Making sure that people can get information about what our government is doing is the heart of what we do... View Article
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In case you missed it, last night some-time South Carolina Presidential candidate and super PAC founder Stephen Colbert gave a... View Article
Continue readingClose the lobbying loopholes
Today NPR’s Planet Money team aired a story about disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff’s legal lobbying activities (as few of... View Article
Continue reading1021 Days Later…
It has already begun. And it’s getting worse. Two years ago, on January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court unleashed it,... View Article
Continue readingHappy Holidays from Sunlight!
In case you missed it, I wanted to share this message that Ellen Miller, our Executive Director, sent out this... View Article
Continue readingAnnouncing… Sunlight Olympics!
Inspired by an event our Labs team has held for the last two years (which you can catch up on... View Article
Continue readingThe Occupation of K Street: Lobbying, Citizens United and the need for reform
Earlier today, protestors from OccupyDC headed over to the offices of the Podesta Group, a high profile lobbying firm, before... View Article
Continue readingTeach-in at #OccupyDC this Sunday
Like many organizers, I’ve been following the #occupywallstreet movement for a while. Last weekend, I was planning to head up... View Article
Continue readingConference call on “Super Committee” today
Today at 2pm ET, Sunlight and Public Citizen will be hosting a special conference call to update activists on the... View Article
Continue readingThe Debt Ceiling and You
Congressional leaders have appointed members to the “Super Committee” — 12 lawmakers assigned the power and responsibility of cutting $1.5... View Article
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