Annenberg Political Fact Check

Monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major US political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.

Project Vote Smart

- Non-partisan information on the voting records of elected officials.

FirstGov

- intended as a portal for all U.S. government transactions, services, and information.

- FirstGov Reference Center

- a great starting point for legal and statistical information.

Fedstats

- FedStats provides information for Federal agencies reporting expenditures of at least $500,000 per year in various statistical activities. It is intended to be a portal to statistics maintained by federal agencies.

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Department of Defense

Michigan.gov

- Web portal for Michigan governmental agencies.

Michigan Legislature

- Search for bills and compiled laws in the State of Michigan.

Supreme Court of the United States or check out OYEZ another repository of Supreme Court information

The Library of Congress

an enormous library which citizens of the United States own. This includes:

- Thomas

a great resource for legislative information and

- Country Studies

a series that "presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."

- American Memory

a large digital collection of mostly primary sources related to American History

LOC guide to law online

annotated guide to sources of information on government and law available online from the Law Library of Congress. Here is their page on Michigan Law.

The CIA World Factbook

Quick reference for statistical information on countries.

Dataplace

Free US Demographics from Fannie Mae.