1. Chapter 5 Section 5

2. Lawmakers have many resources: Library of Congress Trained staff

3. Personal Staff 2 types of staffs Personal: work directly for individual Senate, Reps Committee: work for many House, Senate committees

4. Admin. Assts. 1 st type of personal staff Called an AA Runs lawmaker’s office, supervises schedule, gives advice on political matters

5. Legisl. Assts. 2 nd type of personal staff Called LAs Ensure lawmaker well informed Researches, draft bills, studies bills, writes speeches and articles for lawmaker Attends meetings when lawmaker cannot

6. Caseworker 3 rd type personal staff Handle many requests from member’s constituents

7. Committee Staff Draft bills, study issues, collect information Largely responsible for work involved in making laws

8. Library of Congress Largest library in world Destroyed during War of 1812 Jefferson’s collection helped rebuild

9. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Est’d. in 1974 Coordinates budget of Congress Studies president’s budget proposals Projects costs of proposed programs

10. Gov’t Accountability Office (GAO) Nation’s watchdog over how funds Congress appropriates are spent

11. Gov’t Printing Office (GPO) Largest multipurpose printing plant in world Prints for entire fed. gov’t