Today MAPLight.org unveiled a pioneering database that lays bare the connection between money and votes in California politics. http://www.maplight.org The MAPLight.org website combines information from the Official California Legislative Information website, which contains the official text of each bill and how each legislator voted, and the Institute on Money in State Politics, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to accurate, comprehensive and unbiased documentation and research on campaign finance. MAPLight.org allows journalists and citizens to answer questions such as: - How did a legislator vote on a particular bill, and who are the top contributors to that legislator? - How often did legislators vote to support bills their top contributors supported? - How often did special interests (such as insurance companies or drug companies) succeed in blocking bills that did not serve their interests? Illuminate