Congress.org

http://www.congress.org/

Access information on U.S. lawmakers at the Federal, state, and local levels. The site also provides information about pending bills and votes in Congress, links to Federal Agencies and the Supreme Court. Find out what organizations are taking stands on specific issues at Issues and Action: Organization Search .

White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia

http://www.oyez.org/oyez/frontpage

Includes a virtual tour of the Court, biographies of present and past justices, podcasts of Supreme Court arguments, and more.

Government Information--Elections and Voting

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/polsci/elections.html

Frequently Used Sites Related to U.S. Federal Government Information

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/fdtf/

Search by government branch or keyword. Browse by broad topic such as elections, maps, health, science and technology, statistics and more. See the excellent Popular Starting Points to government information.

ThisNation.com-American Government & Politics Online

http://www.thisnation.com/

"Basic information, resources and historical documents related to American Government and Politics."

Charters of Freedom

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/charters.html

The focus is on the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Communicating with Elected Officials

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/basics/?style=comm

Style tips.

FactCheck.org

http://www.factcheck.org/

"Holding Politicians Accountable." "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts."-Senator Patrick Daniel Moynihan.

Mass .gov.

http://massgov.

GovEngine.com-State Government--Massachusetts

http://www.govengine.com/stategov/massachusetts.html

Back to Top

Last updated November 7, 2006/L.Davies