Blogger, e-government guru and fellow panelist at PDF, David Stephenson, writing at The Huffington Post profiles a speech he’s to... View Article
Continue readingOld Politics? I Think Not
Day before yesterday, The New York Times looks at Sen. Joe Lieberman’s growing estrangement from his (former?) Democratic colleagues. The... View Article
Continue readingLobbyists Funding Conventions
The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) released figures today showing that the private donors to the two major party conventions have... View Article
Continue readingCitizens Track Lawmaker Earmark Requests
Some 76 members of Congress provide at least some disclosure of their fiscal year 2009 earmark requests online, citizen researchers... View Article
Continue readingParty Time at the Conventions
Today’s edition of The New York Times profiles Steven Farber, a very successful lobbyist, who helped secure the Democratic National... View Article
Continue readingPimping the Powers Behind the Thrones
In today’s edition, Roll Call profiles how members of Congress increasingly pimping their top aides as a way to raise... View Article
Continue readingIn Broad Daylight: Waiting for the 111th Congress
Despite a string of revelations revealing innappropriate home loans, rent prices, and rental arrangements maintained by lawmakers, Congress refuses to... View Article
Continue readingLeveraged Lobbying
Zephyr Teachout (former Sunlight colleague and continuing great ally) had an interesting post at techPresident last Friday: airlines have started... View Article
Continue readingTweet On Dear Friends Tweet On
Wednesday night, we launched Let Our Congress Tweet so citizens could voice their demand that Congress should be allowed to... View Article
Continue readingWeb Use Update
(For everyone looking for an update or an explanation about Congress examining its web use restrictions, I just sent the... View Article
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