Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the Democratic nominee for South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, deleted more than 500 tweets from her campaign Twitter account this morning.
Continue readingIntroducing Sunlight’s Transparency Drone
After years of waiting for the technology and regulations to catch up to our goals, we’re finally able to unveil our latest project: Transparency Drone.
Continue readingPro-CISPA Lawmaker Deletes Retweet about Money Received from Pro-CISPA Groups
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), a co-sponsor and major supporter of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), deleted a retweet of an analysis of contributions to lawmakers from pro-CISPA companies.
Continue readingWord Cloud of Senator Rand Paul’s Filibuster
The Sunlight Foundation's Capitol Words project has finished processing Senator Rand Paul's filibuster of John Brennan's nomination to head the C.I.A. from the Congressional Record.
Continue readingUse Scout to Track CISPA
Last week the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, better known as CISPA, was reintroduced by Chairman Mike Rogers... View Article
Continue readingOpen States: Find and Follow Your State Capitol
After more than four years of work from volunteers and a full-time team here at Sunlight we're immensely proud to launch the full Open States site with searchable legislative data for all 50 states, D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Continue readingState of the Union: What Twoops May Come?
In a few hours, President Obama will deliver the annual State of the Union address to update Congress and the public on his administration's priorities. In addition to the usual contest of claps and ovations v. frowns and silence, there are sure to be many reactions across social media.
Continue readingPolitwoops and Rep. David Schweikert
Some may not remember this now that most members of Congress are on Twitter, but it was once not permitted by Franking rules for our representatives to use Twitter. Sunlight successfully campaigned for those rules to be changed through our Open House Project and in 2008 with our campaign called "Let Our Congress Tweet."
Continue readingUse Scout to Track the Action on Immigration
This morning the House Judiciary Committee kicked off their first hearing on immigration reform and it's a great opportunity to remind folks invested in this topic to utilize our Scout project to track developments.
Continue readingRep. Raúl R. Labrador’s Super Bowl Politwoop
Update: Rep. Labrador's office has returned our request for comment and blames a "staff error."
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