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Essential Hill and Political Washington Web Sites

Essential PAC Web Sites

From the course materials distributed at our Starting and Building a PAC: PAC Workshop conference.

Capitol Learning Audio Courses

Types of Advocacy Groups - from OpenSecrets

PAC ESSENTIALS

Federal Election Commission
http://www.fec.gov/
Official FEC website
- Quick Answers to PAC Questions
- Help with Reporting and Compliance

CQ MoneyLine
http://moneyline.cq.com
Searchable by PACs, donors, candidates, campaigns, etc.

Fundrace Neighbor Search - ignore the lawn signs, see which candidates your neighbors really support

Project Vote Smart
http://www.vote-smart.org/
Issues tracking, vote report cards

Open Secrets
http://www.opensecrets.org/
Candidate profiles, fundraising statistics, ties lobbying, legislation, and contributions together

Campaigns & Elections Magazine
http://www.campaignline.com/

Campaign Finance Institute
http://www.cfinst.org

Politics1.com
http://www.politics1.com/
General information, newsletter, directory of political parties

PACs and LISTS

PACRONYMS
http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/
pacronyms/pacronyms.shtml Alphabetical list of acronyms, abbreviations, initials, and common names of federal political action committees (PACs), from the FEC

Business Industry PAC
http://www.bipac.org/

International Association of Fire Fighters
FIREPAC

National Association of Business Association PACs
http://www.nabpac.org/

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POLITICAL PARTY SITES

Democratic Party Headquarters
http://www.democrats.org/

Democratic Senate Campaign Comm.
http://www.dscc.org/

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
http://www.dccc.org/

Republican National Committee
http://www.rnc.org/

Republican Senate Campaign Committee
http://www.nrsc.org/

National Republican Congressional Committee
http://www.nrcc.org/

House Republican Conference http://www.gop.gov/committeecentral/

NEWS and INFORMATION

Congressional Quarterly
http://www.cq.com/

National Journal Hotline ($ fee) http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/hotline/

All Politics (Time, CNN)
http://www.allpolitics.com/

Roll Call
http://www.rollcall.com/

BOOKS

Washington Representatives, paperback (Columbia Books)

Washington Information Directory 2007-2008, hardcover (CQ)

527s

527 Committee Activity - from OpenSecrets

To view this list on the web, see this short list at
www.PACWebSites.com

If you need to know how A PAC works or if you want to increase the effectiveness of your PAC, we have several Capitol Learning Audio Courses: PACS in a Nutshell or PAC Management: Advanced PAC Strategy.

Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

URLs: TheCapitol.Net/EssentialWeb/PACwebsites.htm
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