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TOPIC: Maplight.org shows connection between campaign donations and legislative votes. (PumaPac) 09-24-09


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Maplight.org shows connection between campaign donations and legislative votes. (PumaPac) 09-24-09
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About MAPLight.org

MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database, illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws.
This common practice is contrary to the public interest, yet legal. MAPLight.org makes money/vote connections transparent, to help citizens hold their legislators accountable.

The Database

MAPLight.org combines three data sets:

Bill texts and legislative voting records

Supporting and opposing interests for each bill

Campaign contribution data from the Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in State Politics

Combining this data makes visible key information that could never before be determined easily. For example:

Contributions given by interests supporting and opposing each bill

Average donations given to legislators voting Yes and No on each bill

Timeline of contributions and votes for each bill, graphically identifying when legislators received large donations before or after their vote.


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I found this link on PumaPac.  Lots of good info here.



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Hey, this is fun!  I looked up Charles Rangel:

Charles Rangel Democrat (Elected 1971), New York House District 15

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Map of contributions to this politician.
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Picture of Charles Rangel
Committee membership
House Committee on Ways and Means
Phone
202-225-4365


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