Check out this line from Jay Newton-Small’s Swampland blog post on the way forward for health care reform in the... View Article
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 reading72 Hours — Where Do We Stand?
Now that House Leadership has announced that they’ll post the final version of the health care bill online for 72... 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 readingThe Nitty Gritty of Calling for 72 Hours for the Final Health Care Bill
As Jake wrote last week, the final version of the health care bill must be made publicly available for 72... View Article
Continue readingThe Final Health Care Bill. Online for 72 Hours. No Negotiation.
And as that debate unfolds, we're going to bump up against things we've simply never dealt with before. But in the debate of what's the right way to bring about transparency, one thing is eminently clear: the public and legislators alike MUST have time to read legislation before it's debated and be able to make their voice heard by their representatives as a result.
Continue readingShifting Legislative Dynamics & Transparency
A couple of days ago I wrote about some of the potential transparency issues related to the decision by House... View Article
Continue readingSkipping Conference Committee: What Does It Mean?
Earlier today, Jonathan Cohn broke the news that House and Senate Democrats are “almost certainly” going to bypass the official... View Article
Continue readingIt Was A Very Good Year
Sunlight hasn’t been around nearly as long as that song — it was first recorded in 1961 and we opened... View Article
Continue reading72 Hours for Defense Appropriation Bill
Last week, Congress spent $1.1 trillion tax dollars by combining six pieces of appropriations (“spending”) legislation into one 1,000+ page... View Article
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