Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi was the guest on last night’s Colbert Report, following on House Democrats’ recently introduced DISCLOSE Act... View Article
Continue readingHouse Democrats Introduce DISCLOSE 2012
House Democrats unveiled The DISCLOSE 2012 Act (HR 4010, not up on THOMAS yet) today, a crucial step toward transparency... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finally Publishes Its Spending Online, But Could Do Much Better
At long last, the U.S. Senate has begun online publication of how it spends money on itself — barely meeting... 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 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
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency Updates
TPM has an important summary of the growing push for a transparent Joint Committee (aka the “SuperCommittee” aka the “SuperCongress”),... View Article
Continue readingNew Coalition Letter Demands Transparent Supercommittee
We’re quickly approaching the next deadlines in the formation of the new “supercommittee” tasked by law with identifying $1.5 trillion... View Article
Continue readingPelosi Calls for Transparent Joint Committee
Late yesterday, Leader Pelosi called for the new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction (or “SuperCongress”) to hold open meetings... View Article
Continue readingOpenSuperCongress: Debt Committee Must be Transparent
Sunlight is ramping up our effort to get the new “Super Congress” committee to be as transparent as they are... View Article
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