http://maplight.org/ MAPLight.org: New Web Site Reveals Money and Politics Links in New Ways Submitted by Michele Horaney on Tuesday, Mar 16th, 2010 BERKELEY, CA, March 16, 2010 â MAPLight.org, the award-winning nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization dedicated to illuminating the connection between money and politics, has launched a new web site which shines the light of transparency and accountability in powerful ways as never before. The new site is being launched during Sunshine Week, a nonpartisan, national initiative to open a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. MAPLight.org users will find on the new site robust tools to â¢illuminate how money aligns with votes â¢reveal data on individual legislators and how much money they have received from industry and organizations â¢expose specific contributions to persons, by parties, by committee, and within date ranges and important and vital features including â¢a new U.S. Congress research blog â¢a powerful search engine You can see a list of whatâs new on our website, examples of MAPLight.orgâs findings about money and votes on our âSpotlight on Congressâ blog, and use of our data in the news.