Advocacy and Policy Resources

Advocacy Toolkit: The Ohio Environmental Council’s official Advocacy Toolkit.

BallotPedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics.

Congress Climate History: An overview from C2ES on the climate history in Congress since 1992.

Congress.gov: Information on current and past legislation, including bill text, summaries, sponsors, and actions.

Crash Course: U.S. Government and Politics: Youtube series on the U.S. Government and Politics.

GovTrack.us: Information on bills, votes, and legislators.

How a bill becomes a law: Information from the U.S. government on how a bill becomes a law.

Legislative Process: A video from Congress.gov on the legislative process.

Legislative Service Commission: Information on the legislative process, Ohio’s biennial budget, bill analysis, and issue briefs.

Legislative Vocabulary: A resource from Vote Smart on legislative vocabulary.

LegiStorm: Minute by minute updates on Congressional action and daily committee schedules.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Website of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency: Website of the Ohio EPA.

Ohio General Assembly: Locate your legislator, view session calendars, and find bill text, analysis, and status reports of legislation, committee members, and meetings.

Ohio Governor’s Office: Website of Ohio’s Governor.

Ohio Office of Budget and Management: Information on Ohio’s biennial budget.

Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Code: Search the Ohio Revised and Administrative Code which contain all agency rules and regulations.

Ohio State Agencies: Contact information for all state agencies.

Open States: State politic information including legislators’ voting records and tracking bill progress.

OpenSecrets: Campaign finance information.

Politiwoops: A record of tweets deleted by public officials.

Project Vote Smart: A website with lots of information: biographical data, campaign finances, issue positions, voting records, legislation status, and more.

Public Laws: Online access to the National Archives, collection of laws enacted from 1995 through the present.

Public Utilities Commission of Ohio: Information on electric cases, Ohio Power Siting Board, renewable energy, and efficiency.

U.S. House of Representatives: Official website of the United States House of Representatives.

U.S. Senate: Official website of the United States Senate.

Verified Congressional Twitter Accounts: A list of US Congresspeople’s verified Twitter Accounts.