MAPLight.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization tracking money and politics in U.S. Congress and several cities and states. The organization publishes a free public database linking together money and politics data sources, including campaign contributions to politicians, how politicians vote on bills, and support and opposition to legislation. MAPLight.org uses an in-house research team plus data sources including the National Institute on Money in State Politics, the Center for Responsive Politics

Center for Responsive Politics

The Center for Responsive Politics is a non-profit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics and the effect of money and lobbying activity on elections and public policy and maintains a public online database of its information.Their database...

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GovTrack

GovTrack.us is a website developed by then-student Joshua Tauberer who launched it as a hobby. It enables its users to track the bills and members of the United States Congress. Users can add trackers to certain bills. The website collects data on Congress members, allowing the users to check...

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In September 2008 MAPLight.org won a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism, Honorable Mention. MAPLight.org was one of five 2008 Webby Award nominees for best politics website.

MAPLight.org is a grantee of the Sunlight Foundation

Sunlight Foundation

The Sunlight Foundation is a 501 educational organization founded in April 2006 with the goal of increasing transparency and accountability in the United States government....

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External links

• MAPLight Projects Homepage
• Open Congress