Last year, the Open House Project proposed the loosening of rules governing what lawmakers can post to their official web... View Article
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Noted curmudgeon David Obey, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, yesterday issued a disobliging statement towards the cause of transparency.... View Article
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The consideration of the $700 billion bailout bill — now lovingly known as the Authorization for Use of Financial Force... View Article
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Two years ago, I was named Time’s person of the year and now I own an insurance company, two mortgage... View Article
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted on a bill that ought to offend Americans of all stripes. The culmination of... View Article
Continue readingWall Street to Washington
The complete meltdown in subprime mortgages has caused a total makeover of the investment industry. The effect of the makeover... View Article
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Like a man sinking in quicksand, Rep. Charles Rangel continues, with every flailing day, to sink further as more discrepancies... View Article
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Yesterday, the Inspector General of the Department of the Interior released multiple reports revealing widespread corruption in the Mineral Management... View Article
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If you’re a lawmaker, or former CIA official, caught in a corruption investigation there are many different ways to get... View Article
Continue readingFighting Secrecy
The House appears to be on the ball in pushing back against the kind of executive branch secrecy that Ellen... View Article
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