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Continue readingHouse Health Care Markups
This is a quick update on what the committees in the House have done with the health care bill since... View Article
Continue readingHealth Care Word Soup: Luntz Memo
Back in May, in anticipation of the coming health care debate, Republican pollster, strategist and word smith Frank Luntz penned... View Article
Continue readingHouse Health Care Bill: Its Path and Transparency
Yesterday, the House of Representatives released a 1,018 page bill (H.R. 3200) to reform the nation’s health care system. This... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finance Committee Health Care Influence Cluster: The Republicans
Over the past few weeks, our designer Kerry and I have visualized the health care lobbyist connections of Senate Finance... View Article
Continue readingIs it really worth it?
Last week, the House Ethics Committee confirmed that they were investigating two Caribbean trips, in 2007 and 2008, taken by... View Article
Continue readingHealth Care Industry Operates Shadow Congress of Lobbyists
The Washington Post reports today that the health care industry, in its attempt to influence the debate over health care... View Article
Continue readingScandaLand: Who Is Currently Involved In A Congressional Scandal
Are you a lawmaker in Washington wondering whether you are involved in a scandal or under investigation? Well, we’ve made... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finance Committee Health Care Influence Cluster: The Democrats
Last week, I took a look at the circle of former staffers turned health care lobbyists that surround Senate Finance... View Article
Continue readingIncreasing Legislative Transparency: Read the Bill and Beyond
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed the cap and trade bill after an incredibly messy process left little time... View Article
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