Examine a homepage for one of the congressional committees . Go to either the U.S. House of Representatives - Committee WWW Services or the U.S. Senate Committees . You can get an extensive overview of the rules and procedures governing lawmaking in Congress by following the links on this page, House and Senate Rules , Rules of the House of Representatives - 106th Congress , U.S. Senate Rules . Congressional oversight of the executive branch occurs not only through the committee system but also through the extensive investigations and reports of the General Accounting Office . Decision-making by members of Congress has long been a subject of study.
Public policy is the end product of legislative activity.
Most economic and domestic policy proposals are analyzed by the Congressional Budget Office . U.S. Congress on the Internet .