In an op-ed in the Dallas Morning News yesterday, House Minority Leader John Boehner described the opaque methods by which... View Article
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Earlier today, the House unveiled the final version of their health care reform bill. You can view the full bill... View Article
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This week Sunlight marched up to Capitol Hill to deliver the petition signatures of more than 20,000 people who are... View Article
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Yesterday, the Sunlight Foundation and more than 20 organizations and individuals delivered a letter to Speaker of the House Pelosi,... View Article
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As noted below, the Baucus health care bill was finally released in legislative language (soon to be available on Open... View Article
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Republican Minority Leader John Boehner is planning on introducing a resolution that would require House committees to post “within 24... View Article
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While the country remains divided over major issues, there is one issue that the public can agree on: transparency. A... View Article
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In response to the growing support for a discharge petition to force a vote on the Read the Bill bill,... View Article
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The health care debate is raging on, and a big part of it includes having versions of the bill available... View Article
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Yesterday, Lisa Rosenberg wrote about the discharge petition for H. Res. 554, the Read the Bill Bill. Already the petition... View Article
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