The House Appropriations Committee had apparently tweaked its report language regarding bulk access to legislative information. The report approved by... View Article
Continue readingBulk Access Developments after the H. Approps Hearing
In the last 24 hours there have been three significant developments on providing the public with better access to legislative... View Article
Continue readingCommittees Make Leap to Online Video, but Approps Doesn’t Get the Picture
by Daniel Schuman and Cassandra LaRussa Despite significant strides towards improving public access to legislative proceedings, nearly a quarter of... View Article
Continue readingHouse Launches Transparency Portal
Making good on part of the House of Representative’s commitment to increase congressional transparency, today the House Clerk’s office launched... View Article
Continue readingGroups Call for 3 Day Rule
Sunlight has long called for all bills to be posted online for 3 days before they’re considered on the floor.... View Article
Continue readingBoehner’s 72 Hour Pledges, Condensed
Throughout the last year, we’ve repeatedly pointed out that Speaker Boehner repeatedly pledged to put all bills online for 72... View Article
Continue readingOnly Sunlight Can Lift Congress’ Ethics Cloud
Are Members of Congress using inside information gathered as part of their jobs to make financial investments (and get rich…er?)... View Article
Continue readingFEC analysis shows increase in campaign fundraising compared to 2009
The 2012 campaign fundraising totals, covering January through June, proved record in some cases, with the total amount raised by... View Article
Continue readingCommon Sense Super Committee Transparency Recommendations should be Adopted
A bipartisan group of Members of Congress sent a letter to House and Senate leadership outlining specific transparency recommendations for... View Article
Continue readingOfficial SuperCommittee Meetings Must be Public
Over the last week, the push for an open “supercommittee” has grown into a national issue. The issue has become... View Article
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