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Congress is moving rapidly to enact a gigantic taxpayer bailout of the financial sector, with a potential cost of $700... View Article
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Today is One Web Day, its third annual celebration. The event, an “Earth Day for the Internet,” is the brainchild... View Article
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Two years ago, I was named Time’s person of the year and now I own an insurance company, two mortgage... View Article
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Campaign Disclosure Project, a collaboration of the UCLA School of Law, the Center for Government Studies, and the California Voter... View Article
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Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted on a bill that ought to offend Americans of all stripes. The culmination of... View Article
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Sunlight grantee MAPLight.org shows the impact of campaign contributions on legislative votes via technology. And by making these connections transparent... View Article
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Cross posted from Open Records Blog In the case of Lautenschlager v. Gunderson, a Wisconsin appeals court has dismissed an... View Article
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Like the Little Engine that Could, Senate Bill 223, the Campaign Disclosure Parity Act, keeps chugging along against some pretty... View Article
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My friend Susan Crawford has many accomplishments, not the least of which is as the founder of One Web Day,... View Article
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