Roll Call reports that Rep. Pete Sessions, already in trouble for missing his swearing-in to attend a possibly rule-breaking fundraiser,... View Article
Continue readingWhy doesn’t William Daley violate Obama’s lobbyist ban?
Why doesn’t the appointment of William Daley violate the Obama administration’s ban on lobbyists in the administration? Even though Daley... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Laws Need to Capture All Who Lobby
Sunlight’s new Lobbyist Registration Tracker is a great new tool to let users track who is lobbying about what issues.... View Article
Continue readingTwo Members Appear to Break Rules on First Day of New Congress
Two House Republican members, Reps. Mike Fitzpatrick and Pete Sessions, missed their swearing in on Wednesday as they attended a... View Article
Continue readingIntroducing the Lobbyist Registration Tracker
After the Nov. 2, 2010 election, lobbyists filed more than 350 new registration forms, disclosing their hiring by clients seeking... View Article
Continue readingFurther Wall Street to Washington revolving door thoughts
In the post below I noted that the selection of William Daley as chief of staff to the President (now... View Article
Continue readingTools for Transparency: Google Refine
Kicking off TFT for 2011 is guest blogger Rebekah Heacock, co-director of the Technology for Transparency Network and a Project... View Article
Continue readingThe revolving door shouldn’t spin again for William Daley
President Obama is likely to select former Commerce Secretary and current JPMorgan Chase executive William Daley as his next chief... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Round-up: Texas battles EPA
The new year kicked off with some major changes in some states. For some, the initial steps of introducing new... View Article
Continue readingThe House Rules: 112th vs 111th — a Redline
Before the holiday break, I compared the draft House Rules for the 112th Congress against the House Rules for the... View Article
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