By close of business tomorrow, all standing committees in the House and Senate must submit to the Super Committee their... View Article
Continue readingConference call on “Super Committee” today
Today at 2pm ET, Sunlight and Public Citizen will be hosting a special conference call to update activists on the... View Article
Continue readingSen. Kerry Speaks on Super Committee Influence
In his first extensive interview about his membership on the Super Committee—the super powerful deficit reduction committee charged with finding $1.5... View Article
Continue readingMore on Open Meetings for the Super Committee
A number of press reports suggest today that the Super Committee’s rules permit it to close meetings to the public.... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency Update: Rules Adopted
The “Super Committee” has just finished its first organizational meeting, and we now know a little more about how it’s... View Article
Continue readingBipartisan Bill Would Expose Efforts to Influence Super Committee
Representatives Loebsack (D-IA), Quigley (D-IL) and Renacci (R-OH) introduced the Deficit Committee Transparency Act today, an important bill that would... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Will Hold Public Meetings
We’re enormously relieved to read that the Super Committee will hold public meetings: Both meetings are open to the public... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency: Not Going Away
Just a reminder: the issue of transparency for the Super Committee isn’t going away. It’s been three weeks since the... 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 readingThe Debt Ceiling and You
Congressional leaders have appointed members to the “Super Committee” — 12 lawmakers assigned the power and responsibility of cutting $1.5... View Article
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