A group of citizen journalists in the Cleveland metro, so outraged by corruption within their local government, have taken matters... View Article
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Sometimes the most potent advocacy tool is a well formed list. This is what makes Sunlight’s Insanely Useful Websites so... View Article
Continue readingAppetite for Disclosure
Not everyone has that kind of appetite apparently. Businesses and lobbying firms are still complaining about the disclosure of contributions... View Article
Continue readingOil Industry Influence: Personal Finances
“My name is Daniel Plainview and this is my son and partner H.W. Plainview. I’m an oil man.” Ok, ok,... View Article
Continue readingSenate Milcon earmark file available from TCS
Taxpayers for Common Sense has now posted a downloadable spreadsheet listing all earmarks from the S. 3301, the Senate Military Construction appropriations act.
Taxpayers writes,
In addition to the usual pork for fitness centers and chapels, the bills contained something unusual: Two earmarks worth $240 million for the Missile Defense Agency's European adventure.
I'm sure there's plenty of other stuff worth digging into. For more info from Taxpayers on earmarks, see here.
Continue readingWill Dodd and Conrad Attend Financial Literacy Brunch?
Earlier today, we posted schedules for some 370 events at the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions, many of which are sponsored by private interests. The RNC list is here, the DNC list is here. On page 7 of the latter document, there's an event called the "FSR Financial Literacy Brunch," sponsored by 21 companies, including Bank of America, which authored much of the recent bank bailout bill, according to media reports. Bank of America also took over distressed subprime lender Countrywide Financial, which gave preferential mortgage deals to, among others, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N ...
Continue reading“Cool project, what CMS did you guys use?”
Sunlight Labs is often asked "What CMS do you use?". James discusses our development philosophy and the drawbacks of CMS selection.
Continue readingUnofficial Schedules for Nominating Conventions List 370 Events for Pols, Insiders
Don’t be fooled by the talking heads and the pundits who ceaselessly tell us that nothing interesting happens at the... View Article
Continue readingTCS releases Senate Transportaion & HUD earmark database
Our friends at Taxpayers for Common Sense have analyzed, and compiled in a downloadable database available at the link, the earmarks from S. 3261, the Senate Transportation and Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. They note,
The FY09 Senate appropriations bill providing money for transportation and Housing and Urban Development projects contains 609 earmarks worth more than $954 million (click here for the database). This represents a cut of more than one-quarter in the value of earmarks from the Senate-passed bill for FY08 and a significant reduction in the overall number of earmarks. The FY08 Senate bill contained 822 earmarks ...Continue reading
#dontgo – to Disney World?
As chairman of the House Republican Conference, Rep. Adam Putnam has been busy with the #dontgo protest, in which angry... View Article
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