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House Health Care Markups

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 17, 2009 3:43 pm

This is a quick update on what the committees in the House have done with the health care bill since... View Article

This Week in Transparency – July 17, 2009

by Mike Smith Jul 17, 2009 3:10 pm

Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies from the week:... View Article

Senators Call for Health Care Delay, Receive Big Campaign Contributions

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 17, 2009 2:15 pm

Six senators called for a seventy day hold on voting on health care reform legislation today, according to the Huffington... View Article

Health Care Word Soup: Luntz Memo

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 16, 2009 10:41 am

Back in May, in anticipation of the coming health care debate, Republican pollster, strategist and word smith Frank Luntz penned... View Article

LittleSis Teams Up With The Huffington Post To Monitor Health Care Debate

by Ellen Miller Jul 16, 2009 9:20 am

Kevin Connor & Matthew Skomarovsky, co-founders of Sunlight-supported LittleSis.org, announced yesterday they are joining forces with The Huffington Post Investigative... View Article

“Wiki Government” — Beth Noveck Book Presentation

by Ellen Miller Jul 15, 2009 11:48 pm

All of you fortunate enough to be in New York on Monday July 20th, here’s an event that’s not to... View Article

House Health Care Bill: Its Path and Transparency

by Paul Blumenthal Jul 15, 2009 12:23 pm

Yesterday, the House of Representatives released a 1,018 page bill (H.R. 3200) to reform the nation’s health care system. This... View Article

Sometimes you can get inspired by government. In our field it happens more than you'd think. Obviously all our new tools-- new things like TransparencyCorps and Congrelate along with CapitolWords have been inspired by government to a degree, but there aren't many ideas that we've actually stolen from government.