<p><a href="http://www.legistorm.com/">LegiStorm</a>, the Web site that shares Sunlight's goals of making Congress as transparent as possible, via their <a href="http://www.legistorm.com/blog/roll-call-uses-legistorm-s-data-to-reveal-violation-of-house-rules.html">blog</a> reports on how <i><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_130/news/23375-1.html">Roll Call</a> </i>used LegiStorm's congressional data to show how <a href="http://www.legistorm.com/person/Christopher_W_Riley/12113.html">Christopher Riley</a>, chief of staff for <a href="http://www.legistorm.com/memberbio/199/Rep_Nathan_Deal.html">U.S. Rep. Nathan Deal</a>, violated House rules by exceeding the amount of side income a staff member can make.  Riley was being paid by his bosses' reelection campaign, as well as receiving a congressional salary.  As Deal's chief of staff, Deal earned a large enough salary that qualified him as a &quot;senior staffer.&quot; House rules limit such staffers to $25,000 in outside income annually.  Riley's income had greatly exceeded this amount, LegiStrom's data revealed.  In response to <i>Roll Call</i>'s inquiries, he returned $90,000 to Deal's campaign.  Deal said he was unaware of the House rule limiting outside income.</p>  <p>Earlier this week, <i><a href="http://www.rollcall.com/issues/53_128/news/23293-1.html">Roll Call</a> </i>published a story that used LegiStorm's financial disclosures to reveal a potential conflict of interest with an energy business owned by <a href="http://www.legistorm.com/memberbio/415/Rep_Steve_Pearce.html">Rep. Steve Pearce</a>.  The paper reported that Pearce sold his assets of his oil services company for $12 million to an energy company that had testified before a panel he co-chaired.  Pearce's personal financial disclosure listed the value of the company at $1 million to $5 million.