Here’s a great Follow-the-Money story in this morning’s Wall Street Journal about the battle between the car manufacturers and consumer... View Article
Continue readingHappy Birthday FOIA
Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News reminds us that Friday July 4th is the 42nd anniversary of Lyndon Johnson signing the... View Article
Continue readingCorporate Profits Follow Power
Over the weekend, Tim Harford at Slate asked an interesting question: “How much do Republican-leaning corporations benefit from Republican political... View Article
Continue readingWashington’s Revolving Door
The American News Project has a nice piece today on the revolving door problem in Congress, using as an example... View Article
Continue readingFinancial Holdings of Spouses
The Center for Responsive Politics has a nice post that digs deeply into that treasure trove known as the Personal... View Article
Continue readingOne Step Forward for Transparency
Last month, I blogged about the Center for Public Integrity‘s brilliant expose’ “Shadow Government,” dealing with federal advisory committees, the... View Article
Continue readingTweetobbying
Rafael DeGennaro, founder and president of ReadTheBill.org (an early Sunlight grantee) has picked up on twittering between Rep. John Culberson... View Article
Continue readingRebooting Democracy
Rebooting Democracy, a compendium of some 44 essays, was released earlier this week at the Personal Democracy Forum conference. It... View Article
Continue readingGroups Demand More Transparency in Fundraising from McCain and Obama
Sunlight has joined with seven other organizations in calling on the McCain and Obama campaigns to provide more details about... View Article
Continue readingLawmaker Profiler on Politiker.com
On Monday, the New York Observer installed the new version of Sunlight’s Lawmaker Profiler on their politics section. They even... View Article
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