Think Tanks and Interest Groups

Think Tanks

The Brookings Institution  Center Left.   Their offices and book room is near Dupont Circle on Connecticut Avenue.
CATO Institute  Libertarian.
The Heritage Foundation  Conservative. Known for their hard-hitting policy papers. Its heyday was during the Reagan Revolution.
Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

List of Groups

Interest Group List   A laundry list of interest groups.

Nonpartisan Group

National Conference of State Legislatures

Liberal Interest Groups

Links to Liberal Groups   The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights page of links to its coalition members.
AFL-CIO  Organized Labor.
NAACP  National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
ACLU  American Civil Liberties Union
Human Rights Campaign Fund  Gay Rights organization.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Public Citizen  Ralph Nader's organization.
EMILY's List  Raises money for pro-choice female Democratic congressional candidates.

Conservative Interest Groups

Townhall  A very comprehensive list of links to conservative groups, so I have not listed many organizations below.
Christian Coalition
National Rifle Association
National Taxpayers Union
Rightgrrl  Conservative women with attitude.

 

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