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Journalism - FIGs: Finding & Evaluating Information

Tracking Political Contributions

  • Federal Election Commission
    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. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.

GovTrack.us Track bills in Congress, your representative’s voting records, upcoming committee meetings—alerts can be received by email.

Political Ad Archive

Internet Archives' Political Ad Archive  collects political TV ads in key early 2016 primary election states, unlocking the metadata underneath and highlighting quality journalism to provide journalists, civic organizations, academics, and the general public with reliable information on who is trying to influence them and how.