A bipartisan group of Members of Congress sent a letter to House and Senate leadership outlining specific transparency recommendations for... View Article
Continue readingContact your Member of Congress with better self organizing tools
Recently, OpenCongress, a joint project of The Participatory Politics Foundation and the Sunlight Foundation announced a new and improved way... View Article
Continue readingOfficial SuperCommittee Meetings Must be Public
Over the last week, the push for an open “supercommittee” has grown into a national issue. The issue has become... View Article
Continue readingSuper Committee Transparency Updates
TPM has an important summary of the growing push for a transparent Joint Committee (aka the “SuperCommittee” aka the “SuperCongress”),... View Article
Continue readingCalling on Super Citizens to Brainstorm Opening Super Congress
It’s time to think big: The Super Congress situation is developing at an incredibly fast rate and we want to... View Article
Continue readingQuigley and Renacci Call for Open SuperCommittee
Movement is building for a transparent “Super Committee”. (As the #supercongress or Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction is also... View Article
Continue readingNew Coalition Letter Demands Transparent Supercommittee
We’re quickly approaching the next deadlines in the formation of the new “supercommittee” tasked by law with identifying $1.5 trillion... View Article
Continue readingPelosi Calls for Transparent Joint Committee
Late yesterday, Leader Pelosi called for the new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction (or “SuperCongress”) to hold open meetings... View Article
Continue readingBuilding Steam for “SuperCongress” Transparency
Since our Tuesday morning blog post, a growing chorus is demanding that Congress’s new Joint Select Committee on Debt Reduction... View Article
Continue readingThe 72 Hour Rule is Still a Good Idea
Dave Weigel points out that the 72 hour rule isn’t enough in a blog post, suggesting that putting bills online... View Article
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