Recent Posts Tagged With 'bills'

• President Obama broadens and hones lobbying restrictions for Economic Stimulus funds

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 16:45 in Barack Obama, bills, rules, lobbyists, lobbying, influences, reforms, executive branch, democracy 21, american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Democracy 21Democracy 21 Applauds Revisions by Obama Administration In Lobbying Rules for Stimulus FundsStatement of Democracy 21 President ...

• President Obama broadens and hones lobbying restrictions for Economic Stimulus funds

  Posted on Monday June 1st, 2009 at 16:45 in Barack Obama, bills, rules, lobbyists, lobbying, influences, reforms, executive branch, democracy 21, american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Democracy 21Democracy 21 Applauds Revisions by Obama Administration In Lobbying Rules for Stimulus FundsStatement of Democracy 21 President ...

• Obama's campaign and presidential Five Day Pledge for public input of bills sent to him needs clarification

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 18:34 in 2008, Barack Obama, campaigns, presidential, bills, public, White House, transparency, openness, white house press secretary, robert gibbs, five day pledge

  Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Sunlight FoundationSearching for Clarity in the Five Day PledgeBy John Wonderlich on 05/26/09 @ 5:07 pmPicture: White House pr...

• Obama\'s campaign and presidential Five Day Pledge for public input of bills sent to him needs clarification

  Posted on Tuesday May 26th, 2009 at 18:34 in 2008, Barack Obama, campaigns, presidential, bills, public, White House, transparency, openness, white house press secretary, robert gibbs, five day pledge

  Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Sunlight FoundationSearching for Clarity in the Five Day PledgeBy John Wonderlich on 05/26/09 @ 5:07 pmPicture: White House pr...

• Security bill for the Internet squelches speech, curtails liberties down to the individual user

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 21:39 in internet, liberties, bills, National Security, federal, grid, bob barr, 2009, atlanta journal-constitution, olympia snowe, cybersecurity, governments

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBarr Code: Cyber bill squelches speech, curtails liberty6:00 am May 20, 2009, by Bob BarrPicture: US Senator Oly...

• Security bill for the Internet squelches speech, curtails liberties down to the individual user

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 21:39 in internet, liberties, bills, National Security, federal, grid, bob barr, 2009, atlanta journal-constitution, olympia snowe, cybersecurity, governments

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionBarr Code: Cyber bill squelches speech, curtails liberty6:00 am May 20, 2009, by Bob BarrPicture: US Senator Oly...

• Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights passes US Senate; President Obama expected to sign identical House bill before Memorial Day

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 15:25 in credit cards, bills, banking, industry, financial services, us senate, christopher dodd, committees, abuses, consumer rights, u.s. pirg, credit cardholders bill of rights

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: U.S. PIRGStatement: Credit Card Bill passes SenateStatement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director On Senate Passage of the Credit CAR...

• Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights passes US Senate; President Obama expected to sign identical House bill before Memorial Day

  Posted on Wednesday May 20th, 2009 at 15:25 in credit cards, bills, banking, industry, financial services, us senate, christopher dodd, committees, abuses, consumer rights, u.s. pirg, credit cardholders bill of rights

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: U.S. PIRGStatement: Credit Card Bill passes SenateStatement of Ed Mierzwinski, Consumer Program Director On Senate Passage of the Credit CAR...

• Check out this lecture video on campaign finance reform by Lawrence Lessig

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 08:58 in videos, fundraising, corruption, elections, campaigns, finances, bills, Candidates, campaign finance reform, lawrence lessig, reforms, change congress

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Change CongressLessig's keynote - an intellectual treat for youHi folks,If you want to give your mind an intellectual treat, take the time this weekend to watc...

• Check out this lecture video on campaign finance reform by Lawrence Lessig

  Posted on Saturday May 16th, 2009 at 08:58 in videos, fundraising, corruption, elections, campaigns, finances, bills, Candidates, campaign finance reform, lawrence lessig, reforms, change congress

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Change CongressLessig's keynote - an intellectual treat for youHi folks,If you want to give your mind an intellectual treat, take the time this weekend to watc...

• Sign the Fair Elections Now Act Petition

  Posted on Friday May 15th, 2009 at 21:03 in activism, elections, campaigns, finances, bills, fair, reforms, petitioning, public financing, public campaign, fair elections now act, brennan center for justice

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Public CampaignMoney in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Campaign ReformLast Friday, experts from all across the country gathered to examine ...

• Contact your U.S. Rep - Important part of global warming legislation expected in the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment

  Posted on Friday April 24th, 2009 at 16:09 in global warming, environment, climate change, Barack Obama, activism, alerts, bills, new york times, lobbyists, contacting, environmental defense fund, energy industry

  Image via CrunchBaseGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)Breaking News: The True Face of Moral BankruptcyToday's New York Times features a story that may not shock ...

• Contact your state representatives for National Popular Vote bill

  Posted on Friday April 10th, 2009 at 06:26 in elections, bills, voting, states, presidents, electoral, reforms, national popular vote, every vote equal

  US Capitol building, Washington, DC USA. Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: National Popular VoteSecond Edition of Every Vote Equal Book Contains Answers to 61 Myths about the...

• Big money campaign donors reminded to personally lobby US Senator Landrieu against EFCA bill

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 17:18 in business, corruption, campaigns, bills, unions, contributors, lobbyists, donors, mary landrieu, david vitter, national journal, employee free choice act

  US Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA). Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: National JournalVitter Pushes Biz Leaders To Lobby Landrieu Against EFCAOn Call has obtained audio of Sen....

