You may need to track down a specific policy or law or the background ( legislative history) of the law. There are several good choices for this depending on where you are starting and what you are trying to find.
The front page of the U.S. Government Documents gudie contains several good guides to the many agencies that are part of the federal government. Information on other states is also found in a tab of the Missouri guide.
Provides full text access to government information dating to 1789. For additional details, consult the Content Coverage Chart on the database’s main search page.
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