Despite protestations from our favorite tweeting and qiking member of Congress, there does appear to be a relationship between supporting... View Article
Continue readingLegal Background on Stevens Case
Michael Stern at Point of Order, one of the better blogs for legal issues in Congress, covers the legal background... View Article
Continue readingTwitter and Qik Cover Pro-Oil Drilling Protest in House
Ben Pershing at the Washington Post writes, “If a party stages a protest on the House floor but no one... View Article
Continue readingFreddie Mac Discontinues Party
Mortgage giant Freddie Mac, a recent recipient of a federal bailout, will not throw a party during the Democratic nominatin... View Article
Continue readingPublic Markup Transparency Bill Revised
Sunlight’s distributed effort at creating a model transparency bill – the Transparency in Government Act of 2008 – reached its... View Article
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Yesterday, the Senate opened their arms and hearts to Sen. Ted Stevens while vulnerable Republicans simultaneously emptied their campaign coffers... View Article
Continue readingReason.tv on Earmarks
Maybe this can serve as an example for the networked journalism Porkbusters/Eyblast.tv project Bill just posted about. Reason.tv on the... View Article
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VECO has spent the last decade or so providing the slick for Alaska politics and it’s come come back to... View Article
Continue readingFedspending.org Hits 10 Million
This June, Fedspending.org, the contracts and grants database run by OMB Watch, reached its 10 millionth search. Today the database... View Article
Continue readingOne More Thing on Stevens
Sen. Ted Stevens released a statement in which he declares his innocence and vows to fight the charges. He also... View Article
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