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Sunlight Foundation
about 16 hours ago |
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A few weeks back, we asked members of our community to tells us a little about themselves: What are you looking for from their government? When it comes to transparency, what is your most important...
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Sunlight Foundation
about 18 hours ago |
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And now to totally contradict my previous post stating why no one needs to talk about tickle-monster Eric Massa.
The House voted today 404-2 to recommend that the House Ethics Committee reopen thei...
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Sunlight Foundation
about 22 hours ago |
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1) Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and a member of her staff are being called before a grand jury in Michigan. Details are not known, but her son, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, has faced a ...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-11 |
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While everyone’s been running around writing about former congresstickler Eric Massa, Eric Lichtblau and Eric Lipton of the New York Times spent some time digging further into a congressional...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-10 |
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Government transparency is that rarest of political phenomena — a great idea with support across the political spectrum and popularity among the public. Yet, here we are in the 21st century ...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-10 |
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1) Roll Call prints a classic headline: “Earmark Advocates Skeptical of Ban.” Who would have thought that?
2) Bailed-out firms are getting back in the lobbying game.
3) Rep. Jeff Flake ...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-09 |
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The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.
Billy Tauzin was bounced from his perch as President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) after the deals he helped ...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-09 |
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Sen. Blanche Lincoln has put herself front and center in opposing efforts by her party’s leadership to pass or implement comprehensive caps on carbon emissions in the United States. She oppos...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-09 |
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1) Nancy Scola presents a very important view of lobbyist influence in Congress. She writes about lawmakers, “They’re not crooks, they’re idiots! So many members of Congress ̵...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-08 |
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Wondering why the House Ethics Committee exonerated every single lawmaker touched by the PMA Group campaign contributions-for-earmarks scandal? They didn’t interview anyone:
The Feb. 26 ethic...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-08 |
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Should a court case on whether Washington state must disclose the identities of people calling for a referendum affect the kinds of disclosure required under campaign finance law? We say no. The ex...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-04 |
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For the second time ever, the House of Representatives released an online update to its “House Expenditure Reports“ — a compendium of how the lower chamber spends money. For year...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-03 |
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As Democrats move forward to pass health care reform attention has focused on a key piece of Senate rules known as budget reconciliation. This post takes Senate vote records covering 13 key reconci...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-03 |
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Seven key Democrats seen as potential vote-flippers on the health care reform bill are heavily reliant on campaign funds from party leadership and online progressive activists.
According to campaig...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-03 |
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Rep. Charlie Rangel temporarily resigned his chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee pending the completion of various ethics probes into his personal finances and other activities. (F...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-02 |
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1) Lobbying: Who will win and who will lose?
2) Lawmakers pocket money for official trips paid out of their office accounts. Not the prettiest story.
3) McClatchy visualizes the pain put on certain...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-01 |
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Last we left off in the story of the White House-PhRMA deal the White House had made new cost cutting proposals that would affect the pharmaceutical industry. PhRMA has since put out a press releas...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-01 |
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There’s a been a bunch of writing around the Internet about the success/failure of last week’s Blair House health care summit. A lot of the focus has been on the illusion of transparenc...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-03-01 |
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During the bipartisan health care summit last Thursday, Feb 25, Sunlight tried something new by connecting a live political event to the government data and information we work to make more accessi...
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Sunlight Foundation
2010-02-26 |
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There are a lot of reasons that I never watch television news, particularly cable news. This “CNN analysis” of the Blair House health care summit is an example of why I choose not to ge...
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