We are proud to announce that the Sunlight Foundation is now part of the “Show Me the Spending Coalition.” The... View Article
Continue readingGOP Takes a Stand for Transparency
There’s a bit of irony in this story. House Republican leaders are calling for Democrats to post the stimulus bill,... View Article
Continue readingFeingold Earmark Amendment Fails
Yesterday, an earmark reform amendment to the stimulus bill introduced by Sen. Russ Feingold was defeated 32-65. The amendment was... View Article
Continue readingTransparency Shmansparency
In an effort to extract some transparency from the Obama administration regarding the waivers for lobbyists handed out by OMB... View Article
Continue readingWNYC Covers Rangel Flap
Sunlight’s Bill Allison was on New York’s WNYC to discuss his latest investigation of Charles Rangel’s finances. You can read... View Article
Continue readingA Transparent and Accountable Recovery
In the wake of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), and while Congress debates the massive stimulus bill, the Coalition... View Article
Continue readingPower Of Information Report
Yesterday, I blogged about WriteToReply.org, a brand new site built by two smart and enterprising fellows to research online and... View Article
Continue readingPro Publica Finds Earmarks in the Stimulus
Mike Grabell of Pro Publica dug through the "earmark free" stimulus and found...earmarks!. There's a story with more detail here (and the obligatory Shakespeare paraphrase).
Continue readingGreasing the stimulus with pork?
Glenn Reynolds flags the latest twist on earmarks -- we'll have them, but call them something else:
At some point, [House Majority Whip James] Clyburn [(D-S.C.)] noted, there will be a list of projects funded by the package, and Members want to have input.The list is going to come from somewhere, he said.
House Appropriations ranking member Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.) questioned whether the bill can truly be considered free of earmarks when it will be loaded up with complicated formulas directing spending.
Calling it an earmark-free thing and then saying there are established formulas doesn't sound very ...
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No time to read in the other Washington either
Rep. Gary Alexander, a Republican legislator from Washington state, thinks that folks in the legislature there should actually have time... View Article
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