Research Guides: Political Science: Websites

Research Your Legislators

Factcheck.org
Monitor the accuracy of what is said by major US political players
Follow the Money
Investigates the influence of campaign money on state-level elections and public policy using campaign finance reports
Texas House of Representatives
Texas State Senate
US Senate
Learn about how the Senate works, who your Senators are, and more
US House of Representatives
Learn about how the House works, who your Representatives are, and more
Congress.gov
Excellent resource for legislative research.

Congress.gov: Two-Minute Tips and The Legislative Process (streaming videos)

Primary Sources: Images

American Memory This link opens in a new window
Primary source materials (historical images, maps, sound recordings, and motion pictures) that document the American experience

Cartoon America: A Library of Congress Exhibit
Online exhibition of illustrations, comic strips, and caricature from award-winning political cartoonist and collector James Arthur Wood Jr.
Cornell University Collection of Political Americana
American political campaign memorabilia and commemorative items dating from 1789 to 1960
Political Cartoons of the Lilly Library
Times depicted include the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and Lincoln's presidential elections of 1860 and 1864

Primary Sources: Documents

The American Presidency Project
Searchable database of selected documents related to presidents dating back to 1789
The Avalon Project
Digitized primary sources in the fields of Law, History, Economics, Politics, Diplomacy and Government
Budget of the United States Government
Budget message of the President and other information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year
Data.gov
Over 211,000 datasets on government, climate, education, energy, and more.
Economic Report of the President
Overviews the nation's economic progress using text and extensive data appendices
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum
Speeches, memorabilia, and official/personal letters
MIT Election Data + Science Lab
A clearinghouse for datasets that can fuel studies on elections and how they're conducted. Find election data and research tools.
Online Sources of U.S. Legislative and Regulatory Information
Online sources for Federal and State Legislative and Regulatory Information.
The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Presidential papers and speeches, currently dating from 1928-2000

State & National Political Officials on Social Media

Use social media to stay connected to your officials. The following ones are from the San Angelo area. If you vote elsewhere, you may have different senators and representatives. To find the officials for your area, use Project VoteSmart.

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