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Campaign Finance
Reform Bill (104th Congress)
- Text of S. 1219 (McCain bill) from THOMAS
- Full text is approximately 100,000 bytes
Campaign Finance Reform
Hearing
- Full text of House Oversight Committee hearing on November 16,
1995
- Available from GPO Access via the University of California at
San Diego
- Choose hearing from menu and then search by keyword
- Phrases should be enclosed in parentheses and Boolean operators (AND,
OR) should be capitalized
- Table
of Contents lists individual segments of the hearing; the
overall Table of Contents is listed as Campaign Finance Reform
Legislation (9439 bytes)
Campaign Finance Statistics
- Campaign Finances
(Federal Election Commission
- Summary receipts and
disbursements of Presidential and all Congressional candidates in 1996
- Can be used as a ballot directory
- Detailed files with individual contributors for 1993/94 and 1995/96
must be downloaded
- Gopher Version
(C-Span)
- Campaign contributions by individual organizations for the 1994
Congressional elections
- May be viewed on screen
- FECInfo (Tony
Raymond)
- 1996 Congressional and Presidential campaign contributions searchable by
name, state, Political Action Committee, or individual
- Special analyses include contributors by occupation or zip code and
candidates receiving the most out-of-state money
- User-friendly interface
Campaign Reform
(Politics Now)
- Summary of the issues
- Links to bills in the 104th Congress
- Presidential candidate opinions
- Timeline of changes beginning 1971
Think Tank Reports
Text of last Senate speech on June 11, 1996
Text of resignation speech on May 15, 1996
Searchable archive of articles
Top 1996 Election Web Sites
- Subject arrangement of selected election sites listed on this web page
- Designed for printing and educational research
AllPolitics
(Time/CNN)
- Outstanding Presidential election coverage including candidates, a
running Republican delegate count, campaign ads
- State primary/caucus calendars, exit polls, and results
- Issues matrix includes Time/CNN public opinion polls of voters
American
Voter '96 (Congressional Quarterly)
- Articles on current American politics and 1996 elections
- Identify Member of Congress by State, zip code, or name
- Profile section includes biographical, campaign finance,
district, and election information; bills introduced, current speeches,
roll call votes
- Compare your opinions with the
Senator or Representative
Ballot Box
Battle (Random House)
- Web site for children with a discussion area and a bibliography for
writing school reports
- Straw polls on the Presidential election as well as children's
issues, such as school uniforms
- Based on Emily Arnold McCully's book of the same title
Campaign
Finances
- Campaign Finances
(Federal Election Commission
- Summary receipts and
disbursements of Presidential and all Congressional candidates in 1996
- Can be used as a ballot directory
- Detailed files with individual contributors for 1993/94 and 1995/96
must be downloaded
- Gopher Version
(C-Span)
- Campaign contributions by individual organizations for the 1994
Congressional elections
- May be viewed on screen
- FECInfo (Tony
Raymond)
- 1996 Congressional and Presidential campaign contributions searchable by
name, state, Political Action Committee, or individual
- Special analyses include contributors by occupation or zip code and
candidates receiving the most out-of-state money
- User-friendly interface
Campaign
1996 (Capweb)
- Official web sites of Presidential and Congressional candidates
- Related web page includes unofficial web sites and
spoofs
Congressional Delegations, 105th Congress
- Separate House and Senate directories arranged by State
- E-Mail addresses and web sites of incumbents
- Phone, fax, and office addresses for holder of that office in the
104th Congress
Conventions
Countdown
'96
- Links to Presidential candidates
- Web sites of national and state parties
- Dates of state primaries and caucuses
- Lobby groups by political issue
- Cyberpolls on the election
- Voter information, and newsgroups
DebateWatch '96
- Recommendation on debate formats and viewing by the
Commission on Presidential Debates
- Transcripts of the 1992 debate
Election
Results 1994 (Congressional Quarterly)
- Votes cast for House, Senate, and Gubernatorial candidates by
state in 1994 General Elections
- Senators up for re-election, 1996-2000, and Governors, 1995-98
ElectNet
- Lists Gubernatorial, Congressional and Senate races by state
- Brief political, biographical, and poll data
Emily's List
- Recommended women candidates for the Fall 1996 elections
- Statistical on women voters
- Women's Monitor includes national survey results of
women's opinions on the candidates and issues
League of
Women Voters
- Catalog of national publications on voter registration, election drives, and how
to choose a candidate
- Links to the full text of LWV publications and non-partisan election
resources at the state and local level
National Association of
Latino Elected Officials
- List of Latino candidates for federal, state, and local
elections
- Real time coverage of the races on November 5, 1996
- Information about Latino internships
NetVote
- Extensive annotated links to election, candidate, liberal and
conservative
web sites and newsgroups
- Also includes lobby groups and material on the issues (abortion, gun
control, etc)
Political
Parties
- List of major U.S. political parties cited on this web page
Political Party
Agendas
Politics Now
- ABC News, Washington Post, Newsweek, National Journal and Los Angeles
Times coverage of U.S. and state politics
- Daily news coverage of political issues
- Campaign '96 includes Presidential elections and
information by state on the candidates, ballots, primaries, delegates,
campaign contacts, and local links
- Summary of major political issues (abortion, environment, gun control)
- Resources includes the Almanac of
American Politics, polling trends, campaign finances, and the
Capital Source, a searchable data base of 7000
federal officials
Presidential
Candidates - Web sites of major Presidential contenders
- Form for sending e-mail to Presidential candidates
Presidential
Primaries and Caucuses (Countdown '96)
- Lists of Presidential primaries and caucuses by state and date
- Includes links to web sites for those events
Presidents of the United States
(IPL/Summers)
- Extensive web site with pages for each President, Washington to Clinton
- Picture, biographies, election results, first ladies, cabinets,
highlights of administration, historical documents, and links to
related Internet sites
- Special attention paid to links describing historical events and
biographies of cabinet members
Project Vote Smart
- Biographies, lobby group ratings, campaign finances, and
answers to the National Political Awareness Test
- Current Congress and Governors
- Biographies and web sites of prospective 1996 Presidential
candidates
U.S. Election Map
Bank
- Maps of Presidential election winners for
1988 and 1992 by state and county
- Maps of popular vote winners by state,
1960-92
- Extensive links for the 1996 Presidential
campaign
- The University
of Virginia has mapped popular vote totals by state,
1948-92.
Voter
Registration
- NetVote96
(MCI)
- Easy-to-use voter registration forms for almost all of the 50
states
- Universal Voter Registration
Form (7Up)
- Downloadable voter registration form with individualized instructions
for state of residence
- Requires Adobe Acrobat software, which is available from the
site
FBI Privacy Procedures
House Committee on
Government Reform and Oversight
- Hearings scheduled for June 19, 1996
- Text will probably not appear on web site; University of Michigan
affiliates should use the LEXIS or
LEGI-SLATE on-line services in the Documents Center
Report of the FBI General
Counsel
- Discusses the history of White House requests for FBI files and the
December 1993/January 1994 requests
- Describes the new processes in place
White House Web
Site
- Search press releases and statements by keyword and date
- Search terms include: FBI, investigation, background,
files, Billy Dale, Craig Livingstone
- Search especially between June 5 and June 17, 1996
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