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Mapping Max Baucus’ Health Care Lobbyist Complex. Click image for full visualization. As the chair of the Senate Finance Committee,... View Article
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Since Wednesday, when the sex scandal engulfing Sen. John Ensign morphed into a public expense scandal, we’ve learned quite a... View Article
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Today, former senators Tom Daschle and Bob Dole released a plan for health care reform that is being hailed a... View Article
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I was reading this blog post that the Advocacy Director of End the Occupation, a pro-Palestinian organization, sent Sunlight over... View Article
Continue readingNew Financial Regulations and Read the Bill
Two days ago, President Obama announced his plan for new regulations to police the financial industry in the wake of... View Article
Continue readingIs Ensign’s Sex Scandal More Than a Sex Scandal?
Yesterday, Sen. John Ensign admitted to an affair with a campaign staffer who was also the wife of Ensign’s administrative... View Article
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Every year there are a bunch of bills that wind up getting pushed through Congress with little time for both... View Article
Continue readingHelp Sunlight Bid on Recovery.gov
You’re going to want to go over to the Sunlight Labs blog for this one. Labs Director Clay Johnson announced... View Article
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