Follow The Money

Ever find you can't fathom your representative's position or motives? Then Google his campaign contributions. Sometimes it's a head scratcher.

Delousing powder is stocked at the Center for Responsive Politics. For federal campaign data, do a disclosure data search at the Federal Election Commission website.

To follow the money trail in state politics, go to the National Institute on Money in State Politics.

If you think the US Senate did an egregious disservice in 2009-10 by failing to look out for the best interests of their constituents during the 12+ month health insurance reform circus, then consider the top 10 Senators to receive contributions from the pharmaceutical and health products industry from Jan'09 to Sep'09: