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Founded in 1983 by U.S. Sens. Frank Church (D-Idaho) and Hugh Scott (R-Pa.), CRP published its work tracking money in politics in extensive reports and books. In 1990, the first OpenSecrets book was 1,300 pages and analyzed contributions by PACs in the 1988 congressional elections. It was an unprecedented resource that illuminated money's role in elections and policymaking. Following the 1996 elections, we published the OpenSecrets website.
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