A few times today we’ve seen this video cross our desks, where the House adjourns, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer... View Article
Continue readingGroups Call for 3 Day Rule
Sunlight has long called for all bills to be posted online for 3 days before they’re considered on the floor.... View Article
Continue readingBoehner’s 72 Hour Pledges, Condensed
Throughout the last year, we’ve repeatedly pointed out that Speaker Boehner repeatedly pledged to put all bills online for 72... View Article
Continue readingObama’s Open Government Directive, Two Years On
Tomorrow is the two year anniversary of the Open Government Directive (OGD), the signature transparency policy issued by the Obama administration... View Article
Continue readingAbstinence Only Earmark Reform
We’ve heard this story before. Today’s Washington Post explains that Senators McCaskill and Toomey are planning to propose a new... View Article
Continue readingOn Supercommittee Failure
It looks increasingly likely that the supercommittee is going to fail to recommend a deficit reduction package to Congress. As it... View Article
Continue readingJustice Department’s New FOIA Regulations: Still Worse than Reported
Since the last time we wrote about the DOJ’s newly proposed FOIA regulations, as part of signing on to EPIC’s... View Article
Continue readingBe Very Wary of the STOCK Act
Since the 60 Minutes expose on insider trading, the STOCK Act (HR 1148)has gained enormous steam in both the House... View Article
Continue readingMore Secrecy for Private Jet Owners
Why is Congress trying to make it harder to see where private jets are flying? Deep in the embattled FAA... View Article
Continue readingObama Administration May Take on Earmarks
While there’s currently a so-called “ban” on earmarks in the Congress, it’s widely reported that this earmark ban isn’t really... View Article
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