You can survive: with the right tools every lawmaker can be effective.

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By now, most legislatures are deep into their session calendars, with lawmakers busy debating, discussing and deliberating the dilemmas facing their states. Many may be feeling stressed, even exhausted. At times like these, every legislator needs a survival kit, one that contains all the things helpful to having a successful, stress-free, legislative session. With these legislative staples in your bag of tricks, you'll not only survive, you'll thrive.

NCSL can provide you with half of these, for the rest, you're on your own!

State Legislatures Magazine

If you're reading this, your survival kit has a good start, with the magazine of state policy and politics read by legislators all around the country. Enjoy it, knowing you're in good company.

Media Tips

You can never have too many friends in the media, but you can have too many opinions about how to deal with them. These tips will tell you what works best, plain and simple.

A Guide to Government Acronyms

Are you filled to the brim with too much alphabet soup to digest? Use this handy guide to decipher what your colleagues are talking about.

Mason's Manual

To be successful at the game of lawmaking, you have to learn the rules. Mason's Manual contains all the parliamentary rules and procedures you will ever need to know and use. Be sure to get your own copy.

NCSL's 50-State Bill Information Service

The ability to search bills all across the nation can improve your expertise and inform your decision making in any policy area.

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