Federal Election Commission

www.fec.gov

Search raw FEC data by individual donor or employer

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/disclosure_data_search.shtml

Download Excel spreadsheets containing individual or PAC contributions for House and Senate candidates

http://fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/mapHSApp.do

Download lots of FEC data from past cycles

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ftp_download.shtml

Center for Responsive Politics provides an easier download with donors’ jobs indicated and lots more

http://www.opensecrets.org/action/data.php

 Political Party Time

http://politicalpartytime.org/ 

IRS 527 Search

http://forms.irs.gov/politicalOrgsSearch/search/adv8871SearchCriteria.jsp?ck

Federal “Election communication” must be disclosed to the FCC

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/ecd/

The FEC collects info on nonprofits behind election advertising

http://www.fec.gov/finance/disclosure/ec_table.shtml

Federal lobbying and grants and contracts disclosure

http://transparencydata.com/#

How did a member of Congress vote? Who contributed to their campaigns?

http://congrelate.org/

Center for Responsive Politics lobbyist database

http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/

Raw lobbyists disclosures from the US House

http://disclosures.house.gov/ld/ldsearch.aspx

Raw lobbyists disclosures from the US Senate

http://soprweb.senate.gov/index.cfm?event=selectfields

 Ballotpedia

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Judgepedia

http://judgepedia.org/index.php/Main_Page

 Sunshine Review

http://sunshinereview.org/core/home