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YouTube Presidential Dialogue, Sort Of
Sunlight’s Ellen Miller posted previously on President-Elect Barack Obama’s use of Internet video - or lack of imaginative use. Recently, Obama posted a video to YouTube (among other video sharing sites) addressing climate change and energy policy. This is what it looks like: In response to Obama’s address, Rep. Ed Markey, the chairman of the Select [...]
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Sunlight and our partners blog regularly to keep you informed about new efforts to open up access to government information, the influence of money in politics, new policy and technological developments to create greater political transparency and the latest news on congressional ethics. Below are the latest headlines from Sunlight's blogging community.
Real Time Investigations
- Lobbyists for a Dubai Company Ensured Smooth Buyout November 18, 2008
- Does Congress think Detroit is a good investment? November 17, 2008
- OpenSecrets.org updates Financial Disclosure database October 16, 2008
Party Time!
- September: the month most partied November 13, 2008
- Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow November 11, 2008
- Energy industry partying November 6, 2008
Congresspedia.org
- Congresspedia Preview: This Week in Congress (November 14-21, 2008) November 17, 2008
- Wiki the Vote - Undecided House and Senate Races November 13, 2008
- Wiki the Vote - Poll Closing Times November 4, 2008
OpenCongress.org
- Lame-Duck Senate to Vote on Unemployment Benefits Extension November 19, 2008
- Big-Three Bailout and National Security November 18, 2008
- So Long Stevens November 18, 2008
The Open House Project
- OpenCongress.org Does Voting Comparisons November 3, 2008
- Required Reports: A Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
- Open House Project Retrospective October 14, 2008
The Open Senate Project
- Oversight Reports: Proposal for an Aggregated View October 26, 2008
- Open Senate Project Launches October 21, 2008
- Senate Rules October 19, 2008
Web Mentions
- Daschle to steer Obama health care effort | Daily Record | Daily Record November 20, 2008
- Linux News: Community: By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way November 20, 2008
- USA Today: Obama selects Daschle as health chief November 20, 2008
- DC Examiner: Op-ed Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change November 20, 2008
- Huffington Post: Rip Empson: Obama's Updated Fireside Chats, Sports Analogies, and Change in Washington November 19, 2008
Press Mentions
- Obama Should Use Technology to Bring About Real Change November 20, 2008
- By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way November 20, 2008
- Op-ed: Is It Too Much to Ask Congress to Read Bills Before Voting? November 19, 2008
- Early lessons for Dems in fundraising November 19, 2008
- Obama reaches out to the young with first weekly YouTube talk November 17, 2008
Congressional News Watch
- Lobbyist-Bashing by Obama Doesn't Dim Industry's Boom Forecast November 20, 2008
- Ex-GOP Aide Pleads Guilty in Abramoff Investigation November 20, 2008
- New Congress members meet big-money donors November 20, 2008
- Obama Transition Member Oversaw Fannie's Lobbying November 17, 2008
- Democrats Benefiting From Post-Election Lobby Boom November 14, 2008

















