07.15.2008 — Citizens Help Tally Which Lawmakers Disclosed their 2009 Earmark Requests OnlineThe Best of Disinfectants...
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Monumental
It’s been a bad two weeks for Ways and Means Committee chairman Charlie Rangel. Last week, the Washington Post and the New York Times broke successive stories revealing the congressman’s below market value apartment rentals and his use of congressional letterhead to solicit contributions from corporations for the construction of the Charles B. Rangel Center [...]
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The Sunlight “Transparency” Ecosystem 
Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
The Open House Project
- CMF on Constituent Communications July 17, 2008
- Legislative Databases recommendation makes it to House Leg Branch Appropriations markup July 14, 2008
- Web Use Update July 11, 2008
Congressional News Watch
- Congressman Seeks Ethics Probe of Fundraising July 18, 2008
- Activists to Members: Skip Parties July 18, 2008
- Probe Is Urged of Rangel's Fundraising for N.Y. Center July 17, 2008
OpenSecrets.org
- Power Struggle: Energizing the Presidential Race July 17, 2008
- Power Struggle: Energy Industries Open Up the Pipeline to Democrats July 17, 2008
- FEC Gives Out Consolation Prizes July 17, 2008
OpenCongress.org
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Summer Gas Tax
HolidayHike July 20, 2008 - A "Special Contempt" for Miers and Bolton July 20, 2008
- Drill in Alaska. But Where, Exactly? July 17, 2008
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PoliQuiz
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Let Our Congress Tweet
Congress should join us where we are talking, sharing and networking—online. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
Fortune 535
Running the Numbers on Congressional Net Worth. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door -
Punch Clock Map
Putting congressional transparency on the map.
Web Mentions
- SquareState.net:Random thoughts and brain farts from Netroots Nation July 18, 2008
- The Republic of Dave: Netroots Nation: A Fly on the Wall July 18, 2008
- Daylife: Sunlight Foundation - News, photos, topics, and quotes - July 18, 2008
- Uncover the Internet: Let Our Congress Tweet July 18, 2008
- Tree of Knowledge: One to look out for July 18, 2008
- Anderson Independent-Mail: U.S. Rep. Barrett recognized for disclosing earmark requests July 18, 2008
- Fight Through The Crowd: OpenCongress.org July 18, 2008
- BroadbandCensus.com: CWA Wants Better Broadband Data, As Does Internet for Everyone July 17, 2008
- Congressman Barrett Recognized by Sunlight Foundation for Disclosing 2009 Earmark Requests « SCHotline Press Releases July 17, 2008
- The Austin Chronicle: News: Bloggers and Pamphleteers: Karl Frisch and Lawrence Lessig on netroots politics July 17, 2008
Press Mentions
- Congress wades through 'tweets' July 15, 2008
- Editoral: Congressional earmarks posted on Sunlight Foundation Web site July 15, 2008
- Congressman has financial stake in O.C. tollway July 15, 2008
- Commentary - There they go again, stifling free speech July 13, 2008
- McCain takes lead in transparency race July 13, 2008
- In House, Tweets Fly Over Web Plan July 13, 2008
- Rules Panel’s Foray Into Online Video A Bit More Collegial July 11, 2008
- Teaching Can Pay Off July 9, 2008
- Congress Fails When It Comes to Disclosure July 7, 2008
- The Citizen Watchdogs of Web 2.0 July 7, 2008
