CONVERSATIONS WITH REMARKABLE MINDS, Rabbi Michael Lerner, author of The Left Hand of God and Spirit Matters.

Gary Null's reply to Rabbi Michael Lerner.

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Washington, DC-A month-long collaborative investigation by the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics has uncovered never-before-seen webs of campaign contributions from outside lobbyists and their clients, who are all important players in the health care refo …

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Read The Bill: House Resolution 554

Is it really too much to ask our Congress to read the bills they pass? The ones enacted as the laws of the land for you and me to live by and pay for?

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Last night Sen. Chris Dodd admitted on CNN that he was responsible, under administration pressure, for language in the final version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that explicitly permitted the types of retroactive bonuses that A.I.G. is under fire for doling out.

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There are now more than 400 convention parties at the conventions being thrown on by corporate interests such as Citi, Eli Lilly and AT&T, as well as powerhouse lobbying firms such as Patton Boggs. And starting next week, we'll be providing you coverage of this other half of  …

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Tired of Congress? Today's Your Day!!

How many of you have lamented the influence of monied interest in the Capitol and groaned about how you wish there were a way to change things?

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Politics: It's curious how so many lawmakers enter office with little, yet accumulate tens of millions in assets over the years. Nothing wrong with building wealth, but cashing in while serving the public looks bad.

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In a tight race, the Democratic Party's pick for presidential candidate could be decided by superdelegates -- 795 party insiders who are free to vote for anybody they want at the party's national convention.

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Shocking how many of these have appeared here, (on newsvine) and no place else that I've seen. And some of them, I've never seen even here.

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Thanks to a new transparency law brought about by a cross-partisan alliance of liberal and conservative bloggers last year, there's now a database of earmarks attached to spending bills that explain which Congressperson actually attached the earmarks.

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Credibility is a key concern in online media, especially to average net users trying to figure out which information they can trust.

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Several members of Congress are asking about conflicts of interest at the U.S.

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A series of questionable land deals involving U.S. lawmakers have raised alarms among government watchdogs, who fear such dubious arrangements are on the rise.

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Apparently the Senate is an irony-free zone, because once again, a senator has placed a secret hold on legislation that increases government transparency.

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Want to Investigate a Member of Congress?

This will not be everyone's cup of tea, but for many who track the transgressions of Congress and feel like we're complaining to one another in an echo chamber, here's a chance to work as a team.

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From the article: Can there be any doubt that more transparency is in order? When we launched the Sunlight Foundation, we found huge support among the public for greater disclosure of the inner workings of what goes on in Congress The most popular proposals included: requiring p …

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WASHINGTON — When watchdog groups that monitor federal spending wanted more information on 1,800 "pork barrel" projects buried in a House appropriations bill, they listed them on the Internet and asked readers to dig deeper. Within days, details began pouring in.

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In an ironic twist, legislation that would open up the murky world of government contracting to public scrutiny has been derailed by a secret parliamentary maneuver.

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A new nonprofit group called the Sunlight Foundation plans to spend big money this year to connect voters to a wide range of information about candidates for Congress via the Internet.

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