There are so many great resources for following policy, especially specific issues. We’ve attempted to curate a list.
General Info
Track legislation and votes: GovTrack.us
News: Roll Call, Congressional Quarterly
Professional Societies
* indicates that the organization has a policy fellowship or sponsors a AAAS STPF
*American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
*American Astronomical Society (AAS)
*American Chemical Society (ACS)
*American Geophysical Union (AGU)
*American Institute of Physics (AIP)
*American Psychological Association (APA)
*American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
Coalition for the Life Sciences (CLS)
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)