Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on New York’s WNYC to discuss his latest investigation of Charles Rangel’s finances. You can read... View Article
Continue readingSenate to Consider Feingold Earmark Amendment
Sen. Russ Feingold will offer an amendment to the stimulus bill today that would enact most of the earmark reforms... View Article
Continue readingYet Another Bill Not Given the 5-Day Comment Period
Yet again, the President signed a bill without providing for the 5 day public comment period he has promised in... View Article
Continue readingHouse Judiciary Committee Updates Web Site
The new look web site for the House Judiciary Committee is looking pretty darn good. The site features a nicer... View Article
Continue readingOne More Post on Daschle, Revolving Door
This Feb. 2nd Newshour segment is from before Tom Daschle dropped out, but the discussion regarding the revolving door and... View Article
Continue readingWhat We’ve Learned
So, Tom Daschle ended his bid to be Secretary of Health and Humans Services after a weekend of revelations showing... View Article
Continue readingStealth Bailout Lobbying
Even after the collapse of the financial industry and the subsequent bailout, firms injected with government money still found time... View Article
Continue readingExecutive Branch Struggles Online
In keeping with the previous post on the difficulties the White House is having with creating their tool enabling public... View Article
Continue readingSenate Stimulus Bill and CTO CRS Report
A quick note on two newly available documents. The Senate Finance Committee just released their version of the stimulus bill.... View Article
Continue readingOn the 5-Day Bill Posting Pledge
Last week, we discovered that President Obama had signed his first bill without fulfilling a pledge to post all non-emergency... View Article
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