Intermediate User Scenario - Members & Committees
| Who |
Neha, a first year graduate student |
| Class |
Legislative Process |
| Assignment |
Select a current news topic and find out what hearings Congress has held on the topic in the last year on that topic; find out when the hearings were held, which committees held them, and who participated |
| Objective |
Find information about congressional committee hearings |
| Starting Info |
Neha is interested in the No Child Left Behind Act and so she wants to know if Congress has held any hearings on that topic during the last year |
- Selects Committees from the Members & Committees option on the navigation bar.
- Types No Child Left Behind Act into the Keyword search box.
- Leaves the search default at Any Committee, and leaves the committee box blank since she is not looking for information from a particular committee.
- Selects the Committee Schedule option from the Types No Child Left Behind Act into the Restrict by Keywords box.
- Clicks the title to open a record and find information on hearing participants.
Tip:
If you are looking for information on a specific committee, but aren’t sure of the committee name, click the Look up a Committee link to find committee name options.
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