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The official site of the ABC News Division.
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
A website for automobile and highway safety laws.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
The leading organization representing senior citizens.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The site the American Civil Liberties Union, the most famous and criticized defender and litigator of civil rights and civil liberties in the United States.
The Annenburg Public Policy Center
The Annenberg Public Policy Center conducts studies that analyze the content of TV coverage of politics, which they post at this site.
The Articles of Confederation & Perpetual Union
The Articles of Confederation. Also provides access to a wide range of documents from the founding period.
The official web site for CBS news.
A leading conservative organization that promotes public policy based on individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.
Christian Coalition of America
This Christian Coalition site contains a "Religious Rights Watch", a monthly compilation of religious freedom news and trends.
The official site of CNN News and CNN's political coverage. www.allpolitics.com.
The leading public interest group which works for government reform to produce more honesty, accountability and openess in government.
The Constitution of the United States
The Council of State Governments
Information on states and state public policies.
The Democratic Party (National)
This is the official site of the national Democratic Party.
This is the official site of the Texas state Democratic Party.
The Direct Democracy Center consists of an un-funded, unaffiliated non-profit group of independent nonpartisan citizens promoting direct democracy in America.
The Federal Election Commission
The federal agency responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of federal election laws. Its functions include audits, investigations, subpoena of witnesses and information, injunctions, and referral of cases to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution. One of its most important functions is its publication of expenditure reports by candidates and political action committees (PACs) which are available for public scrutiny.
The Gallup Poll presents tracking polls on current political issues.
The official site of the national Green Party.
The leading pro-gun control group.
Presents a timeline of major world history events and provides related websites for US presidential elections, state-by-state tallies and graphs of electoral and popular vote. It also inclues biographies of all American presidents and first ladies.
This is the Web site for the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the nation's largest gay and lesbian political organization.
This organization is dedicated to protecting human rights around the world. In the United States, they are working to end the permanent disenfranchisement (loss of the right to vote) of felons.
The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
This is the Web site for the League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest Hispanic civil rights organization.
The Libertarian Party (National)
The official site for the national Libertarian Party.
A Texas and Texas History Resource
The official site of NBC News.
National Archives and Records Administration
Biographies of the founders.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Home page of the NAACP, the oldest black civil rights organization, containing background and discussion of current events.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Information and discussion of issues on federal-state relations.
This site is a standard source of survey data about voting behavior. One can find information about these studies, as well as some of the results from them, at this site.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
The National Organization for Women offers online information and updates on the status of women's rights, including affirmative action cases involving women.
National Public Radio's web page with news and analysis of political and governmental affairs and issues.
National Rifle Association (NRA)
The leading anti-gun control group.
The leading pro-life group.
Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World.
The PEW Center for the People and the Press is an independent opinion research group that regularly surveys people regarding their attitudes toward the media's coverage of politics, and measures which news events people follow most closely. They study public attitudes toward press, politics, public policy issues.
The leading pro-choice group.
The Policy News & Information Service
Contains discussion of major political policy issues of the day and links to resources about them.
The complete collection of the Federalist Papers and voter information.
The official site of the national Reform Party.
The official website of the Republic of Texas, an independent revisionist perspective group arguing that Texas is still a sovereign nation.
The Republican Party (National)
The official site of the national Republican Party.
The official site of the Texas state Republican Party.
The Texas Secretary of State's office is responsible for enforcing uniform interpretation and application of the election laws, distributing election supplies, and receiving election results. The office also serves as a depository of reports on lobbying activities, campaign contributions, and federal-state agreements.
A conglomerate of political news and information. This site allows the visitor to find the political party closest to their views and the political philosophy nearest their beliefs. There is much additional information provided also.
This is the site to use for the following two required web activities: Political Party Selector and Political Philosophy Selector.
The oldest environmental group.
Texas Association of Business and Chambers of Commerce
An Association representing business interests and promoting economic development, tourism and conventions.
Texas Association of Regional Councils
A website for local Texas governments.
The Texas Constitutions (all seven)
A website by the Jamail Center for Legal Research at the University of Texas at Austin which provides access to a complete collection of the seven constitutions that have governed Texas beginning with its days as a Mexican state.
Texas Department of Public Safety
A website for the Texas Education Agency
A state agency monitoring campaign finance disclosure reports, lobbiest reports and investigating ethics violations by Texas government officials and employees.
A good source of information on Texas history, government and historical sites.
A good source of information on Texas political, historical and current events.
An organization representing municipal (city) governments in Texas.
A monthly magazine that is a vital source of information on important issues, events, and prominent personalities in Texas. Many of their articles deal with Texas politics and government.
The Texas Politics Resource Site
An excellent source on Texas government and politics.
Texas State Teacher's Association
The leading organization representing public school teachers in Texas.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
The professional association representing trial lawyers in Texas.
The professional association representing Texas physicians.
Texas Association of School Boards
The association representing Texas school board members.
Town Hall: Conservative News & Information
A open forum website for local governments.
The Statistical Abstract of the United States, containing a wealth of data on state public policies. The Census Bureau's studies of voter registration and turnout can be found at this address: www.census.gov/population/
United States Constitution Search
United States Department of Justice - Americans with Disabilities Act
This site of the U.S. Department of Justice, Americans With Disabilities Division, provides information, court documents, news and information on the ADA.
United States Department of Justice - Civil Rights Division
This site of the U.S. Justice Department, Civil Rights Division, enforcing federal civil rights laws and relevant Supreme Court decisions, includes news, trends, and amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs filed by the Department in civil rights cases.
United States Founding Documents
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. Also allows you to search the Constitution and the Federalist Papers using key words.
United States State Constitutions and Web Sites
U.S. Taxpayers Party (National)
The official site of the national U.S. Taxpayers Party.
Provides Web site design services for political candidates, parties, and organizations. Features company descriptions, samples, and contacts.
The place to go to search for information about government and politics.
The 2000 Catalog of Federal Domestic AssistanceAllows you to search through the hundreds of federal grants.
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