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Subject terms are assigned to bills by the Congressional Research Service, which is a government entity that serves Congress. GovTrack uses those subjects.

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Thousands of keywords are used to index all of the bills in Congress. Select a letter to see some of those subject terms. You'll be able to monitor particular subject terms so that your tracked events page and email updates alerts you activity on legislation matching your interests.

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Popular Subjects

Here are some of the most popular subject terms GovTrack users are monitoring:

  • Immigration (727 users)
  • Abortion (671 users)
  • Illegal aliens (497 users)
  • Civil liberties (482 users)
  • Environmental protection (451 users)
  • Firearms (411 users)
  • Internet (402 users)
  • Same-sex marriage (394 users)
  • Alternative energy sources (388 users)
  • Health insurance (381 users)
  • Terrorism (360 users)
  • Education (356 users)
  • Firearms control (356 users)
  • Energy (316 users)
  • Civil rights (314 users)
  • Health care industry (305 users)
  • Iraq (302 users)
  • Homosexuality (290 users)
  • Medicare (281 users)
  • Social security (280 users)
  • Health policy (271 users)
  • Defense budgets (226 users)
  • Veterans (222 users)
  • Intellectual property (214 users)
  • Medicaid (207 users)
  • Immigrants (186 users)
  • Identity theft (178 users)
  • Copyright (172 users)
  • Marriage (171 users)
  • Taxation (156 users)
  • Religion (143 users)
  • Church and state (138 users)
  • Constitution (133 users)
  • Foreign policy (133 users)
  • Defense policy (124 users)
  • Higher education (112 users)
  • Freedom of speech (112 users)
  • Access to health care (111 users)
  • Intelligence activities (111 users)
  • Constitutional amendments (106 users)
  • Iran (105 users)
  • Israel (104 users)
  • Telecommunication (103 users)
  • Department of Homeland Security (99 users)
  • Religion in the public schools (97 users)
  • Banks and banking (90 users)
  • Disabled (90 users)
  • Veterans' disability compensation (89 users)
  • Affordable housing (89 users)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (89 users)
  • Labor (89 users)
  • Bill of Rights (88 users)
  • Religious liberty (88 users)
  • Trade (87 users)
  • Technology (86 users)
  • Veterans' benefits (85 users)
  • Appropriations (85 users)
  • Agriculture (84 users)
  • Elementary and secondary education (82 users)
  • Sex offenders (81 users)
  • Economic policy (80 users)
  • Marijuana (80 users)
  • Science policy (80 users)
  • Environmental policy (79 users)
  • Tax reform (78 users)
  • Women (78 users)
  • Budgets (76 users)
  • Religion and politics (76 users)
  • Minimum wages (72 users)
  • Animals (72 users)
  • Elections (72 users)
  • Child abuse (71 users)
  • Transportation (71 users)
  • AIDS (Disease) (70 users)
  • Children (70 users)
  • Bankruptcy (69 users)
  • Pensions (69 users)
  • Patents (69 users)
  • Admission of nonimmigrants (68 users)
  • Air pollution (67 users)
  • Major Subject Areas

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