A bipartisan group of Members of Congress sent a letter to House and Senate leadership outlining specific transparency recommendations for... View Article
Continue readingNo Bold Steps in Chicago Lobbying Reform Legislation
The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance sought by Mayor Rahm Emanuel tightening lobbying rules and increasing disclosure of lobbyist... View Article
Continue readingCount Transparency and the Chamber of Secrets*
“While once upon a time disclosure reports sat in file cabinets at the Federal Election Commission or in the state... View Article
Continue readingWhile the Public is Shut Out, Former Members Lobby on Debt Ceiling with Abandon
Yesterday it was reported that a former Member of Congress, Ernest Istook, was seen on the House floor asking his... View Article
Continue readingPity the Poor Lobbyists
The Hill’s Congress Blog last week featured an item by Howard Marlowe, president of the American League of Lobbyists, in... View Article
Continue readingPreempting Sunlight
House Republicans, and more than a few Democrats, have taken a series of votes to kill a proposed executive order... View Article
Continue readingAsk your Senators to Use the Net to Electronically File Campaign Finance Reports
Today, the Sunlight Foundation launched a campaign urging Senators to voluntarily file their campaign finance reports electronically. Presidential candidates and... View Article
Continue readingBill Shines a Light on Corporate Political Spending
Today five Senators (Menendez, Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Sherrod Brown and Lautenberg) and Representative Capuano, along with more than forty of his... View Article
Continue readingSemi-soft Money Prevails at the FEC
The FEC’s decision on Stephen Colbert’s request to form a PAC garnered a lot of publicity today, but a second,... View Article
Continue readingLobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act Introduced
Representatives Quigley and Polis took a significant step toward improving what we know about Washington power players by introducing the... View Article
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