A number of press reports suggest today that the Super Committee’s rules permit it to close meetings to the public.... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency Update: Rules Adopted
The “Super Committee” has just finished its first organizational meeting, and we now know a little more about how it’s... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Will Hold Public Meetings
We’re enormously relieved to read that the Super Committee will hold public meetings: Both meetings are open to the public... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency: Not Going Away
Just a reminder: the issue of transparency for the Super Committee isn’t going away. It’s been three weeks since the... View Article
Continue readingOfficial SuperCommittee Meetings Must be Public
Over the last week, the push for an open “supercommittee” has grown into a national issue. The issue has become... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency Updates
TPM has an important summary of the growing push for a transparent Joint Committee (aka the “SuperCommittee” aka the “SuperCongress”),... View Article
Continue readingQuigley and Renacci Call for Open SuperCommittee
Movement is building for a transparent “Super Committee”. (As the #supercongress or Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction is also... View Article
Continue readingNew Coalition Letter Demands Transparent Supercommittee
We’re quickly approaching the next deadlines in the formation of the new “supercommittee” tasked by law with identifying $1.5 trillion... View Article
Continue readingPelosi Calls for Transparent Joint Committee
Late yesterday, Leader Pelosi called for the new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction (or “SuperCongress”) to hold open meetings... View Article
Continue readingBuilding Steam for “SuperCongress” Transparency
Since our Tuesday morning blog post, a growing chorus is demanding that Congress’s new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction... View Article
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