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http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm
The home page of the largest union in America, the AFL-CIO. It contains official union documents and press releases, news on issues important to the labor movement, a link to information on high corporate executive salaries in the United States, and links to other labor-related groups.

http://www.sierraclub.org/
The home page of the Sierra Club, one of the largest and most influential environmental interest groups. From this page, you can check on the environmental voting records of your members of Congress and see where they got their campaign contributions.

http://www.nam.org/
The National Association of Manufacturers’ Web page. It contains material similar to that on the AFL-CIO page but from a business perspective. It also contains suggestions for getting out the vote.

http://www.fb.com/
The Farm Bureau’s Web page. It contains similar information from the perspective of the more prosperous and conservative sector of agriculture, along with updates on the weather and on commodity prices.

http://www.nfu.org/
The National Farmers’ Union Web page. It provides information from the perspective of smaller, less prosperous farmers.

http://www.aarp.org/
The AARP’s excellent Web page. It allows you to register to vote, join the AARP, learn about the AARP’s position and congressional testimony on issues affecting the elderly, find out about classes on computers for senior citizens, and much more.

http://www.apsanet.org/
The American Political Science Association’s home page. Use it to find out about the organization to which your professor belongs.

http://www.house.gov/commerce/TobaccoDocs/documents.html
This site allows you to read internal tobacco industry documents released by Congress.

http://www.igc.org/igc/gateway/index.html
The Public Interest Research Group offers a host of lobbying and public-interest activity.

http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/
Government/Lobbying/

The Yahoo directory of lobbying groups.

http://www.nea.org/
Home page for the National Education Association.

http://www.ipl.org/ref/AON
IPL Associations offers links to at least six hundred professional and trade associations in the United States that now have Web sites.

http://www.tobaccoresolution.com/
One of the numerous Web sites on the tobacco controversy.

http://www.nra.org/
Gun control opponents may want to visit the National Rifle Association’s site.

http://www.hrw.org/
If you are interested in human rights worldwide, you can go to the site of Human Rights Watch.

http://www.edf.org/
The Environmental Defense Fund is one of a number of sites to visit to find information concerning environmental issues.

http://www.nrdc.org/
You can also go to the National resource Defense Council’s site for information on environmental issues.