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Political Blogs  

Reference Sources

www.stls.frb.org
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Data source.
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Thomas: Legislative information on the Internet from the Library of Congress.
www.fec.gov
Federal Election Commission
www.un.org
United Nations
www.google.com/unclesam
Searches for government documents
www.politics1.com
Web directory to politics
www.yahoo.com/government
Yahoo's government resources.
www.vote.com
Political discussion site
www.nonprofit.gov
Access to government sites for nonprofits
www.fedworld.gov
FedWorld Information Network. Links to web sites of hundreds of government agencies
www.firstamendmentcenter.org/
First Amendment issues
www.opensecrets.org/
Campaign financing records
www.fedstats.gov
Statistics from 70 agencies
www.essential.org/EI.html
Essential Information.  A group of political activist sites
www.lwv.org
League of Women Voters
www.e-thepeople.com
E-The People.  Internet site about politics.
www.politicsonline.com
Online tools and coverage of political uses of the Internet
www.speakout.com
Political discussion site
www.politicalresources.net/
Political resources on the Net
www.lib.lsu.edu/gov/fedgov.html
U.S. Federal Government Agencies Directory.  A list of Federal Agencies on the Internet
www.vote-smart.org
Project Vote Smart
www.maplight.org/
Map: Money and Politics
www.politicalindex.com
National Political Index.  Links to local, state and federal level sites. 
www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Cross_Agency_Portals.shtml
Cross-agency information portals
www.gallerywatch.com/
Online legislative and regulatory tracking
www.dfn.org
Voices of Freedom.  Materials from human rights activists
www.moveon.org/
Political action site
www.fedspending.org/
Federal spending analysis site
www.ntis.gov/
National Technical Information Service with searchable database
www.campaignfinance.org
Campaign Finance Information Center.  State-level
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/
Daily State Department briefings
www.firstgov.gov
Search engine for government documents online
http://cryptome.org/
Web site devoted to government spying activities
www.etown.edu/vl/
Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources
www.egov.gov/
Office of Electronic Government for online government
www.publicagenda.org/
Opinion surveys and policy analysis
www.policyalmanac.org/
An almanac of policy issues with references
www.publicintegrity.org/
The Center for Public Integrity
 www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
Occupational Outlook Quarterly.  Jobs data
www.law.ou.edu/hist/
Historical documents -- U.S.
www.regulations.gov/
Comment site for Federal regulations
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/godort/subjects.htm
Guide to government document sites
http://govbenefits.gov/jsp/GovBenefits.jsp
Database of government benefits programs
www.raponline.org/
Regulatory assistance
www.pollingreport.com/
Report on recent polls
www.e-democracy.org/us/2004/president/
Links to presidential candidates' sites
http://exlibris.memphis.edu/resource/unclesam/whos.html
Who's Who in Federal Government
www.fundrace.org/moneymap.php
Map of contributions nationwide
www.gvsu.edu/hauenstein/
Database on American Presidents
www.opensecrets.org/basics/law/index.asp
Federal campaign law limits
www.jobwatch.org/
Job creation in the economy
http://governing.com/gpp/2003/gp3intro.htm
Report on taxation in the US/States
www.rollcall.com/links/
Roll Call's Link List
www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php
Contributions locally by zip
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
Congressional voting records
www.searchsystems.net/
Public Records search engine
www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
White House statistics briefing room
http://www.docuticker.com/
New reports from government agencies and NGOs
www.leadershipdirectories.com/
Leadership directories
www.innovations.harvard.edu/
News about government innovations
www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/congress.html#list
Maps of Congressional Districts
www.nationalatlas.gov/
National Atlas of the US
www.politicsonline.com/
Politics online
www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf.shtml
Government reference information
www.gpoaccess.gov/pictorial/109th/index.html
Pictorial directory of Congress
www.govtrack.us/
Tracks Federal Legislation
http://factcheck.org/
Political fact checking
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en
US Census Fact Finder
http://pdba.georgetown.edu/history.html
Political database of the Americas
www.opencongress.org/
Open Congress
www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Congresspedia
Congresspedia
http://unfluence.primate.net/index.html
Mapping political contributions
www.pollster.com/
Campaign polls
http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/
Political fact-checker
http://politicalbase.com/
Candidate information
 

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Congress/Political Parties

www.vote-smart.org/
Vote smart.  Political information.
www.dnet.org
The Democracy Network.  Will offer online statements from candidates for office in 10 states.
www.congress.org
Congressional directory.  Reps by zip code.
www.senate.gov/src
The Senate Republican Conference
www.senate.gov
Senate
www.gop.gov
GOP site
www.house.gov
House of Representatives
www.opensecrets.org
The Federal Election Commission database of donors
www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/main.html
E-mail and web page links to Congress
http://legislators.com/nyt
The New York Times guide to Congress
www.democrats.org
Democratic National Committee
www.rnc.org
Republican National Committee

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Media

www.cq.com
Congressional Quarterly
www.rollcall.com
Roll Call.  Current news from Congress.
  www.city-journal.org/
Urban Affairs
www.govexec.com
Government Executive
www.federaltimes.com
Federal Times
www.salon.com/politics/index.html
Salon.  Politics
http://cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS
All Politics. CNN and Time Magazine site.
www.c-span.org
C-Span networks.  House/Senate schedules, news
  www.thenewrepublic.com
The New Republic
www.fedsmith.com/
Fed Smith for Federal Govt News.
www.governing.com/
Governing.com.  State and local news
www.zmag.org/
Znet.  Political news and commentary
www.nationalreview.com
National Review
www.opinionjournal.com
Editorial page - Journal
www.poppolitics.com/
A politics and culture magazine
www.tompaine.com/
Political journal
www.polstate.com/
The Political State Report
www.project-syndicate.org/
Newspaper commentary from around the world
http://politics.slashdot.org/
Politics - Slashdot
http://nationaljournal.com/
National Journal publications
 
http://www.publicintegrity.org/
The Center for Public Integrity
www.publicagenda.com
Public Agenda
www.politechbot.com/
Politics and technology
http://politicalwire.com/
Political Wire
www.factcheck.org/
Fact checks political campaign statements
http://realclearpolitics.com/
Real Clear Politics
www.theatlantic.com/
The Atlantic Magazine
http://ncsl.org/programs/press/grasscatcher.htm
State news

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State/Local Web Sites

http://OfficialCitySites.org
Links to Official city and county sites worldwide
www.globalcomputing.com/states.html
Links to state webs
www.naco.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_Counties/Data_and_Demographics/Data_and_Demographics.htm
County Demographics in the US
www.ncsl.org
National conference of state legislatures.
  www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm
Index to state and local government web sites
http://capitolbeat.wordpress.com/
Association of reporters covering statehouses
www.50states.com/
State facts
www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Graphics_State.shtml
State photo galleries
http://ncsl.typepad.com/the_thicket/
State legislator blogs
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/
Encyclopedia of Georgia
http://sourcebook.governing.com/
State/local governing sourcebook
www.followthemoney.org/
Money in state politics

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