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Already, Maine and Vermont have voted to create Clean Money systems for their elections. And last November voters in
Arizona, Massachusetts and New York City (212/964-3534,
xt 24) could vote for public financing of their elections in exchange for
candidates' voluntary acceptance of spending limits.
Click on the database created by Common Cause. Don't worry if you don't know your representative's name...just enter your zip code and find out who they are.
NOTE: The Common Cause site tends to have only the most recent vote taken. If
you want more history on how your congressmen have voted, visit the detailed
records of campaign finance votes available at Congressional Quarterly's site
or, visit Project Vote Smart's site.
The Congressional Quarterly's web site and the Project Vote Smart site (see
above) are the places to go for voting records on a host of issues.
At the federal level, the best place to find this information is the Center for Responsive Politics - where you can search databases of individual donors, PACs and industries - or simply ask for a campaign money profile of a Congressman or Senator.
At the state level, visit The National Institute for Money and Politics - which maintains searchable databases of
campaign contributions for statewide races in a growing number of states.
A number of national organizations are active at the state level in promoting campaign finance reform. For more information visit:
Click here to register online.
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