When it comes to being lobbied, the results are clear: congressional staffers want to be e-mailed. According to the new... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP State/Local New Missouri website sheds light on local campaign finance: A new tool created by the Missouri Ethics... View Article
Continue readingHow local spending helps incumbent presidents (and why it will be harder to know this in the future)
Psst, Mr. President, want to get re-elected? Here’s an idea: how about big increases in federal spending in key swing... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Finance Gingrich: Reform election finance laws: In a televised conversation with Al Sharpton, Newt Gingrich condemned the... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Campaign Spending Alaska especially vulnerable to unlimited spending: Due to massive redistricting in the state, 59 of 60... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP: Government Early release for Congressional financial disclosure: Instead of the usual June 15th release date, the financial disclosures... View Article
Continue readingScout: Sunlight’s New Custom Alert Service
A core mission of the Sunlight Foundation is to enable citizen participation through technology and lower the bar to access government. Through our free tools we're constantly looking for ways to produce a more transparent and accountable government. Today, we're proud to introduce Scout, a tool that allows you to create customized keyword alerts to notify you whenever issues you care about are included in legislative or regulatory actions.
Continue readingAnnouncing Call on Congress: Bringing Capitol Hill to Any Phone
Call on Congress is the Sunlight Foundation's new free service to help anyone with a telephone connect with and learn about their lawmakers. Simply dial 1-888-907-6886 to find out how your representatives are voting on bills and raising campaign money.
Continue readingFEC adds RSS feed of campaign finance filings
Harried campaign finance dorks who spend the 20th of each month huddled over a terminal window hoping the next 43,558-page... View Article
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NEWS ROUNDUP Government Problems at the Library of Congress: The inspector general of the Library of Congress’ office has found... View Article
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