By an overwhelming majority, Senators passed the STOCK Act, a bill Majority Leader Reid described as, “a critical step toward... View Article
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The New York Times looked at this week’s Super PAC filings with the FEC and demonstrated—again—what we knew would be... View Article
Continue readingTester and Cochran offer Electronic Filing Amendment to the STOCK Act
Senators Tester and Cochran, champions of common sense legislation that would require senators and senate candidates to electronically file their... View Article
Continue readingGingrich not a Lobbyist? Time to Change the Definition
Bill Clinton famously tried to claim he hadn’t lied about his relationship Monica Lewinsky by saying, “It depends on what... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Drafts SUPERPAC Act to Address Hidden Money in Elections
As the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision approaches, the Sunlight Foundation has drafted the Stop... View Article
Continue readingSecret Meetings with Members of Congress Result in Big Profits for Hedge Funds
While the middle class is facing a tax hike because of yet another congressional stalemate, Wall Street hedge funds and... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Supports a Centralized FCC Database of Information about Political Ads
Today the Sunlight Foundation submitted comments encouraging the FCC to quickly create a centralized, publicly accessible database of information about... View Article
Continue readingAdd Gingrich to the Long List of Stealth Lobbyists
Here’s a riddle: What do you call it when someone earns millions of dollars from corporate clients, uses his relationships... View Article
Continue readingEnact the STOCK Act
Today, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing designed, it seems, to derail growing momentum in favor of... View Article
Continue readingBroad Spectrum of Interests Urge Super Committee Transparency
A bipartisan assembly of groups representing a variety of interests—from a conservative government watchdog to a supporter of women’s rights... View Article
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