From the 1990 election cycle to the 2008 election cycle the health sector contributed over $829 million to candidates for... View Article
Continue readingLatest from Citizens United: Disclosure, Yes. Contribution limits, No.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today in favor of disclosure and against contribution limits for outside groups running... View Article
Continue readingTransparency, the Internet and the Affordable Care Act
Last year, I looked at the instances of the word “Internet” in the Senate version of the health care reform... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Testimony Interrupted by Reconciliation Obstructionism
“Sunlight is the best of disinfectants…” Those were practically the last words out of the mouth of the Sunlight Foundation’s... View Article
Continue readingThe History of Transparency — Part 1: Opening the Channels of Information to the People in the 18th Century
Last week, my colleague John Wonderlich spoke on a panel about the nature of the Open Government Directive with other... View Article
Continue readingThe First Citizens United Ad
The Texas Tribune spots what could possibly be the first corporate-sponsored political advertisement allowed under the Citizens United ruling. The... View Article
Continue readingHealth Care Recap: Interest Group Power
I noticed this post last week from Matt Yglesias dinging Ezra Klein on the power of interest groups in light... View Article
Continue readingPublic=Online Launch Event @ Google
“I can’t think of a more important word in politics than transparency.” Those words were spoken by Huffington Post’s Technology... View Article
Continue readingRanking Occupations by Ideology
This is a really clever infographic by Adam Bonica showing the ideological placement of occupations through an examination of their... View Article
Continue readingLunchtime Links
1) The Washington Post has an excellent infographic on House health care votes, campaign contributions and percent uninsured in district.... View Article
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