Campaign Finance

• Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  "In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) - the statute that governs the financing of federal elections."
• Campaign Finance Reports and Data
  Links to the disclosure database, electronic filed reports (1997-present), scanned images of paper reports filed by Campaigns and Committees (1993-present), downloadable data files, Electioneering Communication Reports, Independent Expenditure Reports, and other campaign finance data.
• Federal Campaign Finance Laws
  Statutes, legislative recommendations, current legislative activity, and other documents relevant to federal campaign finance legislation.
• The FEC and the Federal Campaign Finance Law
  Brochure on the FEC's role in campaign finance. Published in February 2004 and updated in January 2007.
• Presidential Campaign Finance National Map
  Interactive national map that provides information of contributions to all candidates by state, candidate, donor's name, employer, city, or zip code.
• Presidential Campaign Finance Summaries
  Historical information and current summaries for Presidential campaigns.
• The Campaign Finance Guide
  This Guide from The Campaign Legal Center "provides citizens and the media with a brief overview of federal campaign finance laws governing how money is raised and spent for political activities as well as how the laws are enforced."
• Campaign Finance Information Center
  This site, from Investigative Reporters and Editors, helps journalists follow the campaign money trail on the national, state and local levels.
  • Resources
    Stories, tips and links covering campaign finance.
  • State Campaign Finance Search
    Links to state campaign finance information.
• Campaign Finance Institute
  "The Campaign Finance Institute is a non-partisan, non-profit institute, affiliated with The George Washington University, that conducts objective research and education, empanels task forces and makes recommendations for policy change in the field of campaign finance."
• Campaign Finance Reform
  Information , reports, and press releases from The Pew Charitable Trusts.
• CampaignMoney.com
  Search for campaign contributions by contributor, presidential candidate, committee (PACs), "527" organizations, or lobbyists.
• Center for Competitive Politics
  CCP is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the public on the actual effects of money in politics.
• Center for Responsive Politics (OpenSecrets.org)
  Includes a race-by-race analysis of campaign contributions for the upcoming elections, congressional candidate profiles, and detailed analysis of major PAC contributions.
  • Donor Lookup
    Database on individual and soft money contributors to federal candidates, political action committees and party committees since the 1990 election. Search by name, state, zip code, occupation/employer, or recipient.
  • Money Web
    Social networking tool for 2008 presidential election. Shows relations between candidates, contributors, and industries.
  • Personal Finance
    Includes copies of personal finance reports filed by the members of the House and Senate, the President, and selected presidential candidates.
• Color of Money Project
  Tracks national and state campaign contributions by race, ethnicity and neighborhood.
• CRS Reports - LexisNexis Congressional CU
  The Congressional Research Service (CRS), the research arm of Congress, prepares reports (usually under 20 pages long) on topics of interest to members of Congress. Enter "campaign finance " as the search term.
• The Favor Factory: Congressional Earmarks
  This is a database of lawmakers, earmarks, and campaign giving from the Seattle Times.
• National Center for Policy Analysis
  NCPA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization.
  • Policy Issues: Campaign Finance Reform
    Information on contribution limits, spending limits, disclosure, public financing, the Federal Election Commission, state laws, and union activities.

• Colorado Secretary of State Elections Center - Campaign Finance
  Provides Campaign Finance Online Database, reporting and filing information, and laws, rules and advisory opinions.
  • Campaign Finance Online Database
    Search for committees/political organizations, registered agents, contributions, expenditures/spending, independent expenditures, major contribution reports, candidate, political race history, electioneering reports, and images of elections manual filings.
• Color of Money Project
  Tracks national and state campaign contributions by race, ethnicity and neighborhood.
• National Institute on Money in State Politics
  Follow the Money database "tracks contributions in all 50 states and makes this data easily searchable online."
• State Campaign Finance Search
  Links to state campaign finance information.

• ACE Electoral Knowledge Network
  International organization that provides information on election laws, systems and administration in various countries.
  • Financial Regulations
    Includes information on direct and indirect public funding, reporting and disclosure, prohibited sources, and publications on party financing and laws and regulations.
• International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
  • Search Research and Publications for campaign finance.
• Transparency International
  TI is a non-governmental global organization working to eradicate corruption.
  • Election Spending
  • Monitoring Party Spending
  • Political Finance
  • TI Policy Briefs on Political Financing

• The Library Catalog, Chinook
  There are numerous secondary, federal, and international sources of information on welfare and welfare reform available in the collection.
  
  Try these searches to see some of the resources in Chinook , the library catalog:

  Electronic Resources	Print and Electronic Resources
  campaign finance	campaign finance
  campaign fund*	campaign fund*
  election* spending	election* spending
  campaign finance (government publications only)	campaign finance (government publications only)

  
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• Elections and Voting
• Politics