Great Websites for Government Information and Research

2011/12

 
 

U.S. Government Information

    USA.gov -- America’s search engine for public government information

    White House -- Check out the latest from President Obama

    U.S. House of Representative -- What is Rep. McCollum up to?

    U.S. Senate -- Frankin, Klobachar?

    Library of Congress -- Incredible research tool

    C-Span -- Check this out everyday

    Findlaw -- Learn about the law

    Oyez -- Good source for Supreme Court Cases

    SCOTUSblog  -- For all things Supreme Court

    Federal Register -- Rules, executive orders, etc.

    National Governors Association -- View federal issues through the

               states eyes

    National Conference of State Legislatures --  States working to        

               implement and shape federal policies

    Stateline.org -- Media outlet covering state governments



U.S. Government Research

    Open Secrets -- Show me the money in politics

    Polling Report -- Overview of polling trends

    Republican National Committee -- Enough said

    Democratic National Committee -- Enough said

    American Enterprise Institute -- Conservative think tank

    Brookings Institute -- Liberal think tank

    Congress.org -- Great source for information on Congress, Pres, Courts

    FactCheck.org -- Check the accuracy of the politicians (10+)

    Politifact.org -- Another great accuracy checker -- fun graphs

    Mediamatters.org -- Keeping the media’s political coverage in check

    ProCon.org -- See difficult issues from both sides

    League of Women Voters -- Nonpartisan public policy advocate

   

   

   

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Presented here is a collection of U.S. government information and some wonderful sites for finding data about specific public policy and various politicians.