FRED'S INTERESTING POLITICAL CONNECTIONS
Welcome to some interesting and useful political links
presented to you here as a public service.
Federal Government Information
FirstGov serves a single point of
entry for 25,000 government web sites.
GOVSPOT provides everything from
political humor to the world cost of living to how to apply for a passport.
For Federal Budget information see
Federal Budget.
For Executive Orders, presidential directives, press statements contact
THE WHITE HOUSE .
For the Congressional Record, text of legislation and floor and committee
votes check in on THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
A Directory of Federal Government Agencies
is available and perhaps is the most comprehensive listing of government sites
available on the net. It includes over 280 federal agencies and various judicial references and "independent agencies".
Schedule of the House of Representatives including todays meetings, text of
amendments, recent floor action, addresses including e-mail addresses and related information
is available from the U.S. House of Representatives Web Site.
The same information is available for the U.S Senate
!Look here to find the names and addresses for the
!7,000 most influential folks inside the beltway. !This
source also provides a list of trade associations and interest groups.
Interested in the text of the Magna Carta, Washington's Farewell Address, Articles of Confederation, 1777, or the First Thanksgiving Proclamation, 1676,
or anyone of several dozen other historic documents
then check in on
Historic Documents .
If you interested in the Democrats National
Committee or the Republican National Committee
this is how you can easily find them.
Political site of the day seeks to identify
a different political site that is entertaining, informative and perhaps relevant to current
political discourse. They have already identified nearly 100 such sites.
Townhall promises specific answers on candidate's
position as does Vote-Smart.
Politics Now (ABC network)
and Fox Political News and
MSNBC all provide current daily political information.
For those nostalgic for the Reagan years or interested in photos, speech transcripts or
memorabilia contact
The Reagan Home Page.
The Mother's Milk of Politics: Money
The Center for Responsive Politics has data, by state,
on political contributions. You should also check on the Federal Elections Commission
data and contact the Elections Division at the Oregon Secretary of State's Office.
Oregon
Connections
This goes directly to copies of Oregon
legislative proposals, but this will give you
the Oregon Revised Statutes.
If you need them the
Oregon Administrative Rules are also available.
And the mother of all information sources on Oregon,
is the Oregon Blue Book.
The homepage for the Oregon Legislature is a useful
link for a variety of information about the legislature. You will find a number of useful links
and information both about the process and the daily schedule.
Governor Kulongoski's homepage
gives
a list of bills approved by the current legislature and when he signed or vetoed them. Copies
of his speeches are also available here.
If you are interested in Legislative Revenue Reports
they are available. So is a document on
"How an idea becomes law"?
This is a way to find phone numbers
of employees of the State of Oregon.
By the way, if you are interested in
archived information this is place to start.
To reach Oregon State Government and home pages and E-Mail Addresses of
Oregon candidates and office holders look here.
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