This listing is courtesy of the California Republican Caucus.

Thanks to Assemblymember Dave Cox for making it available.

Thanks to Bernd Schwieren and Don Levin for compilation.

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Introduction

This is an updated listing of key research and information websites.If there are any questions, please contact Bernd Schwieren at (916) 319-3878 or Don Levin at (916) 319-3890.

I. News & Information

·Roll Call Online: http://www.rollcall.com/

·The Hill: http://www.hillnews.com/

·National Review Online: http://www.nationalreview.com/

·The Economist: http://www.economist.com/

·Drudge Report: http://www.drudgereport.com/

·CalNews: http://www.CalNews.com/

·Rough & Tumble: http://www.rtumble.com/

·Fox News Channel: http://www.foxnews.com/channel/

·CNN: http://www.cnn.com/

·MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.com/news/default.asp


·Washington Times: http://www.washtimes.com/

·Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/

·New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/

II.Federal Government

A.Executive Branch:

¨The White House :http://www.whitehouse.gov/

·Department of Agriculture: http://www.usda.gov/

·Department of Commerce: http://www.doc.gov/

·Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/

·Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/

·Department of Energy: http://www.doe.gov/

·Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.dhhs.gov/

·Department of Housing and Urban Development: http://www.hud.gov/

·Department of the Interior: http://www.doi.gov/

·Department of Justice: http://www.usdoj.gov/

·Department of Labor: http://www.dol.gov/

·Department of State: http://www.state.gov/index.html

·Department of Treasury: http://www.treas.gov/

·Department of Veterans Affairs: http://www.va.gov/

·U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/

·FBI: http://www.fbi.gov/

·Central Intelligence Agency: http://www.cia.gov/

·Federal Elections Commission :http://www.fec.gov/

·Internal Revenue Service: http://www.irs.gov/

B.Judicial Branch:

¨U.S. Supreme Court: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/

¨U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit: http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/

¨The Federal Judiciary Homepage: http://www.uscourts.gov/

CLegislative Branch:

·U.S. Senate webpage :http://www.senate.gov/

·Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott :http://lott.senate.gov/

·Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle: http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/

·Senator Dianne Feinstein :http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/

·Senator Barbara Boxer :http://www.senate.gov/~boxer/

·U.S. House of Representatives webpage: http://www.house.gov/

·Speaker Dennis Hastert: http://speakernews.house.gov/

·Majority Leader Dick Armey: http://armey.house.gov/, or http://www.freedom.gov/

·Majority Whip Tom DeLay: http://tomdelay.house.gov/

·House Republican Conference: http://www.hillsource.gov/

·Minority Leader Dick Gephardt: http://democraticleader.house.gov/

·U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Caucus: http://dcaucusweb.house.gov/home/

DMiscellaneous Federal Collections:

·Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/

·National Archives: http://www.nara.gov/

·Today in History (Library of Congress): http://www.ppacca.org/

¨U.S. Presidents (Hoover-George H.W. Bush):

·Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum: http://hoover.nara.gov/

·Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/

·Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/

·Dwight D. Eisenhower Library & Museum: http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/

·John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library & Museum: http://www.jfklibrary.org/

·Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum: http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/

·Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace: http://www.nixonfoundation.org/

·Nixon Presidential Materials Staff (National Archives): http://nixon.archives.gov/

·Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum: http://www.ford.utexas.edu/

·Jimmy Carter Library: http://carterlibrary.galileo.peachnet.edu/

·Ronald W. Reagan Presidential Library & Museum: http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/

·Ronald Reagan. The Official Site: http://www.ronaldreagan.com/

·The Ronald Reagan Home Page: http://reagan.webteamone.com/

·George Bush Presidential Library & Museum: http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/

III.California State Government

AExecutive Branch:

·Governor Gray Davis :http://www.governor.ca.gov/state/govsite/gov_homepage.jsp

·Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante :http://www.ltg.ca.gov/

·Secretary of State Bill Jones: http://www.ss.ca.gov/

·Attorney General Bill Lockyer :http://caag.state.ca.us/

·Controller Kathleen Connell :http://www.sco.ca.gov/

·Insurance Commissioner: http://www.insurance.ca.gov/docs/index.html

·Treasurer Phil Angelides: http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/

·State Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin: http://www.cde.ca.gov/executive/

·State Board of Equalization: http://www.boe.ca.gov/

B Judicial Branch:

·California Courts – The Judicial Branch of California: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/

·Supreme Court of California : http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/supreme/

·Courts of Appeal: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/

·Trial Courts: http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/trial/

C Legislative Branch:

·Official California Legislative Information: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/index.html

·Legislative Analyst: http://www.lao.ca.gov/

·California State Assembly: www.assembly.ca.gov

·Assembly Republican Leader Bill Campbell: http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/members/71/

·Assembly Republican Caucus: http://republican.assembly.ca.gov/

·Assembly Speaker Robert Hertzberg: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a40/default.htm

·Assembly Democrat Leader Kevin Shelley: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a12/

