The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted out S. 3335, the Earmark Transparency Act today, but not without... View Article
Continue readingDrug databases missing from data.gov
The Food and Drug Administration maintains 11 crucial drug databases available to the public on the agency website. However, if you tried to look them up on Data.gov, the administration's flagship site for organizing government data, you wouldn't have any luck finding them.
The databases listed include this one, drugs@FDA, the go-to place to search for background information on prescription drugs approved for sale in this country. For newer drugs, it contains links to scientific documents used by the agency in determining whether the drug is safe and effective. (The database contains many gaps though, as ...
Rangel and expulsion, ctd
It looks like it’s a choice of leaving on your own two feet or getting hoisted up by your collar... View Article
Continue readingDISCLOSE Act Liveblog
57-41 cloture fails. Olympia Snowe votes “no” on DISCLOSE Act cloture vote. For full live-blog see below:
Continue readingYour media losing respect and credibility
A blogger with an actual name–Andrew Breitbart–posts an edited video that leads to the firing of an employee at the... View Article
Continue readingRangel round-up
I am dreaming of a day when online editors will refrain from headlines like “Democrats wrangle over Rangel.” Hopefully, I’m... View Article
Continue readingRangel and expulsion, ctd
It looks likes Rep. Charlie Rangel is surveying the battlefield that lies ahead as he faces the beginning of an... View Article
Continue readingRangel and expulsion
Six years and two days ago, the House of Representatives expelled Rep. James Traficant after he was found guilty of... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United: Massachusetts’ response
The Supreme Court’s decision in the Citizens United v. FEC case has rendered 24 states' election laws unconstitutional. The 5-4 ruling in favor of Citizens United reversed a provision of the McCain-Feingold act that prohibited any electioneering communication—defined as advertising via broadcast, cable or satellite that is paid for by corporations or labor unions. Many states have acted fast to counter corporations’ ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections by passing laws that force disclosure of all independent expenditures in near real time. The Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group has decided to report what each of ...
Continue readingPartisan Self-Preservation may Derail DISCLOSE
The Senate is expected to bring up the DISCLOSE Act tomorrow—perhaps a last stand to get the bill enacted before... View Article
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