Giant frogs. Bugs. Wild, ferocious-ish bears. These are but a few examples of the daring costumes worn by Sunlighters this... View Article
Continue readingThe News Without Transparency: Members of Debt Panel Have Ties to Lobbyists
The News Without Transparency: Members of Debt Panel Have Ties to Lobbyists The congressional debt committee, commonly referred to as... View Article
Continue readingHealthy Lobbying of the Super Committee
The healthcare industry is dominating lobbying activity before the Super Committee, according to third quarter lobbying reports. Almost 30 percent... View Article
Continue readingSupercommittee Subterfuge
We’ve officially entered a new phase in the supercommittee negotiations. Just as yesterday’s public hearing was being held, news was... View Article
Continue readingThis Halloween, Haunt the House…and the Senate
For most of us, this week marks the final countdown to Halloween, a time to gather wigs and face paint... View Article
Continue readingThe grassroots campaign on opening the Super Committee
Over two months ago, a special committee was created to offer recommendations on how to reduce the national deficit by... View Article
Continue readingWednesday: Sunlight Live to check in on super committee
When the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or super committee, emerges from the shadows on Wednesday morning to hold its first public hearing in a month, the Sunlight Live team will be there to shine a light on who’s influencing the panel.
As the 12 members inch closer to proposing at least $1.2 trillion in federal cuts or new revenue sources before the end of November, little has come out about their ideas even as reports have surfaced about daily or twice-daily “unofficial” meetings.
More than 200 groups or people — with health care lobbyists leading the way ...
Super committee related issues feature in hundreds of lobbying reports
K Street firms got little respite this past quarter, between lobbying on the debt ceiling early in the summer and then quickly shifting their focus to the "super committee," recently released lobbying reports show.
A little more than 200 registrants listed either "Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction" — the official name of the powerful budget cutting panel — or "super committee" on lobbying disclosures filed with the Senate Office of Public Records. The filings were released on Thursday, Oct. 20. The third quarter reports also show some overlap between the organizations that listed both the debt ceiling and the super committee ...
Influence Explored: The political ties behind Zuccotti Park
It’s well known by now that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are occupying Zuccotti park – a park just a... View Article
Continue readingThe Super Committee is Going to Fail
One way or another, the Super Committee is going to fail. If the 7 of the 12 Members of the... View Article
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