Congress doesn’t spin records, they spin in revolving doors. And those doors are spinning faster than ever, according to a... View Article
Continue readingCountdown to Reform Mandate
On Friday, August 1, 2008, the Clerk of the House must launch a public database on the Clerk’s web site... View Article
Continue readingLocal Sunlight
Every week I climb into the depths of the local political blogosphere to find the Sunlight. I use this series... View Article
Continue readingNonprofit Channels of Influence
Last week, in a post about the tobacco industry’s influence in the Congressional Black Caucus I noted the $50,000 contribution... View Article
Continue readingMuck Over Menthol
The New York Times printed a really interesting story today about the coziness between the Congressional Black Caucus and the... View Article
Continue readingSen. Coburn Talks Transparency
Sen. Tom Coburn, the principal sponsor of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act, talks here about transparency, technology, and... View Article
Continue readingLobbying Blowback
The food industry’s heavy lobbying over the past few years to reduce regulation and paperwork has turned into a “monkey’s... View Article
Continue readingPimp My Campaign Finance Data
My Google Alerts sucked in this great blog post by Jim at Irregular Times instructing fellow citizen journalists and bloggers... View Article
Continue readingOffice of Congressional Ethics Shocker
Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner announced the members for the new Office of Congressional Ethics and one member is a... View Article
Continue readingAnother Call for Mortgage Disclosure
Last month, after Portfolio revealed that Sens. Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad received favorable loan deals from mortgage giant Countrywide,... View Article
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