Money and politics tracking site. Follow Federal campaign finance, Federal lobbying and Federal legislation in one spot! This site is often sited by major media organizations, political parties and academia.

Our compendium of Mother Jones and MotherJones.com interactive campaign finance coverage over the past six years. Take a unique look at what really fuels Washington.

The Campaign Finance Information Center is administered by IRE and the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting. It's dedicated to helping journalists cover campaigns more in-depth by following the campaign money trail.

New on www.FollowTheMoney.org Latest Research Studies: Private-prison companies gave more than $1 million to candidates in 14 Southern states and targeted much of it to legislators who were influential in setting prison policy. Click here to learn more about the findings of the Institute's report, A Contributing Influence. Enron and its chief executive officer gave at least $1.88 million to ...

These pages provide access to the driving force in congressional politics today. Sources include U.S. Term Limits, Americans for Limited Terms, Term Limits Leadership Council and many state organizations.

The Electoral Reform Society is a membership organisation which campaigns for the strengthening of our democracy through changes to the voting system and electoral arrangements. The site contains detailed and easily accessible information about systems of proportional representation, particularly the single transferable vote. Please click here for the non-frames version. Please let us know if ...

The web home of Ballot Access News, the premiere newsletter for up-to-date news about the continuing fight for fair and equitable ballot access laws in the USA.

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Enormous Victory for Reform Movement! In a Landmark Decision, a Federal Appeals Court Upholds Campaign Spending Limits, Revisiting Buckley v. Valeo. Read NVRI's Press Release* Click here for the Decision* Voters of Color View Campaign Finance as an Equality Issue and Support Full Public Financing: Read NVRI's Latest Report: Press Release* Report* NVRI Files Challenge to Hard Money Increases in ...

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New - Doyle's grants-for-cash warrant investigation New - Skindrud's caucus comments expose hypocrisy New - Public supports free air time, new poll shows Features Free Air Time Campaign WDC releases, studies and activities promoting free candidate air time. Follow the Money WDC News Who's giving and who's getting campaign money. What's happening on the finance reform front. WDC Studies Reform ...

Democracy Matters gives students a voice in the movement to remove private wealth from politics and initiates life long civic involvements.

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Where did your politicians get their money New District Search: Find your State Legislator (Courtesy of Illinois State Board of Elections) Subscribe to ICPR Spotcheck Receive e-mail updates from ICPR on the world of campaign finance reform. Open Secrets: National Campaign Finance Database ICPR Archives Other Resources NEW!!! Poll Results: The Public Supports Free Air Time Click the link above ...

Examination of the big money donors contributing to the 1996 presidential campaign.

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Campaign Finance Overview Key Stories Opinion Key Players Links and Resources Special Reports Clinton and Gore campaign in 1996. (AP) Related Links More Post and AP stories about campaign finance from the past month. Money Troubles By Dan Froomkin Washingtonpost.com Staff Updated September 4, 1998 Campaign finance is a confusing topic in many ways. But it is money which, arguably, determines the ...

Campaigns for People promotes state campaign finance and ethics reform in Texas.

Quickly search and retrieve current and historical campaign finance information about candidates running for President and Congress.

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In this FRONTLINE report correspondent Bill Moyers explores growing concern among judges themselves that campaign contributions to judges may be corrupting the judicial system, threatening the independence and integrity of state judges. This investigation looks at state judges'decisions and judicial elections in Texas, Lousiana and Pennsylvania.and interviews judges about their concerns about the ...

Thomas Jefferson A wise and frugal government ... shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. Richsard K Sorenson, U. S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor WW II We must dedicate ourselves to the principle that freedom under God' is man's destiny. We must not only live our lives under this principle, but also defend it unto death with the courage of free men. Our country won its ...

A special report by Bill Moyers on the 1996 election campaign, and how the two political parties, Republicans and Democrats, contrived to bend and break the law in order to raise money for the most expensive campaign in history.

Restoring congress to what our Founding Fathers envisioned can only be done through congressional term limits. With your help, we can do this! Three simple steps to a better political system Step 1: Fill out this form. Step 2: Tell your friends about this site. Step 3: Send a letter to your Newspaper. Help Restore Your Congress. Fellow Americans: Welcome to your website, and to Citizens for Term ...

Life After the Campaign Finance Reform Bill RealAudio: Kwame Holman talks with party leaders and members of Congress to examine the impact of the new campaign finance law. (3/29/02) Campaign Reform: Signed, Sealed and Sued Legal experts from the American Civil Liberties Union and NYU discuss the constitutionality of the campaign finance bill, which immediately met with legal challenges upon ...

Term Limits - Voter's Guide - If you support term limits, this is what you need to know how to vote out the incumbents! We take a cold hard look at the reality of Term Limits ...

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Term Limits in Politics The current rage in politics is term limits. The theory is that if we limit the number of years or terms public officials can serve in a position, we will get better government. In stating that theory, I'm being as kind as I can. Because I suspect that the real reason is jealousy--we don't like successful people. Even more, we don't like them when they represent somebody ...

Cato Policy Analysis No. 328 December 16, 1998 What Term Limits Do That Ordinary Voting Cannot by Einer Elhauge Einer Elhauge is a professor of law at Harvard Law School. Executive Summary We already have term limits; they're called elections. So why don't we just throw the bums out Instead, voters simultaneously cast their ballots for senior incumbents and for term limits. They do so for two ...

Political polemic: urges a protest against the non-choices we have been given by the major political parties ...

Advocating bi-partisan election reform, with the goal of improving the efficiency, equity and accuracy of election returns all across the United States.

Policy Analysis No. 221 March 28, 1995 REAL TERM LIMITS: NOW MORE THAN EVER by Doug Bandow Doug Bandow is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the author of The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology (Transaction). He served as a special assistant to President Reagan. Executive Summary No part of the Republican Contract with America has generated more opposition within the GOP than term ...

Latest news, background information, and links on campaign finance reform, including the McCain-Feingold campaign reform proposal to restrict soft money contribitions.

TERM LIMITS Overview Key Stories Opinion Resources and Links Special Reports Term Limits at a Glance Updated June 2, 1998 So far, 18 states limit the terms of state lawmakers. While some limits won't take effect until 2008, this year more than 200 current legislators across the country will be forced from office. Three other states--Massachusetts, Nebraska and Washington--have also passed term ...

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Voters reject legislator term limits JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi became the first state Tuesday to refuse to imposeterm limits on its legislators, four years after voters rejected similar restrictions forall state elected officials.

Real Campaign-Finance Reform The proposals pile up and the problem gets worse. Maybe it's time to try something genuinely radical-- and change our whole election system in the process. By JACK HITT Illustration by Matthew Martin eorge W. Bush Jr. has raised the most money of any Presidential candidate in history: $36 million and counting. Much of it was gathered by only 200 people, ...