So, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer announced that they were going to place the final health care bill online for... View Article
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Earlier this week, Sen. Tom Coburn and a group of Republican senators sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid... 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
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Sen. Charles Grassley is diving into the Jonathan Gruber scandal by asking the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)... View Article
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As a former Capitol Hill Communications Director, I can tell you that access to real-time information on what is happening... View Article
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To require Congress to negotiate in public is to ban certain communications among Members of Congress. There’s a growing sense... View Article
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Now it’s getting down to the wire and debate over the health care bill not only extends to what’s in... View Article
Continue readingGovernment Transparency and the Supreme Court Case ‘Citizens United’
There is again speculation that the Supreme Court will issue an opinion in a major election and transparency case tomorrow.... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Help Write Senator’s Amendment
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A couple of days ago I wrote about some of the potential transparency issues related to the decision by House... View Article
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