Interest Groups

From California Secretary of State

From the California Secretary of State

'...identify the people, organizations, and firms that have registered with the Secretary of
State’s office to lobby the Legislature and administrative branches of state government....'

From OpenSecrets.org: ...'search by name for a company, lobbying firm or individual lobbyist; search for the total spending by a particular industry; view the interests that lobbied a particular government agency; or search for lobbying on a general issue or specific piece of legislation...'

From the US House of Representatives

From VoteSmart.org: '...reports on performance evaluations from all special interest groups (SIGs) who provide them, regardless of issue or bias. ...'

...'the most comprehensive resource for federal campaign contributions, lobbying data and analysis available anywhere....'
Can search by sector or alphabetically

From Professor Paul Frank at Sacramento City College - organized by subject

'...receives, processes, and maintains for public inspection records, reports, and other documents filed with the Office of the Secretary of the Senate involving the Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), the Ethics in Government Act, the Mutual Security Act, and the Senate Code of Official Conduct...'

'...has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States....'

"... issues most important to those in the 50+ community as they age: economic security; health care; access to affordable, quality long-term care; creating and maintaining livable communities; consumer protections; caregiving;...'

'...believe that the Constitution of the United States is the best political charter yet created by men for governing themselves. It is our belief that the Constitution is designed to guarantee the free exercise of the inherent rights of the individual through strictly limiting the power of government....'

'...to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all..'

'...political organization, made up of pro-family Americans who care deeply about ensuring that government serves to strengthen and preserve, rather than threaten, our families and our values. ...'

'...ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination...'

'...dedicated to its multi-issue and multi-strategy approach to women’s rights, and is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States...'

'...civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities...'

'...progressive advocacy organizations founded to fight right-wing extremism and defend constitutional values ...'

'...but our purpose is unchanged: to bring people together to defend our natural resources and everyone’s right to enjoy them...