activities of elected representatives
in Congress. CQ audits every phase of Congress ... then
edits the millions of words that go into the proceedings of
the national legislature, whose official documents alone
each year weigh hundreds of pounds and cover yards of
bookshelf. CQ condenses, organizes and indexes the vast
stream of material pouring from Capitol Hill each day,
whether Congress is in session or out.
CQ digs the facts from the public record, saving its
users countless hours of time and expense; and brings the
issues into sharp focus, making the story of Congress
meaningful and interesting.
CQ is objective in all respects and impartial in party
politics.
In addition to its broad usage by newspapers, CQ's refer-
ence material is available to the public through libraries
and organizations. Original and copyrighted, CQ's report
on Congress is kept up to date and is easy to file for rapid
reference.
Yf It s About Congress, It "s in CO
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What Clients Say About (;Q
"We have found CQ of inestimable value for finding out what takes
place inside Congress--particularly when we need accurate in-
formation quickly."
"I find it very helpful in that it collects in one place all of the basic
data about legislative possibilities."
FROM: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
"It provides essential facts and background otherwise difficult to
collect quickly. It is particularly useful for analytical, interpretive
writing."
FROM: ROSCOE DRUMMOND
NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE
"We have been a constant user for years and now wonder how we
got along without it. Congressional Quarterly saves us hours of
time and is always at the elbow for compact, accurate reference
against a deadline."
FROM: WALTER- TROHAN
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"We look forward each week to receiving the Weekly Report. It
is a valuable source of information to us in our work. In fact, we
have seen nothing from any other organization that compares
with it."
FROM: SOUTHERN STATES INDUSTRIAL COUNCIL, INC.
"We are very much satisfied with your publication, and in my
estimation, it is a most valuable publication for every office."
FROM: U. S. CANE SUGAR REFINERS'
ASSN.
"When CQ copies are received they are circulated to the members
of our staff and we often send copies covering power problems to
member companies."
FROM: RICHARD D. GREEN,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRIC COMPANIES
"The recent surveys of the work of Congress are especially good.
I hope you will continue this sort of thing."
FROM: A. R. HIGGINS, EDITOR
QUINCY HERALD-WHIG
"I regard Congressional Quarterly as the most valuable available
information service on Congress and make extensive use of it in my
work."
FROM: LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE -SERVICE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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FROM . .
TIME
CALLING CQ
To Washington correspondents, one of the nation's smallest
publications is also one of the most important. Its name is Con-
gressional Quarterly, and its circulation is a mere 3,000. But it is
a gold-plated list. More than half the members of Congress sub-
scribe to CQ; 282 top U. S. papers take it. Every week (despite its
name) CQ goes out to more than 300 organizations, ranging from
labor unions to the American Medical Association, which pay up to
$1,000 a year for the service. They are willing to pay well because
Congressional Quarterly provides the only authoritative weekly
condensation of how every member of Congress votes, what con-
gressional committees are up to, how lobbies are faring-every-
thing, in fact, that has to do with Congress.
Though strictly impartial, CQ has been used time and again to
Will points in political campaigns. When Florida's George Smathers
(now a Senator) was running for Congress in 1946, he went through
his district reading his opponent's voting record from CQ, and
credits the publication with his victory. When Joe McCarthy
charged that Senator Ralph Flanders voted less with the Republi.
cans than any other member of the party, newsmen set the record
straight with CQ figures. I I
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