Following up on Daniel’s post from last week, here’s a chart showing the days in session for the House going... View Article
Continue readingAM Links
1) I was playing around with this Visual Budget Tracker over at The Daily Caller. Let me know if you... View Article
Continue readingREPOST: Next Banking Committee Chair Has Ties to Financial Sector
Note: I wrote this over the summer when the possibility existed that Sen. Chris Dodd would be moving from the... View Article
Continue readingNoon Links
1) Read this long piece by James Fallows. It’s not directly about transparency, but rather government dysfunction. Good thought piece... View Article
Continue readingShifting Legislative Dynamics & Transparency
A couple of days ago I wrote about some of the potential transparency issues related to the decision by House... View Article
Continue readingAfternoon Links
1) Earmarks are down by 1/3. 2) A firm linked to Rep. John Murtha not allowed to get contracts from... View Article
Continue readingSkipping Conference Committee: What Does It Mean?
Earlier today, Jonathan Cohn broke the news that House and Senate Democrats are “almost certainly” going to bypass the official... View Article
Continue readingAnd We’re Back
Happy New Year everyone! After a few days off for the holidays the Sunlight staff is all back in the... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists and Republicans Huddle As Financial Reform Ball Moves Down Field
Roll Call reports that House Republican leadership met with approximately 100 lobbyists to hash out strategy to defeat financial regulatory... View Article
Continue readingOpen Government Directive Link Round-up
Nancy Scola’s live-blogging of the release. OMB Watch’s take. Steven Aftergood from the Federal of American Scientists. National Security Archive’s... View Article
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