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February 2009

  • Topeka Capital-Journal - Lavish events

    The economy keeps swooning. Americans keep scrimping. And yet some members of Congress keep right on throwing ritzy fundraising events as if the bulls on Wall Street never stopped running.

  • Washington Examiner - Editorial: Obama, Reid, Pelosi burn billions behind closed doors

    For officials who came into office promising to operate the most honest and transparent White House and Congress ever, President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid seem determined to achieve exactly the opposite result. Their actions in securing passage of the $1 trillion economic stimulus bill – the total cost exceeds $1 trillion when interest is added to the $838 billion Senate or $827 billion House versions - would be laughable were not the consequences for the nation so dire. Take for example the trio’s determination to hustle the Senate-House conference committee to begin meeting within hours of Senate passage of the upper chamber’s compromise version.

  • Roll Call - Outrageous

    In this year when “transparency” is all the rage, it would be appropriate for the Senate — at long last — to join the House and every federal political committee in filing campaign finance reports electronically.

  • Detroit News - Let the sunshine in

    The Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to transparency in government, is calling on President Obama to post the stimulus package online for at least 72 hours before it goes to a final vote. That's a fine idea.

  • Orange County Register - Post stimulus bill online first. Why not?

    I get an occasional e-mail from something called the Sunlight Foundation, which so far as I can see is that rare creature, a group billed as non-partisan that really is pretty close to being non-partisan, in that they have fairly consistently encouraged more openness and transparency on both Republicans and Democrats.

  • The Detroit News - GOP playing vital role in stimulus bill

    Twice in recent weeks President Barack Obama has reminded Republican members of Congress that there was an election in November, and he won. That's true. There's no disputing that Obama now gets his mail at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C.

  • NY Post - And Over the Top

    Say this for Rep. Charlie Rangel, dean of the New York congressional delegation and chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee: He's consistent.