The Campaign Legal Center and the Sunlight Foundation last week supported the FCC’s proposed requirement for full disclosure of broadcast campaign ad funding. Both organizations acknowledge recent funding from prominent progressive foundations while either publishing research in support of the FCC’s proposed rule change or actually petitioning the FCC for the change. (more)
Despite his rhetorical attacks on Wall Street, a study by the Sunlight Foundation’s Influence Project shows that President Barack Obama has received more money from Wall Street than any other politician over the past 20 years, including former President George W. Bush. (more)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s nonvoting congressional delegate was the biggest spender last year in the U.S. House of Representatives, a nonpartisan foundation says. (more)
Four years after Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised the “most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history,” her Republican successors appear intent on finally fulfilling that pledge. (more)
I linked to a blog post by the frequently reliable Sunlight Foundation last week about earmark requests made by Rep. Bart Stupak and other pro-life health-care holdouts. Turns out, it contained a few errors: (more)
The Sunlight Foundation comes through with a dagger of a story: (more)
The ever amazing Sunlight Foundation argues for comprehensive earmark reform instead of the ban: (more)
President Obama has been pounded recently (even by Jon Stewart) for failing to honor his pledge to televise health-care negotiations on C-SPAN. He has been dogged by the White House’s inability to post all of their legislation online five days before he signed it, as promised. (more)
