Here you will find resources to guide you. It includes concrete data to back up why we are disappointed in our senators, representatives, legislators, and others who hold public office. You will find links to voting records, records of bills whether in progress or completed, and who has been accepting money from whom.
United States Senate - This site links to the records for Senate.gov, House.gov, and Congress.gov as well as the Congressional Record, which is the official source for recorded floor votes. You can also use this site to look up bills, acts, and laws.
League of Conservation Voters - LCV breaks down scorecards in a few different ways, but you can look up your members of congress and see how they score. Click open each member's scorecard to see how they are voting and why they scored the way they did according to LCV.
Voteview - Contains a record of every congressional roll call vote in American history and maps the ideology of Representatives and Senators. It allows users to look up their representatives and examine data patterns of party loyalty, voting and attendance records compared to their peers' averages, and how they compare on the liberal/conservative spectrum to their peers.
Congress's Higher Ed Bills - Tracked by Inside Higher Ed, this database tracks legislation related to higher education and the current status of the proposed bill. You can use the bill number and Chamber information to look up the voting record of the bill in the Congressional Record above.
AFL-CIO - See how House and Senate representatives scored when evaluated by Unions. Nebraska's reps? Not so great.
GovTrack.us - User-friendly website for tracking votes on bills in congress.
Nebraska Legislature - This page will help you access voting records for committee votes, floor votes, and votes on bills.
Deb Fischer
448 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Pete Ricketts
139 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Mike Flood
343 Cannon HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Governor Jim Pillen
PO Box 94848
Lincoln, NE 68509-4848
Senators - If you know which senator you wish to contact, this page will take you to their contact information, committee memberships, bills introduced (to the current legislature), and biography.
Find your Senator - If you're unsure who represents you, this will assist you in locating your representative.
Federal Election Commission - The FEC "is the independent regulatory agency charged with administering and enforcing the federal campaign finance law. The FEC has jurisdiction over the financing of campaigns for the U.S. House, Senate, Presidency and the Vice Presidency." They track money raised and spent in federal elections and enforce restrictions on contributions and expenditures made to influence federal elections. You can search by candidate or read up on legal resources related to campaign finances.