Jim Harper, Webmaster at WashingtonWatch.com, can use our help this weekend. WashingtonWatch is beginning a soft roll-out of its new... View Article
Continue readingThis Week in Transparency – July 10, 2009
Here are a few of the more interesting media mentions of Sunlight and our friends and allies from the week:... View Article
Continue readingCongressional Lawmakers “Invested” in Health Reform Debate
Yesterday afternoon, the Center for Responsive Politics came out with a report showing how many congressional lawmakers have invested hundreds... View Article
Continue readingSenate Finance Committee Health Care Influence Cluster: The Republicans
Over the past few weeks, our designer Kerry and I have visualized the health care lobbyist connections of Senate Finance... View Article
Continue readingEnsign’s Scandal Really Was More Than Just An Affair
After speculating about whether Sen. John Ensign’s affair included payouts to his mistress and her family, about every news outlet... View Article
Continue readingRead the Bill: The (Long) Short Story
In case you needed the short version of the full history of Congress and Read the Bill, please read below.... View Article
Continue readingOMB Guidance On Reporting Use of Funds for Stimulus
As our colleagues at OMB Watch blogged about yesterday, the Coalition for an Accountable Recovery, of which Sunlight is a... View Article
Continue readingPartying With Senate Finance Committee Staffers Turned Lobbyists
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the connections between the Senate Finance Committee and the former staffers... View Article
Continue readingThey Don’t Expect Us to Care About the Roberts Amendment
The Roberts amendment would violate the privacy of donors to nonprofit organizations by forcing their names to be made public any time the nonprofit decided to file an ethics complaint against a sitting senator.
Continue readingDon’t Let Him Fool You
When S. 482, The Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, comes up for a vote in the Senate (and we are... View Article
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