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Rules for giving campaign cash to family members: First, don’t do it. It’s not against any rules, but it looks... View Article
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As you may be aware, President-Elect Barack Obama has vacated his Senate seat and Sen. Hillary Clinton will be following... View Article
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According to POGO and TPM Muckraker, the hold on the nomination of Neil Barofsky to head the bailout oversight office... View Article
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Embattled Rep. Charles Rangel writes a letter to the New York Times taking issue with their latest investigative article into... View Article
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The California First Amendment Coalition and MAPLight.org (a Sunlight grantee) filed suit in California courts to force the Legislative Counsel... View Article
Continue readingRep.-Elect Polis Blogging Frosh Orientation
Here’s some pretty neat activity from Rep.-Elect Jared Polis of Colorado. He’s blogging the freshman orientation and has posted their... View Article
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In a reiteration of just about everything we cover here at Sunlight, Congressional Quarterly released a terrific article examining the... View Article
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TPM Muckraker has been all over the hold placed on the nomination of Neil Barofsky to lead the oversight of... View Article
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