12. Congressional Election and Organization: Sharing the Power

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	Election 1996 A colorful, fully hot-linked map allowing you to choose a state to see the electoral prospects for House and Senate candidates from that state.
	U.S. House of Representatives The official web site of the U.S. House of Representatives contains information about schedules, committees, individual members, and visitor information. This is where you can find out information about your individual member of Congress such as background, e-mail adddress, committee membership, leadership roles, etc.
	U.S. Senate The official web site of the U.S. Senate contains information about schedules, committees, individual members, and visitor information. This is where you can find out information about your state's senators such as background, e-mail adddress, committee membership, leadership roles, etc. There are also links to web pages for each member of the U.S. Senate.
TAD 328-331 WTP 346-347	Campaign Finance
	Federal Elections Commission The one-stop source for comprehensive information on campaign finances of Congressional candidates.
	Congressional Candidate Campaign spending Summaries of campaign spending by Congressional candidates in 1996.
	PAC Contributions to Congressional Candidates Listing of PAC contributions to Congressional candidates. Find out what PACs gave to your member of Congress in the last election.
TAD 331 WTP 350	Congressional Redistricting
	U.S. Supreme Court Redistricting Opinions The text of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions invalidating the creation of majority-minority Congressional districts.
TAD 336-341 WTP 350-355	Congressional Leadership
	U.S. House of Representatives Leaders A listing of the current House leadership of both parties.
	U.S. Senate Leaders The organizational structure of the U.S. Senate leadership as well as a listing of the current Senate leaders with links to their individual web sites.
TAD 342-344 WTP 355-364	Committees
	U.S. House of Representatives Committees Links to all the web sites of House committees
	U.S. Senate Committees Links to all the web sites of Senate committees.
	House Ways and Means Committee The homepage of the House Ways and Means Committee explains the committee's jurisdiction and membership, as well as its recent accomplishments.
	Senate Appropriations Committee A sample of a homepage of a Senate committee including a statement of the jurisdiction of the committee as well as a listing of committee members.
	Weekly Schedule of Activity The weekly schedule of the House Commerce Committee allows you to see what this Congressional committee is doing this week.
	Search Committee Reports Use this site to search by topic for reports issued by Congressional committees.
	House Veterans Affairs Committee A sample of the hearings schedule of a Congressional committee.
TAD 346	C-SPAN The C-SPAN network's homepage contains live audio of Congressional floor sessions as well as information on the daily schedules of the two chambers. There is much more on C-SPAN I and C-SPAN II's daily program schedules.