On Wednesday, the House passed a bill 253-166 to limit the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and expedite the... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: The organizations behind silicone implants
The Los Angeles Times published an article in its Science and Environment section today that outlined the politics behind the... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Corporations lobby for tax breaks
An article on the front page of the New York Times yesterday reported on the pressure some major corporations—such as Microsoft—... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explored: Millionaires or not, politicians rake in millions in contributions
By guest blogger Matthew Gerring, Sunlight Labs intern The Washington Post published an article on Wednesday about the personal financial... View Article
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An article published yesterday in Roll Call highlights a new website published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce—one of Washington’s... View Article
Continue readingNYMag Labels Influence Explorer ‘Brilliant’
New York Magazine discovered the Sunlight Foundation's Influence Explorer project recently and featured it on this week's Approval Matrix.
Continue readingThe Pentagon’s Big Contractors Lobby Big and Get in Big Trouble
Recently, the Pentagon released the list of its top 10 contractors for 2010, all which spent significant amounts of money... View Article
Continue readingSuccess Has Many Parents, Colleagues and Friends – Thank You!
This week marks the fifth anniversary of the Sunlight Foundation. It is exciting to reflect on how far we’ve come,... View Article
Continue readingInfluence Explorer: Wisconsin State Senate
Yesterday we were tweeting (follow us) the Influence Explorer profiles of members of the Wisconsin State Senate. With so much... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Stay Educated through Foursquare
Fousquare, a location based application for smart phones, has been growing in popularity at an exponential rate. In 2010 the... View Article
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