The scandal surrounding Senator Robert Menendez continues. This time it’s not front page grabbing allegations involving prostitutes and private jets,... View Article
Continue readingSenator Tester Champions Government Transparency; Reintroduces POIA
Today, Senator Jon Tester reintroduced The Public Online Information Act (POIA) a bill that would take already public government information... View Article
Continue readingOFA Should Disclose Contributions and Expenditures in Real Time
Less than a week after Organizing for Action chairman and former Obama campaign strategist Jim Messina assured the public that... View Article
Continue readingOFA–A Dark Money Group by Any Other Name
Organizing for Action (nee Obama for America), the campaign committee that morphed into an outside money haven, is trying change... View Article
Continue readingMore Money in Politics is Not the Answer
It’s axiomatic that the Sunlight Foundation believes transparency can deter corruption, foster accountability and increase the public’s participation in government. ... View Article
Continue readingSenator Tester Keeps Fighting the Good Fight for Transparency
Today, Senator Tester announced that once again he has introduced the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, (not yet online) a... View Article
Continue readingA Decidedly Different Obama on Transparency
On the first day of President Obama’s first term, he had a lot on his plate. The economy was in... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Recommendations to Wyden/Murkowski Disclosure Proposal
Senators Wyden and Murkowski have offered a proposal to shine a light on dark money, and opened it up to... View Article
Continue readingDISCLOSE Developments
Representative Van Hollen reintroduced the DISCLOSE Act in the House, marking his continued support for legislation that would shine a... View Article
Continue readingSunlight’s Legislative Agenda for the 113th Congress
The Sunlight Foundation’s legislative branch agenda for the 113th Congress is sweeping and comprehensive, but if Congress is committed to... View Article
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