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- Washington Examiner: House GOP pushing 'Read the Bill' on America Speaking Out
- Washington Examiner: House GOP pushing 'Read the Bill' on America Speaking Out
- Inman News: Craigslist best practices
- Inman News: Craigslist best practices
- The Huffington Post: Marcia G. Yerman - The Personal Democracy Forum Is Back in Town
- The Huffington Post: Marcia G. Yerman - The Personal Democracy Forum Is Back in Town
- The Washington Post: Maryland Politics - Kratovil: Give members more time to read bills
- The Washington Post: Maryland Politics - Kratovil: Give members more time to read bills
- The Huffington Post: Jake Brewer: 72 Hours for Defense Appropriations Bill
- The Huffington Post: Jake Brewer: 72 Hours for Defense Appropriations Bill
- San Francisco Examiner: Blink and Congress spends $1.1 trillion
- San Francisco Examiner: Blink and Congress spends $1.1 trillion
- Rhymes With Clown: Appropriations Bills Move Forward.
- Rhymes With Clown: Appropriations Bills Move Forward.
- Joshua Tauberer’s Blog: Congress, Cosponsor These Bills
- Joshua Tauberer’s Blog: Congress, Cosponsor These Bills
- Mic Check Radio: Segment in a Box: How to Count to 72
- Mic Check Radio: Segment in a Box: How to Count to 72
- Mother Jones: MoJo: On Reading the Bill
- Mother Jones: MoJo: On Reading the Bill
- And So it Goes in Shreveport: Here Comes Obamacare: Melt the Phones!
- And So it Goes in Shreveport: Here Comes Obamacare: Melt the Phones!
- Nextgov: Open government conference sponsor takes flak over its software
- Nextgov: Open government conference sponsor takes flak over its software
- Examiner.com: Rep. Michele Bachman wants 'House call' from ordinary citizens
- Examiner.com: Rep. Michele Bachman wants 'House call' from ordinary citizens
- Public Intelligence Blog: Journal: House Republicans Use OpenCongress.org + Amplify.com to Discuss Bill
- Public Intelligence Blog: Journal: House Republicans Use OpenCongress.org + Amplify.com to Discuss Bill
- GovTrack.us Blog: House Republicans Use GovTrack to Read the Bill
- GovTrack.us Blog: House Republicans Use GovTrack to Read the Bill
- NJ Tax Revolution: Paranormal Activity Courtesy of the Sunlight Foundation
- American Sheep: Paranormal Legislative Activity — Sunlight Foundation Blog
- JasonPye.com: Paranormal Legislative Activity
- Washington Examiner: Beltway Confidential: Paranormal legislative activity captured on video in nation's capital
- Cato @ Liberty: Paranormal Legislative Activity?
- Technology Liberation Front: Paranormal Legislative Activity?
- Democracy for New Hampshire: Paranormal legislative activity: lobbyist footprints all over it...ReadTheBill.org
- The Huffington Post: Jake Brewer: Paranormal Legislative Activity
- amaraka.tv: Read The Bill Goes to The Hill
- The Daily News Online: Editorial: Baird's transparency effort earns honor, but his colleagues still aren't on board
- The Chronicle Online: Baird Honored For 72-Hour Rule
- Latte Republic: Sunlight Foundation collects 221,000 signatures in support of Read The Bill
- Congress Matters: Midday Open Thread
- Let Texans Run Texas: Congressman John Culbersons blog: AMERICANS DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
- My Health and Lifestyle: Why read the final health care bill? Sunlight Foundation Blog
- Big Government » Blog Archive » Why We Need 72 Hours to Read Legislation, and How You Can Help
- Washington Examiner: Beltway Confidential: Read the bill, stupid
- Radio Vice Online: Senate health care bill (S. 1796) weighs in at 1,502 pages
- OpenCongress: Blog: Baucus Bill in Technicolorer, Legalese
- National Journal Online: Tech Daily Dose: Groups Push For 72-Hour Rule Hearing
- Republican Leader John Boehner: Pressure Builds on Speaker Pelosi to Back Read the Bill Reform
- The Hill's Blog Briefing Room: Watchdog coalition presses House leaders on 72-hour reading period for bills
- OMB Watch: Read the Bill Act Stalled in Congress
- Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online: Lee says lawmakers need time to read legislation
- PolitiFact: Speed-reading the health care reform bill?
- WUSA9: Should All Congressional Bills Be Posted Online?
- FitsNews.com: What’s In “Obamacare?” You’ll Never Know …
- Latte Republic: Check out Sunlight Foundation's "Read the Bill Petition"
- The Hill: House Dems Have Often Waived Read-the-Bill Transparency Rules
- The Next Right: Boehner and Read the Bill: A Sign that Congressional Republicans are Starting to Get It and the Media Isn't
- Blog the Fifth: Way to go, Garrett!
- Zen Cybernaught: 72
- Ohio Preppers Network: Sunlight Foundation: Read the Bill
- Talkin' bout a Revolution: Ellen Miller on Transparency in Government
- Sacramento Conservative Examiner: HR 3200: Congress Needs to Read the Bill
- Politico: Read the bill? It might not help - Victoria McGrane
- Digital Citizen Pulse: Transparency vs. Responsibility
- sayeducate: Sunlight Foundation Promotes Political Transparency
- Latte Republic: Read the Bill
- fonz.net weblog: links for 2009-07-30
- Advice Goddess Blog: Yoohoo...That Isn't Thomas Jefferson Representing You
- Read The Bill: Ya Think?!
- Examiner.com: Activists are pressuring Congress to read and understand bills before voting on them
- Cato @ Liberty: Transparency- Obama’s Waterloo?
- Journal inquirerjournalism: Not too much to ask after from Congress, Citizens benefit of Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
- Journal Star: Not too much to ask from Congress
- MND: Yoohoo…That Isn’t Thomas Jefferson Representing You
- Think Tank West: Transparency: Read the Bill? See the Earmarks!
- Grand Rants: BREAKING: A Politician Tells the Truth!
- UrbanGrounds: Conyers: Why Should I Read the Damn Bill?
- Congressman Bill Cassidy : Latest News : Cassidy Co-Sponsors 72 Hour Rule
- Hot Button - Washington Times
- TransparentNevada's Blog: Recovery.gov hams up stimulus information
- Re/Creating Tampa : Reading is hard
- NBC Bay Area: Transparency in Politics
- Crapmuffins: Read The Bill
- monoblogue: Accountability on both ends
- Blog the Fifth: Discharge H. Res. 554
- We The People Politics: Actually Read the Bill Before Voting
- Raoul Pop: Read the Bill, Congress!
- Liberty's Life Line: Congressional Arrogance
- Ethiopian News: Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?
- SEEING THROUGH THE LENSES - a new way of communicating!: Obama's Science Czar's Take On Population Control
- Independent Country: The Real Deal
- The Atlantic- The Daily Dish: Reading is Fundamental
- Instapundit: JEFF JACOBY- Lawmakers, read the bills before you vote
- The Boston Globe: Lawmakers, read the bills before you vote
- The Phoenix Sun: Solar News & Views from the American Southwest
- Drudge Retort: Site Calls for Congress to Read the Bills
- The New York Observer: Did You Digg It?
- Critical Bias: Quotes and Commentary- Jake Brewer
- PoliticalDerby.com: Would it kill you to read something?
- Cato @ Liberty: Broken Promises — to Voters and the New York Times
- Examner.com: Congress needs Reading 101
- Night Watchman: Let Freedom Ring Challenges Legislators to Pledge to Read All Bills before Voting
- Clark County Conservative: AG McKenna Endorses David Castillo For 3rd District
- ethics committee: They Don’t Expect Us to Care About the Roberts Amendment - above all Sunlight Foundation Blog
- Thinking Right with Jim Wooten: Bills should be required reading
- Congress Vehemently Opposed to Reading the Legislation It Votes On | OpenMarket.org
- CNSNews.com: Campaign Asks Congress to ‘Pledge to Read’ Bills Before Voting on Them
- Washington Times: EDITORIAL- Passing unread laws
- Newsmax.com: Conservative Group- Please Readthe Bills Before Voting
- NJ Tax Revolution: April 2008
- Stop Taking Soma!: John Boehner's Failed Gambit
- ConservaChick: Read the Bill!
- Pruning Shears : This Week In Tyranny
- Down Is Up: Cap and Trade
- Blog the Fifth: Read the Bill
- Across the Great Divide: Transparency Requires Time to Read.
- Berry Laker: Steve Kagen, 2010 Election File
- Colonial Serf Log: Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?
- The World We'll Inherit: Readthebill.org: Sunlight Foundation Project Pushes for Mandatory 72-hour Period for Congress to Read Bills Before Voting
- LASSIE, GET HELP: My fool-proof, dog-proof setup for collars and tags
- the intramuralist (tm): MORE ENERGY NECESSARY
- Letters to the Editor, Pike County Times.com
- khou.com: Health bill on summer reading lists?
- POLITICO.com: Lawmakers challenged to read health care bill before voting - Carrie Budoff Brown
- GraniteGrok: Guinta slams Shea-Porter on her vote for new energy taxes on NH citizens
- The Olympian: Opinion - Time’s essential to properly review bills
- Uppity Woman: $800 billion 1500 page National Energy Tax Bill passes House. Bamboozled Again!
- Shine a little light on it: open government and accountability | Democracy for New Hampshire
- CNN.com: Lou Dobbs Transcripts
- YouTube, Lou Dobbs: Jake Brewer on CNN
- Puma P.A.C.: People United Means Action- Dear Senator
- CovenantNews.com: 'The Biggest Tax In American History'
- PA Pundits: Health Care – Cap And Tax – And More
- The Real Barack Obama: $800 billion 1500 page National Energy Tax Bill passes House. Bamboozled Again! (Updated)
- Kansas Medowlark: Modern Day Patriots protest “Cap and Trade” at Johnson County Courthouse
- Pennlive.com: Let legislators, public read bills before Congress votes on them - Midstate Editorials Patriot-News
- The Barefoot Mailmen: Our banana republic
- Clark County Conservative: Baird Sells Out Constituents….. Again
- Roll Call: Boehner Tries to Stall Energy Vote
- Live From Silver City: Read the Bill FAIL
- News 1: Avelino Maestas- Read The Bill Fail- Cap and Trade Edition - 2009-06-27
- Avelino Maestas: Read The Bill Fail: Cap and Trade Edition | Sonoma County Democracy for America
- Instapundit: TRANSPARENCY- The stink surrounding the Pelosi-Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill has become vomit-in…
- Clovis News Journal: Opinion- Cap and trade bill polluted by politics
- CongressDaily Mobile Edition
- The American Spectator: Democrats Rushing to Cap-and-Trade Suicide
- Climate Change Fraud: Chicago Tribune weighs in on Climate Bill- Too big, too fast
- Grist: The Climate Post: Deal or no deal
- South Puget Sound Libertarian
- Right Pundits: Who Reads the Legislation that Congress Passes?
- Life with Monkeys: Gird Your Loins, Again!
- Tom Nelson: What the frak is going on with the Cap and Trade bill? — Sunlight Foundation Blog
- Zen Cybernaught: Waxing on Waxman-Markey
- Chicagotribune.com: Too big, too fast
- The Epic Of The Fall: Jun. 25th, 2009
- Covering Florida: Florida taxpayers, you’re about to get fleeced on Cap and Trade
- Mother Jones :Cap and Trade in the Dark?
- PE.com: Climate rush- Editorials
- Cap-and-trade energy bill: Has anybody read those 1,200 pages? - TwinCities.com
- NC Media Watch: A mystery economic suicide note
- Kiarian Lunch: Waxman-Markey, evil mutant — can it be stopped?
- United Conservatives of Virginia: HR 2454 UPDATE
- DC Protest Warrior: United Conservatives of Virginia: HR 2454 UPDATE
- Tom Nelson: Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?
- CBS News- Political Hotsheet: Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?
- Conservatives4Palin.com: Thursday Open Thread
- The US Report: Sunlight Foundation crits Energy Bill as Dems target another industry
- Photon Torpedo Tube's Blog: Read The Bill- Cap and Trade Rushing Through Congress
- Nebraska Redneck (and proud of it): What the frak is going on with the Cap and Trade bill? — Sunlight Foundation Blog « Nebraska Redneck (and proud of it)
- National Journal Online- Under The Influence: Public In Dark On Details Of Climate Bill
- Commentarymagazine.com: Watching How Hopenchange is Made
- Champions Sun: Culberson- It is time to stop blind voting
- Republican Leader John Boehner: Transparency is the Victim of Another Broken Promise
- Russelldad's blog: I Endorse the 72 Hour Rule
- The Whig: Read The Bill
- 11 News: The end of midnight legislation?
- Personal Democracy Forum: Clearing the Cache: £3,817's Worth of "Rather Not Say, Thanks"
- NJ Tax Revolution: Middletown Tea Party - July 4, 2009
- Yuba.net: House Introduces Bill to Enact 72 Hour Rule Mandating Online Publication of Legislation Before Debate
- Let Texans Run Texas: Congressman John Culberson’s blog, 72 Hour Rule
- Huffington Post: Craig Newmark- No excuses. Time for Congress to ReadTheBill.org
- City Brights: Craig Newmark : No excuses. Time for Congress to ReadTheBill.org
- Eternal Vigilance: End Force-Fed Legislation!
