Find Supporters and Lobbyists
Now that you've picked a bill, how do you find out who is supporting or opposing that bill?
1. Try searching the name of the bill in Google. When an organization or company support or oppose a piece of legislation, they will often include information on their website. You may have to look through several pages of Google results to find these links. Be persistent!
2. Search for the name of the bill in a newspaper database, such as:
Current news content from local, regional, and national sources. It includes newspapers, blogs, journals, newswires, broadcast transcripts, and videos. New content added daily from more than 3,000 full-text news sources. America's News consists of Fresno Bee and other California newspapers. While these can be searched separately, America's News offers a single platform to search across both collections simultaneously.
A great resource for current news, Proquest Newstand includes over 1,800 U.S. and international newspapers and other news sources, many in full text. Coverage from 1980-present. Major newspapers include New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, and many others.
3. Search for a bill, issue, or company in one of the following databases to find who is lobbying for or against a bill.