If you've ever been frustrated with the comprehensive-yet-nightmarish
Thomas congressional infromation system from the Library of Congress, the new
OpenCongress.org looks like it just might be the cure, bringing some of that Web 2.0 goodness to the basic task of telling you which bills are where, cosponsored by whom, who voted which way when, etc.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/02/opencongress/41555/