Editing OpenSecrets (section)

===Center for Responsive Politics===
The '''Center for Responsive Politics''' was founded in 1983 by retired U.S. Senators [[Frank Church]] of [[Idaho]], of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], and [[Hugh Scott]] of [[Pennsylvania]], of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].<ref name=founding/> In the 1980s, Church and Scott launched a "money-in-politics" project, whose outcome consisted of large, printed books. Their first book, ''Spending in Congressional Elections: A Never-Ending Spiral'', published in 1988, analyzed spending patterns in congressional elections from 1974 through 1986, including 1986 [[Campaign finance in the United States#"Soft" money/Independent expenditure|soft money]] contributions in five states. The first data was published by CRP in 1990 and the website OpenSecrets.org was launched in 1996, making the data more readily available.<ref name=founding/><ref>{{Cite news | url=https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/features/on-the-web/opensecrets.org | title=OpenSecrets.org | work=[[Candid (organization)|Candid]] | date=July 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/2011/05/opensecretsorg.php/ | title=OpenSecrets.org | first=Daniel | last=Luzer | website=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] | date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>