Webtools for researching/paticipating in lawmaking Maintaining anonymity makes it difficult to contact politicians effectively. The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0 - TIME The Personal Democracy Forum highlighted tools for getting involved in civic matters. Can we use them? If so, how? Given Co$' concentration in California, maplight could be pretty useful. OpenCongress - Track bills, votes, senators, and representatives in the U.S. Congress MAPLight.org