Money & Politics
General Resources
Campaign Financing
Almanac of Federal PACs REF JK1991.A55 2008/2009 
Provides information on PACs that contributed $25,000 or more to congressional candidates.
Checking Influence
Tool for finding out how companies you do business with every day are wielding political influence through lobbying and campaign contributions. (Free Resource)
CQ Moneyline
A comprehensive and objective resource on money in politics. (Free Resource)
Federal Election Commission
U.S. election statistics, campaign finance reports & data, and more. (Free Resource)
FollowtheMoney.org
Resource for information on money in state politics. (Free Resource)
Influence Explorer
Connects the dots of political contributions on the federal and state level allowing you to track influence by lawmaker, company or prominent individual. (Free Resource)
MAPLight.org Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connection
This website provides data highlighting the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes. (Free Resource)
OpenSecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics)
This web site provides multiple ways of searching for donations to political parties and candidates. Also provides data on total lobbying spending for years 1998-present with breakdowns by firm. (Free Resource)
Party Time
Documents the Congressional Fundraising Circuit. (Free Resource)
Poligraft
a website and utility that allows anyone to uncover levels of influence in federal and state-level politics and the news coverage of it. (Free Resource)
Transparency Data
Central source for all federal and state campaign contributions made in the last twenty years. (Free Resource)
Lobbying
Checking Influence
Tool for finding out how companies you do business with every day are wielding political influence through lobbying and campaign contributions. (Free Resource)
CQ Moneyline
A comprehensive and objective resource on money in politics. (Free Resource)
Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker
Information that representatives of foreign governments, political parties and government-controlled entities must disclose to the U.S. Justice Department when seeking to influence U.S. policy. (Free Resource)
Lobbyist Public Search
Searchable database of lobbyists in Massachusetts. (Free Resource)
OpenSecrets.org (Center for Responsive Politics)
This web site provides multiple ways of searching for donations to political parties and candidates. Also provides data on total lobbying spending for years 1998-present with breakdowns by firm. (Free Resource)
Washington Representatives REF JK1118.D58
A directory of lobbying firms and lobbyists that do business in Washington, D.C. Also includes a comprehensive list of clients and a legislative area index.
Campaign Spending
Follow the Unlimited Money
Database tracking organizations that are paying for ads and other forms of political communication. (Free Resource)
Outside Spending
Information about the money spent by outside groups to run ads, make phone calls, distribute literature and engage in other activities. (Free Resource)