So says the New York Times. The independent ethics office created in the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of... View Article
Continue readingMassa, Maf54 and the Ethics Committee
And now to totally contradict my previous post stating why no one needs to talk about tickle-monster Eric Massa. The... View Article
Continue readingPotential House Health Care Vote Switchers Reliant on Party Campaign Money
Seven key Democrats seen as potential vote-flippers on the health care reform bill are heavily reliant on campaign funds from... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing Sunlight Live
Today we're going to take our version of live political coverage to the next level by beginning to connect government data such as campaign contributions or lobbyist meetings to a political event in real-time.
Continue readingThe Little Things We Take For Granted
So, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announced that they were going to place the final health care bill online for... View Article
Continue readingPelosi & Hoyer Say Final Health Care Bill To Be Online For 72 Hours
Last week, Jake wrote that “it is utterly imperative that the final version of the bill be online for the... View Article
Continue readingHouse Expenditures to go Online
The US House is expected today to release the quarterly Statement of Disbursements online for the first time. Sunlight has... View Article
Continue readingGillibrand Touts Transparency
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said today that the final version of health care legislation will be available for... View Article
Continue readingPelosi Addresses e-Parliament Conference
Speaker Pelosi yesterday spoke on a panel to kick off the World eParliament Conference 2009, in the US House of... View Article
Continue reading72 Hours is Now
September 24th, Speaker Pelosi said that the healthcare bill would be online for 72 hours. That 72 hours is now. ... View Article
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