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Data sources & licenses
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Full license text: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International deed ↗
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11 sources
Congress.gov
congress.gov ↗CourtListener
courtlistener.com ↗Federal Register
federalregister.gov ↗GovTrack
govtrack.us ↗- License
- See GovTrack terms ↗
IRS 990
irs.gov ↗Plum Book
govinfo.gov ↗Regulations.gov
regulations.gov ↗SEC EDGAR
sec.gov ↗USAspending
usaspending.gov ↗
1 source
OpenStates
openstates.org ↗- License
- See OpenStates terms ↗
2 sources
LittleSis
littlesis.org ↗- License
- CC-BY-SA 4.0
- Citation
- Some relationship and network data on Civitics is derived from LittleSis (https://littlesis.org), © LittleSis contributors, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC-BY-SA 4.0). Civitics' modifications and presentation of this data are likewise available under CC-BY-SA 4.0.
OpenSecrets
opensecrets.org ↗- License
- See OpenSecrets terms ↗