Spotlight Tools: Hot Docs

• Video Overview
• What are Hot Docs?
• Where can I find them? 
  • Browsing document types
• Setting email alerts

Video Overview

What are Hot Docs?

A unique trove of policy-related, hard-to-find government source documents, including Draft Bill Text, Dear Colleague Letters, Congressional Press Releases and more. In conjunction with legislative tracking information and CQ news, Hot Docs provide additional context to help you get the full story on what’s happening on Capitol Hill.

Where can I find them? 

Simply navigate to Research → Bills → Hot Docs. Here, you’ll find a search engine specifically for locating Hot Docs.

Browsing document types

Once on the page, you'll notice that there's a search engine dedicated solely to searching through Hot Docs. This is also the best way to understand what's included in CQ's Hot Docs database. 

If you click the dropdown arrow under 'Document Type,' you'll see a list of all document types available. 

Select as many as you'd like and add additional criteria to conduct your search. For reference, the Hot Docs available to you include:

• CBO Cost Estimates
• CBO Reports and Briefs
• CRS Documents
• GAO Documents
• Draft Bill Text
• Dear Colleague Letters
• Congressional Press Releases
• Other Congressional Documents
• White House Documents
• Statements of Administration Policy
• OMB Documents
• Agency Documents
• Judicial Documents
• Other Documents

Setting email alerts

If you'd like to be notified by email every time a Hot Doc relevant to your interests is added to your platform, refer to the PDF above for instructions on how to do so.