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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-11-07 07:11 PM
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Map Light.org - They Track Poltical Contributions As They Happen
http://maplight.org/

"MAPLight.org brings together campaign contributions and how legislators vote, providing an unprecedented window into the connections between money and politics. We currently cover the California Legislature and U.S. Congress."

They post who is contributing to who in Congress while bills are going through Congress. So we can see if someone has perhaps been influenced by a contribution from a company who might benefit or be negatively affected by a bill if it's enacted. The data is from public sources and updated daily.

They show timelines for contributions as bills go through Congress.

I heard that if you know of a contribution, you can fill out an online form and they'll research it to see if it should go up on the site. But I haven't found that link yet.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-11-07 07:20 PM
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1. Thanks, eleny. I bookmarked this baby for future reference.
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eleny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-11-07 07:27 PM
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2. You're welcome - I heard about it earlier on the radio
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