The basic subscription provides all users with access to the full text of selected publications in non-PDF format, in some cases dating back 30 years or more. The basic subscription includes abstracts and indexing for congressional publications, and legislative histories. It also includes member biographies, committee assignments, voting records, and financial data; and the full text of key regulatory and statutory resources.
If your institution has access to the older content in the optional digital collections (see link below) you will be able to access the full text of publications dating back in some cases as far as the late eighteenth century in searchable PDF format.