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• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution of the United States
• The Bill of Rights
• Amendments 11-27
• The Federalist Papers (searchable by keyword)
• Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

• THOMAS -- U.S. Congress on the Internet
• The United States House of Representatives
• The United States Senate
• How a Bill Becomes A Law
• CQ's Rate Your Rep!
• CongressLink (presented by the Dirksen Congressional Center, a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization)
• CIS Congressional Universe - Home Page (includes full text of congressional publications)
• Hot Bills and Topics in Congress
• Roll Call Home Page (includes articles and commentary about Congress)
• A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation (U.S. Congressional documents and debates, 1774-1873)

• The White House
• E-Mail the President
• The Presidents of the United States (presidential biographies provided by the White House)
• POTUS -- Presidents of the United States (Information about each of the U.S. presidents. Provides election results, a list of cabinet members, highlights of the presidency, “fast facts,” and annotated links)
• Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States
• Presidential Addresses Online (includes State of the Union addresses)
• In Their Own Words (PBS collection of quotations from 20th century presidents)
• Presidential Sound Bytes (listen to the presidents during key moments in history)
• National First Ladies' Library

• Federalist No. 78
• Marbury v. Madison
• Supreme Court Hallmark Cases
• The Federal Judiciary Homepage
• New York Times' Guide to the Supreme Court
• Highlights of the Supreme Court's 1997-98 Term
• The Oyez Project: U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database
• Justices of the Supreme Court
• LII's Eye on the Courts (recent decisions from around the nation)
• FedWorld/FLITE Supreme Court Decisions Home Page
• The Constitution and the Courts Index

• Executive Branch Agencies - The President's Cabinet
• Federal Agencies and Commissions
• FedWorld Information Network Home Page
• The Federal Web Locator
• National Partnership For Reinventing Government

• How to Register to Vote
• How much do you know about politics? Take the Political IQ Test!
• PollingReport.Com (An independent, nonpartisan resource on American public opinion, published in Washington, D.C.)
• The NES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior 
• The Gallup Organization
• Public Agenda Online:  The Inside Source for Public Opinion and Public Policy
• Project Vote Smart
• League of Women Voters of the United States
• "Motor Voter" Factsheet from the League of Women Voters
• National Issues Convention (billed as an "experiment in democracy," this site tests an alternative to the standard method of public opinion research)
• The Direct Democracy Center

• Federalist No. 10
• National Political Parties Index
• Democratic Party
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• Libertarian Party
• Natural Law Party
• Green Parties of North America
• World's Smallest Political Quiz (find out your political identity!)

• 1996 Republican Party Platform
• 1996 Democratic Party Platform
• 1996 Libertarian Party Platform
• 1996 Reform Party Platform

• National Political Index: Contacting Political Activist Groups
• American Farm Bureau
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• AFL-CIO
• National Education Association (NEA)
• National Rifle Association (NRA)
• The Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List
• National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)
• Greenpeace International Homepage
• American Bar Association
• American Medical Association

• The New York Times on the Web (Free, but registration is required)
• The Washington Post
• CNN Interactive
• The Online NewsHour (PBS)
• NPR Online- National Public Radio
• ABCNEWS.com:   Political Nation
• Slate
• C-SPAN
• LEXIS®-NEXIS® Academic Universe - Main Menu
• Center for Media and Public Affairs

• An Elections Primer
• A Campaign Finance Primer
• CQ's American Voter
• Presidential Election History Since 1789
• Presidential Election Results Throughout History
• America Votes: Presidential Campaign Memorabilia from Duke Special Collections
• US Election Map Bank
• Web White & Blue:  Election Information Gateway
• Federal Election Commission (contains election statistics, as well as financial information about candidates, parties, and PACs)
• The U.S. Electoral College Calculator
• Center for Responsive Politics
• “Vote for Me” (explore what it really takes to run for public office, and see how local culture and customs are reflected in American politics)
• The :30 Second Candidate  (Enter the world of political advertisements in this PBS site and trace the history of political ads)

• Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
• Voices of the Civil Rights Era
• Library of Congress presentation titled "African American Odyssey"
• Virtual Tour of the National Civil Rights Museum
• Civil Rights:  A Status Report
• Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
• United States Commission on Civil Rights
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• NAACP Home Page
• Affirmative Action and Diversity Page
• AUAA - Americans United for Affirmative Action
• Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences

• Free Expression Clearninghouse:  A Guide to Free Speech and the First Amendment
• The Freedom Forum Online
• ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union
• Frequently Asked Questions on Academic Freedom and Liability
• Banned Books On-Line
• 10 Reasons for Voluntary School Prayer
• The Case Against School Prayer
• Computer Pornography Questions and Answers
• ACLU on the Death Penalty
• Pro Death Penalty / Justice NOW!! Index

General Resources

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
• U.S. Census Bureau
• Electronic Policy Network

Poverty

• Who is poor?
• Poverty in the United States, 1997 (This statistical report is in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF).  To view the file, you will need Acrobat Reader which is available for free from the Adobe web site.)
• The Poverty Measure:  A Brief History
• Poverty Thresholds, 1997
• Selected Welfare Reform Related Data
• Welfare Becomes Workfare, as Society Changes
• FACTSHEET:  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Social Security

• AARP's "What you need to know about Social Security"
• Social Security:   Brief Facts and Statistics from the Congressional Research Service (CRS)
• Social Security Administration Online
• Social Security Special Report

Health Care

• The National Center for Health Statistics
• Read the text of President Clinton's failed National Health Security Act
• What Happened to Health Care Reform?

Education

• National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)

Crime

• Crime Statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics
• The White House's Social Statistics Briefing Room on Crime
• U.S. National Crime Statistics Link Guide

Economic Policy and the Budget

• An Outline of the American Economy
• The White House's Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
• The Economic Statistics Briefing Room
• U.S. National Debt Clock
• National Budget Simulator An interesting simulation game that let's you play "what if" with the federal budget.
• Should the budget be balanced?
• Where are your tax dollars being spent?  This interactive web page sponsored by the Independent Budget Office of the City of New York shows you.  Simply type in a few numbers from your W-2 and 1040 tax forms and you can see exactly how much of your income went toward paying the interest in the debt alone! 

• United Nations Home Page
• Amnesty International
• U.S. Department of State, Official Web Site
• DefenseLINK - Official Web Site of the U.S. Department of Defense
• Department of State Electronic Research Collection
• Central Intelligence Agency
• U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• 1997 World Factbook

• "Irrational Exuberance?  When did political science forget about politics?"  An excellent article by Jonathan Cohn published in the New Republic 

• UVM Department of Political Science homepage
• American Political Science Association (APSA)

• American Journal of Political Science
• American Political Science Review
• American Politics Quarterly
• Journal of Politics
• Political Research Quarterly
• Political Science Quarterly
• Social Science Quarterly

• ABC TV's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• DRUDGE RETORT '99:  Putting the Yellow Back in Journalism
• Doonesbury Electronic Town Hall
• The Capitol Steps Home Page