In the post below I noted that it’s a bit surprising that the Read the Bill pledge was subverted by... View Article
Continue readingYesterday’s Vote Broke 72 Hour Pledge
Yesterday the House Republicans voted on a bill to defund National Public Radio without providing 72 hours for the public... View Article
Continue readingFor-Profit College Gears Up For Republican Control of House
Kaplan, one of the nation’s largest for-profit colleges, has hired a team of Republican lobbyists with congressional experience as the... View Article
Continue readingWhy don’t lawmakers disclose nonprofits and charities they are affiliated with?
Last year the New York Times ran an article on the corporate donations to charities associated with members of Congress.... View Article
Continue readingNew Transparency in the New House Rules
Now that we’ve seen the final Rules package that the House will pass later today, we can talk about what’s... View Article
Continue readingOCE to Stay; Rules Draft Comes Tomorrow
Via Boehner’s twitter feed, it looks like OCE will survive the transition to the 112th Congress. Here’s the CNN story.... View Article
Continue readingIndependent ethics office likely to survive
The Washington Post reports that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), the only independent ethics body in Congress, is likely... View Article
Continue readingEvading Read the Bill
As House Republican leaders examine their options for House reforms, the 72 Hour Rule, or ReadTheBill, is always near the... View Article
Continue readingRead the Bill 2.0
People have become increasingly aware that their elected representatives often do not read the legislation they vote upon. Sometimes there’s... View Article
Continue readingNew Congress provides a moment for transparency change
Each new Congress begins with its own unique face. The ascendant Newt Gingrich in 1994, the first woman Speaker of... View Article
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