The Office of Law Revision Counsel has just launched a pilot project to make updates to the U.S. Code available... View Article
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Each election cycle spawns new terms that the public and press have to make sense of, like soft money, express... View Article
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Today we learned what we knew all week: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is leaving the White House... View Article
Continue readingBeyond Super PACs: Political groups up electioneering spending as mid-terms approach
Outside organizations have so far reported spending more than $18 million to run issue ads mentioning candidates within 30 days of primaries and 60 days of the general election--a 31 percent increase over the last mid-term election cycle. Corporate trade associations, labor unions, environmental groups, proponents of traditional values and even a group that opposes big money in politics have run ads in the run up to November 2, reports from the Federal Election Commission show.
In the 2006 election cycle, the total organizations reported spending on electioneering communications in a comparable period was $13.7 million, according to ...
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Q&A sites have been around for quite a while, Ask MetaFilter and Google Answers being among my early favorites. Newer... View Article
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Yesterday, Rep. Bill Foster introduced a bill that would improve public access to legislative information. Specifically, H.R. 6289 calls for:... View Article
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Yesterday, Representative Bono Mack introduced a resolution amending House rules to require live internet streaming of all committee and subcommittee... View Article
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Crowdsourcing makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Think about it: tapping into the ingenuity of your peers to... View Article
Continue readingEd Gillespie: Enemy of Transparency
Former Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie has joined the ranks of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as an out-and-out... View Article
Continue readingShould lawmakers have to disclose their mistresses?
Lawmakers have to disclose the income earned by their spouse on their financial disclosures. They have to disclose whether their... View Article
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