Links / Resources for
Campaign Finance Reform
(As compiled by the
Center for Responsive Politics)
Organizations throughout the country are working on the issue of
money in politics at the federal, state, and local levels. Here
are links to some of the groups doing money-in-politics research,
disclosure, and reform work.
National Disclosure and
Research Resources:
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Federal
Election Commission
Images of hard copies of campaign finance reports by
candidates, parties, and PACs and other information from the
U.S. agency that oversees campaign finance laws.
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IRE/NICAR
Campaign Finance Page
Archives of campaign finance stories from around the country,
databases, lists of experts, links, and other reporting tools
from Investigative Reporters and Editors.
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Center
for Public Integrity
Non-partisan research group that conducts analyses of
government ethics, public service, and public policy issues.
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Project
Vote Smart
Researches and tracks voting records, evaluations by special
interest groups, and campaign contributions for more than
13,000 candidates and elected officials nationwide.
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Annenberg
Public Policy Center
University of Pennsylvania-affiliated research center studies
the role of advertising and the media in federal politics,
including the use of 'issue ads' in campaigns.
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Thomas:
Congress' Official Site
Includes searchable databases for bill status, sponsors of
legislation, and committee actions. Congressional Record
online, plus links to member and committee home pages, are
also here.
National
Advocacy Group Resources:
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Common
Cause
Citizens' lobbying group tracks the influence of money in
congressional and presidential politics and advocates campaign
finance reforms.
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Public
Campaign
Advocacy organization working to promote 'clean money'
campaign finance reforms at the state and federal levels.
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National
Voting Rights Institute
Non-profit legal organization that seeks to advance campaign
finance reforms through the courts.
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New
Politics Project
National Civic League project to study and promote innovative
political reforms implemented across the country at the state
and local level.
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Public
Citizen
Ralph Nader-founded consumer group monitors Congress and
lobbies on a range of consumer, health, safety, and good
government issues -- including campaign finance.
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U.S.
Public Interest Research Group
National advocacy office for the state PIRGs, non-partisan
research and advocacy groups promoting reforms and tracking
money in politics at the state level.
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League
of Women Voters Education Fund
National organization works to encourage the informed and
active participation of citizens in government and to increase
understanding of major policy issues.
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Alliance
for Better Campaigns
A nonprofit, nonpartisan
public interest group
that seeks to improve the discourse of elections by
encouraging broadcasters to cover campaigns beyond sound bites
and attack ads.
International
Resources:
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Transparency
International
A non-governmental organization dedicated to
increasing government accountability and curbing both
international and national corruption. Includes sections in
English, French, German, and Spanish.
State
Resources:
For information
specific to a particular state, check out the Center's state
profiles, which include off-site links of interest (including
"supersites" of state and federal data for Arizona,
Illinois, and Minnesota
and state
databases hosted by the Center).
Think
Tanks:
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Aspen
Institute Campaign Finance Program
International nonprofit educational institution promotes
policy dialogue on key issues for political leaders.
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Brennan
Center for Justice
A nonprofit legal institute at New York
University School of Law that has become a leading voice in
campaign finance reform efforts at the national and local
levels.
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Brookings
Institution Campaign Finance Project
Studies, reports, and commentaries promoting and
analyzing campaign finance reforms from the non-partisan think
tank, including the valuable Campaign Finance Sourcebook.
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Cato
Foundation
Policy papers by libertarian-oriented think tank,
which generally favors full deregulation of campaign finance
system.
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Citizens'
Research Foundation
Non-partisan research organization at the University of
Southern California committed to broadening public knowledge
of political financing and election reform.
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Heritage
Foundation
Conservative think tank, generally critical of
campaign finance reform proposals, posts studies and reports
on money in politics and lobbying at its governing section.
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IRE/NICAR
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