Not old enough to vote, 16-year-old builds money-in-politics plug-in

Nick Rubin was 10 days into a month-long high school trip to China when he decided to come home this week.

And not because he was homesick or got sick of dumplings.

The 16-year-old of Seattle spent the better part of the last year building a database of members of Congress and their campaign contributors. It went live in June, and began generating considerable buzz online. He wanted to be stateside to help promote it.

By Colby Itkowitz

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