US House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/content/learn/ US Senate http://www.senate.gov/index.htm Find / Contact your US Senator http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/senators_cfm.cfm Colorado General Assembly http://leg.colorado.gov Oregon State Legislature https://www.oregonlegislature.gov Political Action Committees PACs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_political_action_committees Political Action Committees info http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/ Lobbying & Influence info http://www.opensecrets.org/influence/ How to lobby your legislator http://www.heartsandminds.org/articles/lobby.htm Pending bills / legislation https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/ Pending bills / legislation searchable
http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/ncsl-50-state-searchable- National Republican Party https://gop.com/ National Democratic Party https://www.democrats.org/about/our-party Colorado Republican Party https://cologop.org/ Colorado Democratic Party https://www.coloradodems.org/home
Links to Women's Legislative News Resources
If you have web sites that you would like to add to this list of Women's Legislative News Resources, please send your site's name and URL to dfischer@bpwcolorado.org
National Organization for Women (NOW): This web site is packed with great information from current political events affecting women to a list of which candidates are endorsed by NOW's federal and state Political Action Committee. http://www.now.org/
NOW's Reproductive Rights: http://www.now.org/issues/abortion/
NOW and Affirmative Action: These web pages include background information on these issues, which appear in some states' ballot initiatives. http://www.now.org/issues/affirm/
Colorado State Web Page: http://www.colorado.gov
Colorado Women's Agenda: http://www.womensagenda.org
Politics 1: http://www.politics1.com
Women's E-News: http://www.womensenews.org
9-5 Women's Organization: http://www.9to5colorado.org/ (Colorado) and http://www.9to5.org (National)
Project Vote Smart: http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm
Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov