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Archives Oct. 18, 2011

Sunlight Makes Government Accountable

Our friends at the Sunlight Foundation are working for a more transparent "Super Committee" process and have developed five recommendations:

Provide a live webcasts of all official meetings and hearings

Make available the Committee's report for 72 hours before a final committee vote

Disclose every meeting held with lobbyists and other powerful interests

Disclose all campaign contributions as they are received (on their campaign websites)

Provide financial disclosures of Committee members and staffers

Check out Sunight's campaign page at http://sunlightfoundation.com/opensupercongress/ with additional resources for individuals and groups to take action.

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