The Legislative Budget Board (LBB) is a permanent joint committee of the Texas Legislature. Among it's many responsibilites, it develops budget and policy recommendations for legislative appropriations for all agencies of state government and completes fiscal analyses for proposed legislation.
The GTLI website helps legislators, other state officials and employees, and interested citizens to research the work of past legislatures and to track the work of the current legislature.
Supports the reference and research needs of the Legislature, its staff, and its committees. Find bills, books and reports, Texas state documents and state and federal legal collection.
Complete and comprehensive guide for information over federal, state and local government branches. Includes Senators, Representatives, committees, agencies, bill findings and more.
Easy to use tool for research projects and homework that includes hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as images, audio files, and videos.
Comprehensive resource consisting of multiple databases that include SIRS Issues Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, and SIRS WebSelect. Find credible and relevant data for social issues, science, history, government, and the arts and humanities.
Find out about the U.S. Constitution and the founding of the U.S. government; citizenship and civic responsibilities; elections and political parties; the branches of government; key people; primary sources and much more.
The legislative branch of state government : people, process, and politics
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