• Call your US Senators and see if they will co-sponsor bill S.482 and oppose Sen. Roberts' amendment

  Posted on Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 10:12 in activism, bills, Calling, us senate, sunlight foundation, transparency, pat rogers, s.482

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Sunlight FoundationWE NEED YOUR HELPCandidates for the US Senate are the only federal candidates that fail to make their campaign finances available in a time...

• President Obama's health care reform proposals

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 22:09 in Barack Obama, coverage, health care, bills, expansion, costs, budgets, max baucus, edward kennedy, reforms

  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Concord CoalitionWashington Budget Report: March 9, 2009Health care reform aims to control spen...

• The Make It Safe Coalition honors Joan Claybrook, lobbies for whistleblower protections for stimulus spending

  Posted on Monday March 9th, 2009 at 09:52 in awards, bills, whistleblowers, lifetime achievement award, public citizen, stimulus, joan claybrook, claire mccaskill, chris van hollen, national whistleblower assembly, make it safe coalition

  Joan ClaybrookUS Rep. Chris Van Hollen (Dem-MD) greets voters while campaigning. Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Public CitizenJoan Claybrook Receives Lifeti...

• Tell your US Senators 'NO' to the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 16:02 in activism, alerts, bills, harry reid, 2009, omnibus, citizens against government waste, h.r.1105

  US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Dem). Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW)URGENT: Tell Your Senators to Vote NO on the Omnibus!The...

• OpenCongress.org now has four new ways to keep track of Congress

  Posted on Friday March 6th, 2009 at 10:55 in news, activism, congress, bills, sunlight foundation, opencongress

  US Capitol Building. Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Gabriela Schneider of Sunlight FoundationFour new ways to keep track of Congress If you haven't checked out OpenCongre...

• National Taxpayers Union now offers text messaging service for their activists

  Posted on Tuesday March 3rd, 2009 at 20:51 in activism, alerts, policy, congress, bills, text messaging, fiscal, short message service, national taxpayers union

  Text messaging. Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: National Taxpayers UnionTexting for Taxpayers "We alert. You call. They listen." That's the idea behind ...

• Week's activity from The Concord Coalition Washington Budget Report

  Posted on Tuesday February 24th, 2009 at 03:55 in Barack Obama, Economy, financial, bills, federal reserve, 2010, wars, budgets, 2009, economic, appropriations, deficits

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Concord CoalitionFrom The Concord Coalition Washington Budget Report: February 23, 2009[...]Completing FY 2009 Appropriations and War Suppl...

• Only six states matter in 2008 presidential election

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 12:09 in bills, states, electoral college, electoral, reforms, national popular vote, swing states

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: National Popular VoteOnly 6 States Matter in 2008 Presidential ElectionNewsletter no. 33 October 7, 2008Despite the fact that Americans are watching the p...

• US Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 passed by Congress; President expected to sign

  Posted on Monday October 6th, 2008 at 22:17 in bills, department of defense, reforms, inspector general, project on government oversight, ig council

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Project on Government OversightAt Long Last, Congress Passes IG Reform Act Beverley Lumpkin | September 29, 2008After more than a year of wishin' a...

• Passed bailout bill includes IRS sharing information with federal agencies

  Posted on Sunday October 5th, 2008 at 18:39 in information, domestic, terrorism, bills, taxpayers, gwot, internal revenue service, bailouts

  Internal Revenue Service.Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Government BytesIRS snooping in the bailout bill?Posted by Kristina Rasmussen - October 04, 2008What you need to k...

• Things you can do right now on the bailout bill

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 13:42 in reading, corruption, parties, alerts, bills, financial services, industries, sunlight foundation, transparency, petitioning, bailouts, h.r.3997

  Image by Getty Images via DaylifeGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Sunlight FoundationTell Congress to Read the Bailout Bill First!Today, the Sunlight Foundation is calling on Congress to exerc...

• Comment on the financial services bailout bill at PublicMarkup.org

  Posted on Sunday September 28th, 2008 at 22:55 in activism, Wall Street, alerts, bills, financial services, industries, federal, budgets, sunlight foundation, governments, bailouts

  US House Financial Services Committee.Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Sunlight FoundationEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008On Sunday, September 28, congressional ...

• Urgent: Tell Your Congress members to Vote "NO" on the $700 Billion Financial Industry Bailout

  Posted on Sunday September 28th, 2008 at 17:15 in Wall Street, alerts, bills, taxpayers, bailouts, national taxpayers union

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: National Taxpayers UnionUrgent: Tell Your Elected Officials to Vote "NO" on the $700 Billion Financial Industry BailoutToday, Sunday, Septem...

• Publicmarkup.org makes the bailout legislation transparent for the public

  Posted on Thursday September 25th, 2008 at 17:05 in websites, Wall Street, bills, public, sunlight foundation, transparency, openness, bailouts, markups

  Image via WikipediaGovernment reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Ellen Miller of Sunlight Foundation via [openhouseproject] groupThe Bailout LegislationAs news spreads that a consensus Wall Street bailout ...

• Sign on as a citizen co-sponsor of US House counterpart bill to Senate's Fair Elections Now Act

  Posted on Wednesday September 24th, 2008 at 14:56 in alerts, campaigns, finances, bills, reforms, john larson, fair elections, public financing, clean elections, fair elections now act, hr 7022, walter jones jr

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise.From: Public Campaign Action FundFair Elections in the House! This morning Congress took another big step forward towards making Fair Elections a reality. Rep. John ...

• Call your US Rep. and say YES to Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights

  Posted on Tuesday September 23rd, 2008 at 03:10 in rights, alerts, credit cards, bills, Calling, consumers, cardholders, hr 5244

  Government reform orgs. deliver news on major events within their areas of expertise. From: Public CitizenCredit Cardholders Bill of Rights ...