Government Links
American Government Websites and Important Class Links
U.S. Government Official Website
This Nation.com - comprehensive site for U.S. Government and Politics
Justice Learning - exceptional website with streaming video
American Government Simulation
Roll Call - a news source for happenings in Washington, D.C. when Congress is in session.
Constitutional Underpinnings
Data on the Framers of the US Constitution
The ReDistricting Game - Re- Apportionment
Political Beliefs and Behaviors
Polling Report.com -- public opinion
Counting the Electoral Votes (January 2009)
Project Vote Smart -- Information on how the representatives vote
Frontline: The Choice 2004 Election
2006 Election Guide - From the NY Times
Demographic Results of the 2006 Congressional Election  - NY Times
2016 Presidential Election Results
Polling Report's "Race for the Presidency 2008"
National Public Radio: For Presidential Hopefuls, 2008 is Now
How did Polling Let Us Down - NY Times Nov. 2016
Who are you? The Art and Science of Measuring Identity - Pew Research Center
Methods 101 - Random Sampling - Pew Research Center
Methods 101 - Survey Question Wording - Pew Research Center
Tracking Campaign Money A Guide -Â Campaign Finance
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and the Media
All Sides -Â Media Bias Website
Partisan Polarization Surges in Bush, Obama Years - Pew Research Abstract
The Ten Golden Rules of Lobbying
Congress' Harshest Critics Identify a Crisis of Influence
Directory of US Political Parties
National Election Studies Guide to Public Opinion and Voter Behavior
People and the Press - From the Pew Research Center
Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
CNN Interview with the Daisy Girl
Today's Front Pages -- Daily Front Pages from American Newspapers from across the nation
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Interest Groups
U.S. Societies and Associations
Common Cause - a watchdog interest group
Political Money Line -- Who is getting the lobbyist attention
National Federation of Independent Business
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Right to Life Committee
National Education Association
National Restaurant Association
National Association of Counties
Institutions:
Congress
116th Congress of the United States
115th Congress of the United States
Thomas - Legislative Information on the Web
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Open Congress - Information on Current Legislation and Legislators
Roll Call - a news source for happenings in Washington, D.C. when Congress is in session.
Center on Congress by Indiana University
Congress Votes -- All Congressional votes since 1991.
Washington Post's Data Base of All Congressional Votes
Voterwatch - Congressional Floor Debates
YourCongress.com - Statistical Look at the Legislative Branch
Congress.org - by Capital Advantage
Roll Call- The U.S. Congress Handbook
The United States House of Representatives
Presidency
American Presidents Archive -- From C-Span
American President An Online Reference Resource
IPL-POTUS - Presidents of the United States
White House.gov - official page of the White House
War Powers Resolution - From the Avalon Project
Presidential Constitutional Powers
U.S. National Security Council
Bureaucracy
Life of the Law - Death on a Dairy - (OHSA)
Federal Government Intelligence Agencies Article - (LA Times)
Growth of Federal Contracts 2000-2005
Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Citizens Against Government Waste -- Great site for Pork examples.
Federal Highway Administration
Social Security Administration
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ - Office of Management and BudgetÂ
http://www.fda.gov/ -- Food and Drug Administration
http://www.dhs.gov -- Department of Homeland Security
http://www.neh.gov/ -- National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.adf.gov/ -- African Development Foundation
http://www.cia.gov/ -- Central Intelligence Agency
http://www.cpsc.gov/ -- Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.epa.gov/ -- United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.eeoc.gov/ -- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.nationalservice.org/ -- Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.cftc.gov/ -- Commodities Futures Trading Commission
http://www.dnfsb.gov/ -- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
http://www.exim.gov/ -- Export Import Bank of the United States
http://www.fca.gov/FCA-HomePage.htm -- Farm Credit Administration
http://www.fec.gov/ -- Federal Election Commission
http://www.fhfb.gov/ -- Federal Housing Finance Board
http://www.fmc.gov/ -- Federal Maritime Commission
The Role of the United States Courts of Appeals
Recent 5-4 Court Decisions - From the NY Times, July 1, 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court in Transition - From the NY Times (you may need to sign up, but it is free!!!)
Find Law's Supreme Court Decisions
Historic Supreme Court Decisions
Chart of Fundamental Supreme Court Cases
Turo Law Center -- Fundamentals of the Supreme Court
Supreme Court Cases - Summaries
U.S. Department of Justice - Attorney General
Office of the Solicitor General
Nomination Process of Federal Judges -- From StreetLaw.com
List of Supreme Court Justices
NYT Article on the 2006-07 SCOTUS
Judicial Interpretation - Scalia and Breyer
Public Policy
Northwestern Institute Policy Research
Budget of the United States Fiscal Year 2006
The Budget Graph: A Visual Guide to Where Your Tax Dollars Go
Budget Simulation (Short Budget)
Immigrating to The United States in the Modern Era
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez  (Database of the Supreme Court)
The Miranda Decision - 40 Years Later
Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
Falvo v. Owasso School District
Historic Supreme Court Decisions
General Resouces
Political Resources on the Net
Key Federal Legislation -- Excellent Site for Fundamentals on Laws
C-Span Classroom -- Good fundamental stuff with great video clips.
Everything You Wanted To Know About Voting, But Were Afraid To Ask
U.S. National Archive and Records Administration (NARA)
Ben's Guide To American Government - simple but solid
Ben's Guide - Glossary of Terms
Glossary of Political Science Terms - Great site from Univ. of Auburn
Democracy Project's Glossary of Government Terms
CNN- All Politics (Great for Current Affairs)
Democracy Project 2000 - Glossary of Terms (Great for vocabulary assignments)
OpenSecrets.org- Overview of U.S. Gov't and Politics
The Brookings Institute - Independent Government Research
The Washington Monthly -- Political analysis
Representative Democracy. org -- Fundamentals of Democracy Resources
Cliff Notes - American Government
State and Local Government
Wood County Government Home Page
Toledo Municipal Clerk of Courts
Wood County Board of Elections
Wood County Towns and Townships
Wood County Building Inspections
Current Events
Dirksen Center's Political Cartoon Collection