·Assembly Democrat Caucus: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/english/index.htm

·California State Senate: www.senate.ca.gov

·Senate Republican Leader Jim Brulte: http://republican.sen.ca.gov/web/31/

·Senate Republican Caucus: http://republican.sen.ca.gov/

·Senate President pro Tempore John Burton: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/burton/

·Senate Democrat Leader Richard Polanco: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/polanco/

·Senate Democrat Caucus: http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/

D Miscellaneous State Collections:

·California State Archives: http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm

·California Research Bureau: http://www.library.ca.gov/html/statseg2a.cfm

·California State Library: http://www.library.ca.gov/

E Miscellaneous State Entities:

·Welcome to California (Main State Homepage): http://www.ca.gov/state/portal/myca_homepage.jsp

·Fair Political Practices Commission: http://www.fppc.ca.gov/

·Franchise Tax Board: http://www.ftb.ca.gov/

·Highway Patrol: http://www.chp.ca.gov/

·Department of Finance: http://www.dof.ca.gov/

·Department of Motor Vehicles: http://www.dmv.ca.gov/

·Department of Transportation (CalTrans): http://www.dot.ca.gov/

IV. State/Local Government Information
·National Council of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/

·Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley: http://www.igs.berkeley.edu:8880/index.html

·Rose Institute of State and Local Government: http://research.mckenna.edu/rose/

·Demographic Research Unit, Department of Finance: http://www.dof.ca.gov/html/Demograp/druhpar.htm

·California State Association of Counties: http://csac.counties.org/

·Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/

V. Organizations and Associations

APolitical Party Entities:

·Republican National Committee: http://www.rnc.org/

·National Republican Senatorial Committee: http://www.nrsc.org/

·National Republican Congressional Committee: http://www.nrcc.org/

·Republican Governors Association: http://rga.policy.net/

·National Republican Legislators Association: http://www.nrla.net/

·California Republican Party: http://www.cagop.org/

·California Federation of Republican Women: http://www.cfrw.org/

·California Republican Assembly: http://www.ca-ra.org/

·California Republican League: http://www.republicanleague.org/

·California Congress of Republicans: http://www.calgop.org/

·California Young Republicans: http://www.cyr.org/

·Young Republican Federation of California: http://www.yrfc.org/

·Republican Youth Majority: http://www.rym.org/

·Democrat National Committee: http://www.democrats.org/index.html

·Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee: http://www.dscc.org/indexpop.htm

·Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee: http://www.dccc.org/home/index.cfm

·Democrat Leadership Council: http://www.ndol.org/

·California Democratic Party: http://www.ca-dem.org/dems/cadems.nsf/index

·California Democratic Council: http://www.cdc-ca.org/

·American Independent Party of California: http://www.aipca.org/

·Green Party of California: http://greens.org/california/

·Libertarian Party of California: http://www.ca.lp.org/

·Natural Law Party: http://www.natural-law-party.org/

·Reform Party of California: http://www.siliconv.com/RPCA/index.html

·Constitution Party (formerly U.S. Taxpayers Party): http://www.ustaxpayers.org/

BConservative Organizations:

·American Conservative Union: http://www.conservative.org/

·Young Americans for Freedom (National): http://www.yaf.com/

·California Young Americans for Freedom: http://www.calyaf.org/

·Christian Coalition: http://www.cc.org/

·John Birch Society: http://www.jbs.org/

·National Taxpayers Union: http://www.ntu.org/

C Policy Institutes:

·American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC): http://www.alec.org/main.cfm

·Ayn Rand Institute: http://www.aynrand.org/

·California Public Policy Foundation: http://www.californiapoliticalrev.org/

·Capitol Resource Institute: http://www.capitolresource.org/

·Center for the Study of Popular Culture: http://www.cspc.org/

·Citizens Against Government Waste: http://www.cagw.org/

·Claremont Institute: http://www.claremont.org/

·Heritage Foundation: http://www.heritage.org/

·Institute for Contemporary Studies: http://www.icspress.com/

·Pacific Legal Foundation: http://www.pacificlegal.org/

·Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: http://www.pacificresearch.org/

·Reason Foundation: http://www.reason.org/

·Town Hall: Conservative News & Information: http://www.townhall.com/

DMajor State Organizations

1.Agriculture:

·Agricultural Council of California: http://www.agcouncil.org/default.asp

·California Farm Bureau Federation: http://www.cfbf.com/

·United Farm Workers of America: http://www.ufw.org/

·Western Growers Association: http://www.wga.com/

2.Business-related Entities:

·California Business Roundtable: http://www.cbrt.org/

·California Chamber of Commerce: http://www.calchamber.com/

·California Manufacturers and Technology Association: http://www.camfg.com/

·California Trucking Association: http://www.caltrux.org/

·California Association of Realtors: http://www.car.org/

3.Civil Rights:

·Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF): http://www.maldef.org/

·NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, Inc., Western Regional Office: http://www.ldfla.org/framest.htm

