National Committee for an Effective Congress

The National Committee for an Effective Congress is an [{interest group}] formed in 1948 by Eleanor Roosevelt. It's goal is to raise money to elect people to Congress.

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History
Eleanor Roosevelt and her friends wanted to make a change within Congress. They wanted to be able to make potential Congressional people be able to afford the election. They found contributors from across the United States and were able to donate money to those interested in running for office.

Founding
The NCEC was founded by Eleanor Roosevelt in New York in September of 1948. A group of liberal people formed to support candidates to run for Congress, as long as they were also liberal. Their beliefs include freedom of choice in abortion cases, separation of church and state, gun control, equal rights for everyone, and environmental protection. Their ideal candidate is defined as "progressive." They do not usually support those who are conservative or have different beliefs.

Along with Eleanor Roosevelt, the NCEC was created with the help of Senator Harley M. Kilgore from Virginia, James Roosevelt and Maurice Rosenblatt, who was a writer for a newspaper. Henry J. Kaiser, the creator of the League for Franchise Education, which helped educate people to vote, helped these men teach people how to vote. The committee initially raised campaign funds and gave them to the candidates they thought were the most promising to remain liberal and make choices that would benefit their particular views.

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Current objectives and activities
One of the biggest achievements of the NCEC happened in 2000, when they were able to redraw/redistrict groups, and this allowed the NCEC to get more of their potential candidates elected.

Candidates mainly helped by the NCEC were described as responsive and humane. The goal of the NCEC is to attempt to elect those who will give the people a liberal voice. They do not support the conservative side of politics. The NCEC describes them as being reactionary and obstructionalists. NCEC has given its funds to certain groups such as the Ralph Nader Congress Project. Despite the fact that they are not a lobbyist group, they tried to cut off money for the Vietnam War. They do not support wars and will not attempt to elect those who believe in war. They attempt to elect liberals by giving them money and other useful services. The NCEC does polling, precinct targeting to see who may vote for them, and attempt to use public relations to get the candidates' names out to the public.

One senator affected by the NCEC, Senator Church, said, "The work of NCEC constitutes one of the finest expressions of democratic principles in our public life today."

The National Committee for an Effective Congress does research on various items pertaining to Congress. One of the projects they have recently worked on is the projection of the election in 2010, as seen below. This listing shows the top ten candidates who may be elected to the United States Senate, where they are from, and which party they may represent. As noted, some candidates generally represent a single party, while others tend to vote either way, depending on the issue.

Senate Top 10 State 	.... National Committee for an Effective CongressOutlook

California Barbara Boxer ...Leans Democrat Colorado Michael Bennet ...Toss up

Delaware Thomas Kaufman ...no information available

Florida Mel Martinez (Open) ...Leans Republican

Illinois Roland Burris ...Toss up

Kentucky Jim Bunning ...Leans Republican

Missouri Kit Bond (Open) ...Toss-up

New Hampshire Judd Gregg (Open) ...Toss up

Ohio George Voinovich (Open) ...Toss up

Pennsylvania Arlen Specter ...Leans Republican

(as seen on www.ncec.org/senate_top10.html)

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Organizational structure
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Achievements
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Public perception and controversies
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