- TAKE ACTION: Head-Lines
- Latte Republic: House Resolution 554 asks Congress to Read the Bill
- TRIAD WATCH: Transparency Transparency Where Have You Been? Here Comes The Sunlight Foundation
- KVNU: For the People
- 26 Dems: Read the Bill- The Sunlight Foundation
- American Conservative Daily: From our Friends at the Sunlight Foundation
- Roll Call: Boehner Suggestion on White House Web Site Gets Most Support
- Cato @ Liberty: Transparency- Good News / Bad News
- Washington Times - Obama ducks promise to delay bill signings
- Obama ducks promise to delay bill signings - Washington Times
- The Washington Times: Forecast cloudy for transparency
- Right At Home Blog: Read the Bill!
- Right At Home Blog: Read the Bill!
- Knoxnews.com: The 'ReadTheBill.org' petition drive
- Knoxnews.com: The 'ReadTheBill.org' petition drive
- Becks Cafe: Sunlight Foundation: Shining some light on our government
- Becks Cafe: Sunlight Foundation: Shining some light on our government
- AMERICAN NONSENSE: Paul Blumenthal: How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees
- AMERICAN NONSENSE: Paul Blumenthal: How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees
- Huffington Post: Paul Blumenthal: How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees
- Huffington Post: Paul Blumenthal: How Congress Rushed a Bill that Helped Bring the Economy to Its Knees
- Stupidica: Petition Paradoxical Politicians to Pass S. 482
- Stupidica: Petition Paradoxical Politicians to Pass S. 482
- The Daily WTF Obama!: AIG Bonuses Renew Call for Congress to Read Bills
- The Daily WTF Obama!: AIG Bonuses Renew Call for Congress to Read Bills
- CBS News: AIG Bonuses Renew Call for Congress to Read Bills
- CBS News: AIG Bonuses Renew Call for Congress to Read Bills
- Media Matters: CNN's Castellanos falsely claimed Dems "gave" bonuses to AIG execs
- Media Matters: CNN's Castellanos falsely claimed Dems "gave" bonuses to AIG execs
- StoogePigeon: A Letter From Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation [readthebill@sunlightfoundation.com]
- StoogePigeon: A Letter From Ellen Miller, Sunlight Foundation [readthebill@sunlightfoundation.com]
- Latte Republic: "Read the Bill" Petition to Congress
- Latte Republic: "Read the Bill" Petition to Congress
- All about MICROSOFT: Vote to ask the President if he will Support Read The Bill
- All about MICROSOFT: Vote to ask the President if he will Support Read The Bill
- Paola's Weblog: obama distractions
- Paola?s Weblog: obama distractions
- Milwaukee Live: Is every Bill an Emergency?
- Milwaukee Live: Is every Bill an Emergency?
- CNN.com: Commentary: Obama breaks promise on posting legislation
- CNN.com: Commentary: Obama breaks promise on posting legislation
- (on Life as Edward Jensen): Of course there was a bonus loophole!
- To the Point on KCRW: The Great Recession and the Erosion of Trust
- BuzzFlash.org: Want to Prevent Another AIG? Let the Sunshine In
- POLITICO.com: GOP licks chops over Dem stumbles
- What'd I Say?: Roundup and Commentary - 3/21/09
- YubaNet.com: Sunlight Foundation Statement on Bonus Exemption Provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- MissTheda.com: Sign The Petition 2 Ask Congress 2 Read The Bill
- Weatherdem's Weblog: Read The Bill Petition
- CPA Success: When in doubt, follow the money...
- Stanford Robert Crown Law Library Blog: Read the Bill, please
- Politics West: Whooa, slow down, Congress
- Wingnuts & Moonbats: Tired of the stupidity
- Tsurch: Sunlight Foundation - Read the Bill: Stimulus Bill and Bonus Loopholes
- Both Sides of the Fence: Sunshine principle, not just for some but for everyone
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: Sunshine Week: Commonsense Transparency from ReadTheBill.org
- TransparentNevada: Introducting ReadTheBill.org
- The Columbus Dispatch : Huge bills often little read before quick votes
- Zen Cybernaught: Dollars: 787,000,000,000; Words: 185,947; Amendments: 485; Readers: 0
- Open-Government Blog: "Read the Bill"
- PR Newswire: Let Us Read the Bill
- Novalawcity: Department of Novel Ideas
- Faceless Bureaucrat: First Reading
- Washington Policy Blog: "Read the Bill"
- MarketWatch: Institute for Policy Innovation - Let Us Read the Bill
- Institute for Policy Innovation: Let Us Read the Bill
- YouTube: Read The Bill.org Federal News Tonight
- The IUSB Vision Weblog: Chairman Price Shows America What 9,286 Earmarks Look Like
- NJ Tax Revolution: Read the bill!
