Congressional leaders have appointed members to the “Super Committee” — 12 lawmakers assigned the power and responsibility of cutting $1.5... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/16/2011
Here is Tuesday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingContact your Member of Congress with better self organizing tools
Recently, OpenCongress, a joint project of The Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation announced a new and improved way... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/15/2011
Here is Monday’s look at the week’s transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Google gobbles 7-month-old Motorola spinoff, faces FTC heat
Just 7 months after spinning off from its parent company, Motorola Mobility will be purchased by Google, Inc. for $12.5... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Tennessee keeps ethics violations secret
A new trend by those in power to keep public information secret from those who are not, is slowly spreading.... View Article
Continue reading2Day in #OpenGov 8/12/2011
Here is Friday’s look at transparency-related news items, congressional committee hearings, transparency-related bills introduced in Congress, and transparency-related events. News... View Article
Continue readingChoosing CRS’s Next Director
Want to be the next Director of the Congressional Research Service? This past Monday, the Library of Congress posted a... View Article
Continue readingBecerra, Clyburn, Van Hollen are House Dem Picks for Super Committee
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has tapped three close allies who are on powerful House committees to serve on the Joint Special Committee to find new ways of cutting the budget to roll back the national deficit. Her picks are: Reps, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, James Clyburn from South Carolina, and Xavier Bacerra from California.
Both Van Hollen and Clyburn also served on Vice President Joe Biden’s deficit reduction committee earlier this year.
Xavier Becerra, who serves on the powerful Ways and Means Committee, is ranking member of the subcommittee on social security—a flash point for debt ...
Continue readingReport Ties Financial Industry Lobbying to the Financial Crisis
“The political influence of the financial industry can be a source of systemic risk,” is the thrust of an IMF... View Article
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