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THOMAS is the database of United States Congress legislative information, was launched in January 1995 at the inception of the 104th Congress. It is a comprehensive, Internet-accessible source of information on the activities of Congress, including:

bills & resolutions
- the texts of bills and resolutions
- summaries and status
- voting results, including how individual members voted
Congressional Record, including the daily digest
presidential nominations
treaties

The database is named after Thomas Jefferson, who was the third President of the United States. It seems there is no reason its name is in all upper-case letters. According to some sources,^[who?] 'THOMAS' is an acronym for "The House [of Representatives] Open Multimedia Access System", but as of November 2006^[update] this text is not apparent anywhere in the THOMAS Web site. This explanation may be a backronym.

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v • d • e United States Congress (House of Representatives, Senate — 111th Congress)

Members	Congress: Current, Freshmen, Longest serving, Expelled \| House: Current by seniority, Former members, Oldest living \| Senate: Current by age, Current by seniority; Former, Former still living, Age/seniority, Expelled/censured, Classes, Baby of the House/Senate

Leaders	House: Speaker (list), Party leaders, Party whips, Dem. caucus, Rep. conference, Dean \| Senate: President pro tempore (list), Party leaders, Assistant party leaders, Dem. Caucus (Chair, Secretary, Policy comm. chair), Rep. Conference (Chair, Vice-Chair, Policy comm. chair), Dean

Groups	African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Caucuses, Committees, Hispanic Americans, Senate Women, House Women

Agencies, employees and offices	Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Guide Service (board), Capitol Police (board), Chiefs of staff, GAO, Government Printing Office, Law Revision Counsel, Librarian of Congress, Poet laureate \| House: Chaplain, Chief Administrative Officer, Clerk, Doorkeeper, Emergency Planning, Preparedness, and Operations, Historian, Interparliamentary Affairs, Page (board), Parliamentarian, Postmaster, Reading clerk, Recording Studio, Sergeant at Arms \| Senate: Chaplain, Curator, Historian, Librarian, Page, Parliamentarian, Secretary, Sergeant at Arms

Politics and procedure	Act of Congress (list), Caucuses, Committees, Hearings, Joint session (List), Oversight, Party divisions, Rider, Sponsorship, Saxbe fix \| House: Committees, History, Procedures, Mace of the House \| Senate: Committees, Filibuster, History, Jefferson's Manual, Traditions, VPs' tie-breaking votes

Buildings	Botanic Garden, Capitol, Capitol Complex, Office buildings (House: Cannon, Ford, Longworth, Rayburn, O'Neill (demolished), Senate: Dirksen, Hart, Russell)

Research	Biographical directory, Congressional Quarterly, Congressional Record, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress (Law Library, Copyright Office), The Hill, Roll Call, THOMAS

Miscellaneous	List of lists, Congressional districts (by area), Power of enforcement, Scandals

Websites: House of Representatives \| Senate

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