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| Congresscritters, Elections, Money, and Politics | ||||
| Contacting
the Congress Juan Cabanela's site gives you a statewide view of members of Congress. You get names, links to Congressional Web pages, phone, fax, and a useful biography of each member in your state. [and much more] |
CongressMerge This company compiles and sells Congressional data for organizations and people like Juan. The link is to the company Web site's home page. |
The U.S. Senate Source for Senate information from the Senate's point of view. That is, turn on your skeptical radar. |
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| The U.S. House Same as the Senate. Skeptical radar required. Note the THOMAS link at the bottom of the page. There are a number of options for searching the Congressional Record for bills, speeches, and you-name-it. |
Common Cause - Citizens
working to end special-interest politics and reform government ethics. Common Cause deals with money in politics, the media and democracy as well as election reform and government accountability. It has a long history of nonpartisan, grassroots lobbying on these issues. |
Project Vote Smart More than you thought you'd want to know about elected officials and candidates; position on issues, ratings by interest groups, current Congressional legislation, etc. |
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| Federal Election Commission
Info. Wanna know about money and politics. This is the place to get the information. |
Center for Responsive Politics What are the issues? Where's the money? Track your congresscritter and see. An excellent source of information, especially the breakdown on PAC's and funding. Must visit! |
National Political
Index This site is a great jumping off point for political surfers. There is another like it, Political Junkie, which is okay but I don't like the teeny-weeny font they use for links. |
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| tom sawyer, citizen - 2004 | ||||