Links to Political Websites

Here is a list of political-oriented websites with useful information relating to the voting records of politicians, the amount of money spent in politics, and/or politics in general:

http://www.fec.gov
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) administers and enforces the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections. (Government)

http://www.proaxis.com/~cop/
Congressional Observer Publications - provides accurate, timely, meaningful, and non- partisan coverage of votes in the House and Senate.

http://thomas.loc.gov
Legislative Branch Internet Resources Website (Government)

http://capwiz.com/c-span/home/
Website containing political information

http://www.citizen.org/congress/voting/
Public Citizen is a national, nonprofit consumer advocacy organization founded to represent consumer interests in Congress, the executive branch and the courts.

http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/how_to_votes.htm
US Senate Website (Government)

http://www.aauw.org/issue_advocacy/votingrecord.cfm
American Association of University Women

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/megavote/
Congress.org is a service of Capitol Advantage, a private, non-partisan company that specializes in facilitating civic participation.

http://clerk.house.gov
Office of the Clerk House of Representatives Website (Government)

http://www.vis.org
Voter Information Services is a non-partisan, non-profit organization with a goal to help interested citizens understand the effects of the federal laws enacted by the U.S. Congress.

http://www.commoncause.org
Common Cause works for open, accountable government and the right of all citizens to be involved in shaping our nation's public policies.

http://www.vote-smart.org
Project Vote Smart is dedicated to upholding the ideal of democracy and serving the American people with unbiased and accurate information

http://www.tray.com
Money in Politics Website contains databases identifying money spent in politics

http://www.opensecrets.org
A website of the Center for Responsive Politics and is a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy.

http://www.publicintegrity.org
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization that conducts investigative research and reporting on public policy issues in the United States and around the world.

These are additional sources of information that you may find useful or interesting:

www.MiddleClassDestruction.com
www.TheMiddleClassisWatching.com
www.politicalaccountability.net
www.businessinsider.com
www.movetoamend.org
www.ourfuture.org
www.oecd.org
www.themiddleclass.org
www.opencongress.org
www.maplight.org
www.commongood.org
www.politifact.com
www.coffeepartyusa.com
www.freespeechforpeople.org