Tomorrow, the Federal Reserve is supposed to release information regarding a suite of programs created to increase lending during height... View Article
Continue readingEthics committee releases text of Rangel censure resolution
The House Ethics Committee released the text of the resolution to censure Rep. Charlie Rangel. You can view it here:... View Article
Continue readingAnnouncing Checking Influence
This morning the Data Commons team released their newest tool: Checking Influence, a bookmarklet that lets online banking users gain insight on how the merchants with whom they do business are influencing our political system. We think it's a great example of the future of influence disclosure -- hopefully you'll agree.
But I won't prattle on about it any more here. The announcement blog post goes into more detail. I hope you'll give that a read, and give the tool a try.
Continue readingPost-Congress Careers: Bob Bennett
The Washington Examiner’s Tim Carney had an amusing and mostly accurate run-down on where the retiring and defeated senators of... View Article
Continue readingIt’s Time For Earmark Transparency
As Paul just noted, the Senate just rejected a ban on earmarks. In the absence of an outright, Congress-wide ban... View Article
Continue readingSenate rejects earmark ban 39-56
In a fairly unsurprising vote, the Senate just rejected a two year ban on earmarks by a 39-56 vote. While... View Article
Continue readingSunlight’s Checking Influence: Find the Politics in Your Pocketbook
The Sunlight Foundation is proud to announce our Checking Influence tool that gives individuals the power to see the political... View Article
Continue readingWhat to expect with Rangel
Since the C-Span archives only go back to 1987 the best example that I can provide is the 1990 debate... View Article
Continue readingEthics updates
Rep. Maxine Waters wants her ethics trial to be held without delay: “So my message to the committee is simple:... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Blogger Round-up: Judgeship Applications to be disclosed
Carol Geiger, Steve Hall and Kathy Posner all have one thing in common. To see their government held accountable and ... View Article
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