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AllPolitics
Political News from CNN and Time Magazine

Capitol Spotlight  
Capitol Spotlight provides an in depth at the Capitol and the activities that take place there. It provides information on how to contact congress, current votes, hearings, Homeland Security and much more.

Congress.org
A public interest site for election information

Country Reports on Terrorism

FactCheck.org  
This site holds politicians accountable by checking the claims they make in their campaigns. It is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

FirstGov
The starting point for accessing U.S. government sites.  Includes links to state government sites as well.

The Founders' Constitution
A rich anthology of primary documents that are fundamental antecedents to the U.S. Constitution of 1789 and that illuminate the contemporary thought that gave rise to the Constitution as a whole. Selections are keyed to the Constitution, phrase by phrase and clause by clause.

The History of the Supreme Court

IRS Forms and Instructions
Forms and publications can be downloaded or printed for current and prior years.  Free Adobe Reader  or other software required to view or print these materials.

MIT Center for International Studies

Project Vote Smart
Tracks the performance of candidates and elected officials, at both the federal and state levels.

Smart Voter
Nonpartisan voter information from the League of Women Voters of California.

Tech President

US Department of Homeland Security

United States Government Manual
Online version of popular government reference book on the United States Government and its departments. Also searchable by keyword.

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

U. S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database  
This site provides information about constitutional cases heard and decided by the Supreme Court of the United States and biographical information on every Supreme Court Justice or you can take a tour of the United States Supreme Court and the U.S. Capitol. This site is from the Oyez Project at Northwestern University.

The White House

 

 

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Most recent revision: Monday, July 21, 2008