ELECTIONS and CAMPAIGNS
Federal Election Commission -- provides
information on presidential and congressional elections, particularly "hard
money" campaign contributions
Elections Around
the World -- provides, quick, comprehensive, and detailed analyses of
recent elections from around the world, as well as basic information on
particular countries' governments and political systems
Campaign Finance
Reform
A Summary
of the Laws and Procedures Governing Campaign Financing
Federal Elections Commission Info Home
Page
Center for Responsive Politics
Election Results: 1997
Amendments to the Texas Constitution
The Center for Voting and Democracy
-- explains and advocates a system of proportional representation for the United
States and provides information related to PR voting systems as they affect
issue-voting, as well gender, racial, and ethnic representation in U.S.
legislatures
Project Vote Smart -- provides
citizens with information about the political system, issues, elected officials,
and candidates for political office at the state and national
levels
Gavel
to Gavel Coverage of Fund Raising Hearings
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PUBLIC OPINION POLLING
American National Election Studies -- provides
access to information about and some of the data collected in collaboration with Stanford Unversity (i.e., opinion poll results)
National Network of State Polls --
provides results from over 350 state-level public opinion polls
National Political Index --
provides links to other websites having political content
The Gallup Organization
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NEWS MEDIA
Texas Monthly Magazine
--
The Electronic Library
Ecola: Newsstand (access ANY newspaper on the
web)
Washington Post
Houston Chronicle Interactive
CNN
CNN World News
U.S. News Online: News &
Views
Politically Incorrect on ABC
The Dallas Morning News: The Front
Page
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TEXAS GOVERNMENT (and
other state government sites)
The Texas Government Home Page
State and Local Government on
the Net -- provides links to websites for all 50 states, many counties,
and a large number of municipalities
The State of Texas Government
World Wide Web --
1997 Amendments to the Texas
Constitution
TNRCC Home
Page
Government Executive
Magazine
The Texas
Senate
The Texas House of
Representatives --
The Attorney General of Texas
--
The Texas Comptroller of Public
Accounts --
The Texas Commissioner of
the General Land Office --
The Texas Railroad
Commission --
The Texas Judicial
Server --
State of
Texas- List of Agencies, Commissions, and Universities
NCSLnet: Other
State Government Sites and Gateways
State and Community
Collaboration
Texas Legislature
Online
Election Results: 1997
Amendments to the Texas Constitution
Texas Voter Registration
Statistics
City
Info on the Net
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ECONOMICS
Anti-Trust Policy: An On-Line Resource
Linking Economic Research, Policy, and Cases -- provides voluminous
information on current anti-trust policy in the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics -- provides
national, regional, and state data on employment, labor force
characteristics, earnings, productivity, consumer expenditures and prices,
etc.
The Dismal Scientist -- provides daily
updates of key U.S. economic variables, historical statistics, forecasts, and
analyses of economic variables
CNNfn-The Financial Network -- provides
the same types of information shown on the cable channel
Economic Data and
Links -- provides a list of recent economic data for the
U.S.
EPI Data Zone -- provides
access to time series data dealing with labor market, earnings, and income
data
Federal Reserve
Board: Beige Book -- summarizes changes in consumer spending,
manufacturing, labor markets, wages and prices, etc. which are the variables
"the Fed" monitors in making monetary policy decisions
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FUN TIME
Political Games and
Simulations
Political
Humor
The Dilbert
Zone
Politically Incorrect on
ABC
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