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Fact Checking
Lobbying/Pork/Earmarks/PACs

FactCheck.org
PolitiFact
Truth-O-Meter
From PolitiFact. Quick analysis of statements by politicians and newscasters
The Fact Checker
Washington Post
Snopes.com

Lobby Money
From Open Secrets. Find out who is getting the money in Congress and who is giving the money.
US House of Rep - Lobbying Disclosure
US Senate - Lobbying Disclosure
Foreign Lobby Watch
Created by OpenSecrets.org to find people who lobby on behalf of foreign governments and corporations.

Pork / Earmarks

EARMARK TRANSPARENCY ACT
A PDF (download) report to the Senate to accompany S.3335 about government earmarks.
S.126 "Earmark Elimination Act of 2013
Text and status of the bill.
Earmark Data
Data by State or by Congressional member from the Taxpayers For Common Sense
Expenditures from OpenSecrets
Where is that money going?
WasteWatcher
From Citizen's Against Government Waste
2024 Pig Book
From the Citizen's Against Government Waste

Political Action Committees (PAC) - Where to Find Them

Political Action Committee (PAC) Search
Right from the ... IRS
PAC Search
From the Federal Election Comission
Super PACs

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