·California State Conference of NAACP Branches: http://www.naacp-ca.org/

·Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California: http://www.apalc.org/

4.Criminal Justice & Judiciary:

·American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California: http://www.aclunc.org/

·American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California: http://www.aclu-sc.org/

·California Attorneys for Criminal Justice: http://www.cacj.org/

·California District Attorneys Association: http://www.cdaa.org/

·Crime Victims United of California: http://www.cvu-ca.org/

·Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau: http://www.doristate.com/

·California Rifle & Pistol Association: http://www.crpa.org/

·Gun Owners of California: http://www.gunownersca.com/

·National Rifle Association, California: http://www.calnra.org/

5.Education:

·California School Boards Association: http://www.calnra.org/

·California Faculty Association: http://www.calfac.org/

·California Federation of Teachers: http://www.cft.org/

·California School Employees Association: http://www.csea.com/

·California Teachers Association: http://www.cta.org/

·United Teachers Los Angeles: http://www.utla.net/

6.Energy Issues:

·U.S. Department of Energy: http://www.doe.gov/

·California Energy Commission: http://www.energy.ca.gov/

·California Independent System Operator: http://www.caiso.com/

·California Public Utilities Commission (PUC): http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/static/_index.htm

·East Bay Municipal Utility District: http://www.ebmud.com/

·Los Angeles Department of Water & Power: http://www.ladwp.com/home.htm

·Pacific Gas and Electric: http://www.pge.com

·Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): http://www.smud.org/

·San Diego Gas and Electric: http://www.sdge.com/index.shtml

·Southern California Edison Company: http://www.southerncaledison.com/main/

·Southern California Gas Company: http://www.socalgas.com/

·California Public Interest Research Group: http://www.calpirg.org/

·Utility Consumers’ Action Network (“UCAN”): http://www.ucan.org/

·Western States Petroleum Association: http://www.wspa.org/

7.Environment:

·California League of Conservation Voters: http://www.ecovote.org/

·Sierra Club of California: http://www.sierraclub.org/chapters/ca/

8.High-Tech:

·American Electronics Association: http://www.aeanet.org/

·Joint Venture. Silicon Valley Network: http://www.jointventure.org/

·California Space and Technology Alliance: http://www.csta.net/about.html

9.Labor:

·American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO: http://www.afscme.org/

·California Union of Safety Employees (CAUSE): http://www.cause-unit7.com/

·California Correctional Peace Officers’ Association: http://www.ccpoanet.org/

·California Independent Public Employees Council: http://www.cipelc.com/

·California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO: http://www.calaborfed.org/

·California Nurses Association: http://www.calnurse.org/

·California Professional Firefighters: http://www.cpf.org/legislation/leg.htm

·California State Council, Service Employees International Union: http://www.seiucal.org/

·California State Employees Association: http://www.calcsea.org/

·California State Pipe Trades Council: http://calpipes.org/indexFlag.htm

·California Teamsters Public Affairs Council: http://www.teamsterctpac.org/

·L.A. Labor News: http://www.lalabor.org/

·Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC): http://www.porac.org/

·State Building & Construction Trades Council of California: http://www.statebuildingtrades.com/sitemap.asp

·UAW Region 5: http://uaw.org/uaw_near_you/region5.html

10.Public Interest/ Information:

·California Common Cause: http://www.commoncause.org/states/california/index.html

·California Public Interest Research Group: http://www.calpirg.org/

·California Voter Foundation: http://www.calvoter.org/

·Consumer Federation of California: http://www.stateandlocal.org/members/acfc.html

·Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights: http://www.ftcr.org/

·League of Women Voters of California: http://ca.lwv.org/

·People’s Advocate: http://www.peoplesadvocate.org/

·Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/ce/

·Voter Revolt: www.voterrevolt.org



11.Seniors:

·American Association of Retired Persons: http://www.aarp.org/

·Congress of California Seniors: http://www.seniors.org/whoweare.asp

·Alliance for Retired Americans: http://www.retiredamericans.org/

·Seniors Coalition: http://www.senior.org/

12.Social Issues:

·Christian Coalition of California: http://www.ccca.org/

·California ProLife Council: http://www.californiaprolife.org/

·California Right To Life: http://www.calright2life.org/

·Committee on Moral Concerns: http://www.moralconcerns.org/

·Traditional Values Coalition: http://www.traditionalvalues.org/

·California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League: http://www.caral.org/

·Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California: http://www.ppacca.org/

13.Taxpayers:

·California Taxpayers’ Association: http://www.caltax.org/

·Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association: http://www.hjta.org/

14.Tort/Liability Reform:

·Civil Justice Association of California (formerly Association for California Tort Reform): http://www.cjac.org/index.html

·Consumer Attorneys of California: http://www.caoc.com/

15.Veterans:

·American Legion, California: http://www.calegion.org/

·Disabled American Veterans, California: http://www.davca.org/

·Veterans of Foreign Wars, California: http://www.vfwca.org/news.html

·Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council: http://hometown.aol.com/calscweb/index.htm