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This service answers questions about legislation: what a measure does, where it stands and who is behind it. Questions about your own representation are answered by HouseConnect— opens HouseConnect in a new tab, and research that goes beyond the record is handled by the Library of Congress research surface— opens Library of Congress Legislative Intelligence in a new tab.