Widgets related to Political news and Transparency in Government. http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5 Congressional Quarterly Home page. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/ GovTrack is an independently created and maintained site that tracks the activities of Congress, especially bills that are pending before the Senate and the House. http://www.opencongress.org/ Open Congress allows you to also track current bills in Congress and follow elected representatives positions on these bills. http://www.maplight.org/ Maplight.com allows you to follow the money trail between politicians and legislation. http://www.opensecrets.org/ Open Secrets was created by the Center for Responsive Politics and it provides information on PACS, 527 Committees and other lobbying interests.