The good folks at LLRX.com supply a fine good pointer to .gov/legislation research

**The Government Domain: GovTrack.us: Under Development
http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain3.htm
Peggy Garvin takes a new, free, publicly available, privately run, open-government-web service through its paces, detailing the features and options available to researchers who track and monitor federal legislation.