Congressional Record app: Legislators’ daily speeches, in your hands

Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP - The statue of George Washington is silhouetted against the U.S. Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 1, 2011.

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Jul 22, 2012 12:33 AM EDT

The Washington Post

The Congressional Record

Legislators’ daily words, in your hands

Attention real, true political junkies: this app is for you. Put out by the Library of Congress, the Congressional Record is, well, just that. The app presents the daily Congressional Record in app form, now on the iPhone as well as the iPad. The app, like the report, is broken down into sections and users can quickly access the daily digest, the Senate section, the House section and the Extensions of Remarks. You can select any issue of the Congressional Record dating back to Jan. 4, 1995, and users can copy text from the record in case they need to quote something for a paper or — only in this town — some social reason. The app is supposed to support retina display, but the text can get a little fuzzy on the new iPad. Free, for iOS devices.

— Hayley Tsukayama

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