1. Sunlight Live to cover the hidden influence in Obama jobs address

    By Chris Zubak-Skees Sep 7, 2011 12:40 p.m.

    This Thursday at 7 p.m. President Barack Obama is set to address Congress and the nation when he’ll unveil his latest plan to create jobs. Already, a preview of the speech shows proposals consistent with the positions of influential groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO. Both groups have spent millions to influence elections and policies. With that in mind, the Sunlight Foundation will cover the speech with live video, data and commentary at sunlightlive.com.

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  2. Vendor blamed in outage paid $1.4 million last year for services

    By Chris Zubak-Skees Jul 27, 2011 6 p.m.

    Fireside21, a web services company fingered as a possible culprit behind the mass outage of congressional sites in the wake of Monday's televised presidential address, received over $1.4 million from House offices for web services last year, disbursement data shows. The total highlights the dominance of just a few companies providing congressional web services, a category in which five companies received 79 percent of the $5.5 million pie.

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  3. The top issue: unemployment

    By Bill Allison Feb 16, 2010 1:07 p.m.

    Our friend Jim Harper has written a post noting that one of the bills made available for comments on his WashingtonWatch.com site (full disclosure: Sunlight has supported it financially) has gotten more than 100,000 comments from users of the site. To me, that seems like a stupendous total for a site that tracks legislation.

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  4. GM, Chrysler to cut 3,000 campaign contributors

    By Bill Allison May 13, 2009 10:47 p.m.

    ...er...dealers:

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  5. A bad idea?

    By Bill Allison Mar 25, 2009 12:46 p.m.

    A colleague emailed this link with a subject line reading "Crazy! Non-profit papers?"

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