TRACKING and petitioning GOVERNMENT
U.S. Federal Government GovTrack.us
GovTrack.us tracks the United States Congress and helps Americans participate in their national legislature.
They publish the status of federal legislation, information about your representative and senators in Congress including voting records, and original research on legislation and congressional oversight & investigations.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/
State Government Connecticut
Here are some resources to help track the happenings in Hartford:
CGA Website: View the General Assembly's schedule of events, stream the House and Senate sessions online via CT-N, or track a bill.
OpenConnecticut: Allows residents to track state government’s spending in real time and is operated by the Comptroller's office.
https://www.osc.ct.gov/openct.html
Municipal Government - Milford
City of Milford website:
View information regarding Milford's government.
Petitioning Our Government
The right to petition government for redress of grievances is the right to make a complaint to, or seek the assistance of, one's government, without fear of punishment or reprisals, ensured by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791).
Saving Our Planet
https://prospect.org/greennewdeal
- Green New Deal: The Urgent Realism of Radical Change
A socially just Green New Deal is far more feasible than skeptics think, as policy and technology. The challenge is the politics - .Getting to a Carbon-Free Economy
The urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost - Dreamers With Shovels
How the first New Deal remade America
FACTS MATTER
FactCheck.org is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. Their goal is to apply the best practices of both journalism and scholarship, and to increase public knowledge and understanding.