The Read the Bill bill (H. Res. 554) continues to gain support in Congress and has nearly reached 100 cosponsors... View Article
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Rep. Alan Grayson is taking advantage of a legislative misfire by overzealous lawmakers. And he’s asking anyone out there to... View Article
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Rep. Mike Ross has been the most consistent dissenter from his party’s attempt to pass health care reform citing costs,... View Article
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The mark-up of the Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill is currently underway. (You can watch the proceedings on... View Article
Continue readingRep. Frank Extends Communication Ban on Former Staffer Turned Lobbyist
Michael Paese used to be the chief of staff to Finance Committee Chair Barney Frank until he took a job... View Article
Continue readingCRS On Making the Constitution Annotated Available in XML
Last week, the Sunlight Foundation urged the Government Printing Office to publish the legal treatise Constitution Annotated (a.k.a. CONAN) online... View Article
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Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
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Sunlight’s Ellen Miller talks to federal CIO Vivek Kundra at the recent Gov 2.0 summit.
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David Moore at Open Congress has an excellent post up explaining how the current life of a bill in Congress... View Article
Continue readingBaucus’ Lobbyist Complex: The Real Gang of Six?
Just going to repost the Max Baucus Health Care Lobbyist Complex in light of this AP article: The latest health... View Article
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