- VoteSmart:
Interest Group Ratings of Members of Congress
- Project Vote Smart reports on performance evaluations
from all special interest groups who provide them,
regardless of issue or bias. Descriptions of
organizations are derived from the mission statement or
description produced by each organization. Project Vote
Smart does not evaluate or edit these descriptions.
- Center
for Responsive Politics: OpenSecrets.org
- Focuses on interest group spending in political
campaigns.
- The
Electronic Policy Network
- "A professional practice and an academic study
focused on the future of built environments and connected
natural environments—from the smallest
towns to the largest cities and everything in
between."
- Common
Cause
- "Common Cause is a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy
organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle
for citizens to make their voices heard in the political
process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to
the public interest. "
- Economic
Policy Institute
- EPI is "a non-profit, non-partisan think tank, was
created in 1986 to broaden discussions about economic
policy to include the needs of low- and middle-income
workers. EPI believes every working person deserves a
good job with fair pay, affordable health care, and
retirement security."
- National
Rifle Association
- "Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their
troops, Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen.
George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in
1871. The primary goal of the association would be to
"promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific
basis," according to a magazine editorial written by
Church."
- AFL-CIO
- "The American Federation of Labor and Congress of
Industrial Organizations is an expression of the hopes
and aspirations of the working people of America.."
- Farm Bureau
- "The Farm Bureau is committed to working through our
grassroots organizations to enhance and strengthen the
lives of rural Americans and to build strong, prosperous
agricultural communities."
- National
Resources Defense Council
- "NRDC is the nation's most effective environmental
action group, combining the grassroots power of 1.3
million members and online activists with the courtroom
clout and expertise of more than 350 lawyers, scientists
and other professionals."
- The
National Organization for Women
- "Since its founding in 1966, NOW's goal has been to
take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW
works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the
workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other
sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and
reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of
violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and
homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our
society."
- The
Concord Coalition
- "The Concord Coalition is a nationwide, non-partisan,
grassroots organization advocating generationally
responsible fiscal policy. The Concord Coalition was
founded in 1992 by the late former Senator Paul Tsongas
(D-Mass.), former Senator Warren Rudman (R-N.H.), and
former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter Peterson. Former
Senator Bob Kerrey (D-Ne.) was named a co-chair of the
Concord Coalition in January 2002."
- Environmental Working
Group: Farm Subsidies Database
- "The mission of the Environmental Working Group (EWG)
is to use the power of public information to protect
public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization, founded in 1993 by Ken Cook and
Richard Wiles."
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