During the Watergate
scandal that eventually toppled President Richard Nixon, confidential
source "Deep Throat" advised two enterprising Washington Post reporters
to "follow the money" to uncover the scandal's ringleaders.
Now MAPLight.org, a small, not-for-profit company, is developing a database
and application mashup that will allow the public to follow another
money trail—the connection between campaign contributions and the way
lawmakers vote.
The mashup brings together two usually disparate sources of information—donor money and vote data—in an interactive map. The maps illustrate
the link between the amount of money elected officials receive from
donors, the way that those elected officials vote on a given issue, and
what position the donor—such as a political action committee—was taking
on an issue when it contributed to the officials' campaigns.
Read the full article at eWEEK.
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