- Raising Eden: Read The Bill
- Life as Edward Jensen: Read The Bill!
- Latte Republic: Open Congress wants you to be Politically Savvy and Part of the Solution
- Techfun: Read The Bill: Improve the legislative process by posting bills online for 72 hours before debate!
- Mother Jones: Do You Think Bills Should Be Read Before They Are Passed?
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: minilinks for 2009-03-03 |
- Occasional Brief Observations: Read the bill!
- Yankee Philip: READ THE BILL ! ! !
- Just Some Thoughts: Time for Congress to Learn the 3Rs
- Republican Leader John Boehner:| Non-Partisan Center for Responsive Politics Calls for Transparency, Accountability in Democratic Congress
- Blog the Fifth: My Weekend @ Transparency Camp
- POLITICO.com; Glenn Thrush's Blog: Read the bill, okay?
- Notional Slurry: links for 2009-02-27
- DavidKilmer: Read the Bill, Group Tells Congress
- Medi a Mouse: "Read the Bill" Campaign Encourages U.S. Congress to Publish Bills before Debate
- Capital Eye: Read the bill, Congress -- is that too much to ask?
- Joho the Blog: RTFB
- carapace: Congress Didn't Read the Bill
- Mint Dollar: Read the bill, Congress ? is that too much to ask?
- Post Politics: Read The Bill
- The Hill Blog: ReadTheBill.org
- Random Mumblings: Reading is fundamental
- New Mexico Independent: TODAY'S BLOG ROUNDUP: Twittering, TIDDs and more
- Examiner.com: Sign the Petition to Read the Bill
- Personal Democracy Forum: Clearing the Cache
- MissTheda.com: Have You Read The Stimulus Bill?
- Mario Burgos: Read the Bill is a Good Idea
- Mount Virtus: Tell Congress to Read the Bill: Why Not Sign the Online Petition Today?
- OpenCongress Blog: Read the Bill
- Deserted After Dark: I'm Just A Bill
- The Sharing Cyclone: Lighting up Legislation
- Liberal Common Sense: Urge Congress to read bills and to make sure we can too
- Wired.com: Threat Level: Read the Bill, Group Tells Congress
- The Huffington Post: The Sunlight Foundation: Sign the Petition to ReadTheBill.org
- Federal Documents @ Earl K. Long Library: Ask Congress to...Read the Bill
- The Next Right: Time for the GOP to embrace transparency
- Center for Democracy & Technology: PolicyBeta: Read the Bill: reading a billion dollars a minute
- PostStar.com: Read the Bill campaign; Group wants bills posted 72 hours prior to vote
- Wichita Liberty: Read the Bill
- Conservative Thoughts and Profundity: Let Us Read the Bill
- OMB Watch: "Read the Bill" Campaign is Common Sense
- Joho the Blog: ReadTheBill.org
- cnewmark: Sunlight Foundation launches "Read the Bill"
- NWAnews.com: Fast Action on Stimulus Bill Reflects that of Patriot Act
- Hoi Polloi: Quotes for the week ending 15 Feb 2009
- InformationWeek: White House Solicits Public Comment On Economic Stimulus Plan
- KVNU's For The People: Obama's Myth of Transparency
- Knowing and Making: Bounded cognition and the stimulus bill
- The Next Right: Democrats Abandon Transparency for Stimulus Vote
- The Whited Sepulchre: Sunlight is the best disinfectant
- Laura Ingraham: Need to Know
- WORLD Magazine: Where's the transparency?
- Lynn Sweet: Give Congress, the public, time to read the stimulus bill before Congress votes
- Aeronaut: Faster than the speed of light
- techPresident: Daily Digest: A Note on Changes at techPresident
- The Hill Blog: Transparency In Legislation through 72 Hours of Online Availability
- The (Washington, D.C.) Examiner: Obama, Reid, Pelosi burn billions behind closed doors
- (St. Paul, Minn.) Pioneer Press: Sunlight Foundation: Post the stimulus bill online -- before it's signed into law
"Congress should change its rules to require that non-emergency legislation and conference reports be posted on the Internet for 72 hours before debate begins."