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Should a court case on whether Washington state must disclose the identities of people calling for a referendum affect the kinds of disclosure requir
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Wondering why the House Ethics Committee exonerated every single lawmaker touched by the PMA Group campaign contributions-for-earmarks scandal? They
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For the second time ever, the House of Representatives released an online update to its “House Expenditure Reports“ — a compendium
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Rep. Charlie Rangel temporarily resigned his chairmanship of the House Ways & Means Committee pending the completion of various ethics probes int
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Seven key Democrats seen as potential vote-flippers on the health care reform bill are heavily reliant on campaign funds from party leadership and on
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As Democrats move forward to pass health care reform attention has focused on a key piece of Senate rules known as budget reconciliation. This post t
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During the Health Care Summit last Thursday, Feb 25, Sunlight tried something new by connecting a live political event to the government data and inf
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There’s a been a bunch of writing around the Internet about the success/failure of last week’s Blair House health care summit. A lot of t
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