Sunlight Foundation

A fundraiser for Rep. Keith Ellison is taking place at the National Democratic Club Townhouse  today in Washington. Admission to the luncheon affairs costs $500 for individuals. Those wishing to further ingratiate themselves to Ellison can shell out $5,000 to be listed as a host or $2,500 to be labeled a sponsor. The invite for [...]

The Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit group that advocates for transparency in government, is urging Congress to wait at least 72 hours before voting on the $700 billion bailout bill. The group has started a petition seeking the extra time for the public to weigh in on the 110-page bill. “This isn’t a bill to rename [...]

Forget the stadiums and corporate-named mega-entertainment centers. The real stories are what’s happening at the corporate-themed parties. The Sunlight Foundation’s Political Party Time blog is planning to crash a handful of parties at the DNC and RNC hosted by big-influence lobbyists and corporations to highlight the money funnel that makes up Washington. But so far, the velvet rope is more like a wall of gold bricks.

Today is the deadline for members of Congress to file their 2008 personal financial disclosure forms. The documents aren’t required to be posted electronically at present so it will be some time before they’re readily available to the public. But a new web site created by the Sunlight Foundation provides some interesting insight into the [...]