Today is the day that the House plans to vote on the cap and trade bill that has mysteriously changed... View Article
Continue readingCap and Trade Underpants Gnomes
The pace for the cap and trade bill continues apace. Today, the House Rules Committee posted to their web site... View Article
Continue readingWhat the cap and trade rush does to advocacy
So, it looks as though the cap and trade bill will continue to sail toward a Friday vote despite the... View Article
Continue readingWhat info do YOU want in our new congressional profiles?
This fall the Sunlight Foundation is creating a whole new generation of watchdogs by engaging thousands of high school students... View Article
Continue readingEarmark My Words
What do top earmarkers talk about in Congress? Does our money go where their mouths are? In the case of... View Article
Continue readingCapitol Words: Socialism
What’s that word, you know, from the 1980s, that you’ve been hearing congressmen say all the time? It refers to... View Article
Continue readingCongressional Statements of Expenditures, the MP Expense Scandal, and the Case for Transparency
What would happen here in the States if congressmen were revealed to have used their office allowances (Member’s Representational Allowance)... View Article
Continue readingGM, Chrysler to cut 3,000 campaign contributors
...er...dealers:
General Motors Corp and Chrysler aim to drop as many as 3,000 U.S. dealers and are expected to begin sending notifications as early as Thursday, three people briefed on the still developing plans said.GM, facing a U.S. government-imposed deadline of June 1 to restructure or file for bankruptcy, is expected to send termination notices to up to 2,000 dealers -- a third of its roughly 6,000 U.S. dealers, the sources told Reuters.
Chrysler, which filed for bankruptcy on April 30, will also tell up to 1,000 of its 3,189 U ...
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2 Easy Wins for your Congressional Website
2 Easy wins for your Congressional Website
Lots of members of congress are busily updating their website. It seems these days that we're getting lots of brilliantly designed congressional websites as the innovation in design from the campaigns trickles ever so slowly into government.
If you're helping to build your Member of Congress' website, I'd like to ask you to do two things:
Continue readingWeekly Media Roundup – April 13, 2009
Each weekday, Sunlight’s communications team collects all the press mentions of Sunlight and of our grantees. Instead of just keeping... View Article
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