LDA resources

This is a resource document for lobbying disclosure (in the very broad sense). It is a work in progress. It contains the following sections:

Relevant legislation (with links to the act, committee reports, etc.)

 * 1) Big picture list
 * 2) Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
 * 3) HLOGA (PDF)
 * 4) House Committee Report (110-161) (PDF)
 * 5) Post employment lobbying restrictions staff list
 * 6) Judicial Disclosure Responsibility Act of 2007
 * 7) P.L. 110-24 (PDF)
 * 8) Reform Earmarks Process resolution (2006)
 * 9) H. Res 1000, amends House Rule XXI 9(a) to place all bills and conference reports containing earmarks online
 * 10) House Report 109-655 (PDF)
 * 11) Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA)
 * 12) P.L. 107-155 (PDF)
 * 13) Lobbying Disclosure Technical Amendments Act of 1998
 * 14) P.L. 105-166 (PDF)
 * 15) Was S. 758
 * 16) S. Rep. 105-147 (PDF)
 * 17) Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
 * 18) P.L. 104-65, December 19, 1995 (PDF)
 * 19) Presidential Signing Statement on Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (PDF)
 * 20) House Committee Report (104-339), November 14, 1995 (PDF)
 * 21) Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993 (S. 564)
 * 22) P.L. 103-40
 * 23) Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (plus later technical amendments) (H.R. 3660)
 * 24) George H.W. Bush Signing Statement
 * 25) Ethics in Government Act 1978 (includes Public Official Integrity Act, which established Senate code of conduct)
 * 26) Federal Elections Campaign Act of 1971 (with many amendments)
 * 27) See 1974 amendments
 * 28) See PL 104-79 to allow electronic filing
 * 29) FY 2000 Appropriations Bill, requires House and President to electronically file
 * 30) Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (79th Congress; req'd disclosure of lobbyists) (See Title III: Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act, replaced by LDA)
 * 31) Mutual Security Act of 1954 (requires filing of foreign travel reports reflecting reimbursement of travel by the federal government)
 * 32) Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938
 * 33) 22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.
 * 34) Department of Justice Rulemaking, June 5, 2003

Links to relevant sections of the U.S. Code

 * 1) Federal Election Campaigns Title II Chapter 14
 * 2) Congressional Accountability Title II Chapter 24 (applying federal laws to congress)
 * 3) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities: Title II Chapter 26
 * 4) Political Activities of State and Local Activities: Title V Chapter 15
 * 5) Inspector General Act of 1978: Title 5a
 * 6) Ethics in Government Act: Title 5a
 * 7) Foreign Gifts and Decorations (mostly repealed) : Title 22 Chapter 37
 * 8) Foreign Agents and Propaganda: title 22 Chapter 11
 * 9) Disclosure of Classified Information: Title 18 USC 798
 * 10) Public Printing and Documents: Title 44
 * 11) Election Administration Improvement Title 42 Chapter 146
 * 12) Information Technology Management Title 40 Subtitle III
 * 13) Public Contracts Title 41
 * 14) Money and Finance: Title 31

Senate

 * 1) Rules:
 * 2) Senate Code of Official Conduct
 * 3) Rule 34: Public Financial Disclosure
 * 4) Rule 35: Gifts
 * 5) Rule 40: Franking
 * 6) Rule 41: Potential Fund Designess
 * 7) Rule 41(6): Supervisor’s Reports on Individuals Performing Senate Services
 * 8) See overview of Senate Code of Conduct, March 2007
 * 9) Senate Ethics Manual (S. Pub 108-1); last published 108th Congress, 1st session
 * 10) Committees
 * 11) Senate Ethics Committee
 * 12) Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

House

 * 1) Rules:
 * 2) H. Res. 6 (110th Cong)
 * 3) H. Res 648 (Feb. 1, 2006)
 * 4) Committees:
 * 5) Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

Judiciary

 * 1) Federal Courts

Executive Branch

 * 1) Executive Agencies
 * 2) United States Office of Government Ethics
 * 3) Federal Elections Commission
 * 4) See legislation
 * 5) Federal Inspectors General
 * 6) Executive Orders
 * 7) March 20, 2009 Obama Memo on “Ensuring Responsible Spending of Recovery Act Funds”
 * 8) Forms
 * 9) Request Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Reports (SF-278)

States

 * 1) https://spreadsheets.google.com/a/sunlightfoundation.com/ccc?key=p1p_ebIzxEehQXSv6jmqdZw&amp;inv=dschuman@sunlightfoundation.com&amp;t=7687996695591894418&amp;guest (courtesy Nisha)

On line resources

 * 1) Lobbying Disclosure Act Database, available from the Senate Office of Public Records
 * 2) Site where lobbyists must file their disclosure reports
 * 3) Many documents are available with the Senate Office of Public Records or the House Clerk's Office

Guidance on complying with lobbying disclosure

 * 1) House of Representatives Guide to Lobbying Disclosure Act
 * 2) Senate Lobbying Disclosure Information
 * 3) Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act Guidance, Rev. Feb. 3, 2009

Background resources from legislative support agencies

 * 1) [[Media:Lisa_s_1_9_09_Proposal_for_Real_Time_Online_Lo.pdf|See Sunlight Proposed LDA]]
 * 2) U.S. Government Entities with Ethics/Conduct related authority (PDF)
 * 3) CRS Report: “Lobbying Disclosure: Themes and Issues, 110th Congress” by R. Eric Peterson, May 29, 2007 (PDF)
 * 4) CRS Report: “Lobbying Law and Ethics Rules Changes in the 110th Congress” September 18, 2007
 * 5) GAO Report: “2008 Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with Disclosure Requirement” April 2009 (PDF)
 * 6) GAO Report: “Lobbying Disclosure: Observations on Lobbyists' Compliance with New Disclosure Requirements” September 2008 (PDF)
 * 7) GAO Report: “Post-Government Employment Restrictions and Foreign Agent Registration: Additional Action Needed to Enhance Implementation of Requirements” July 2008 (PDF)
 * 8) CRS Report: “Lobbying Congress: An Overview of Legal Provisions and Congressional Ethics Rules” December 27, 2006 (PDF)
 * 9) GAO Letter to Senator Levin: “Information on States' Lobbying Disclosure Requirements” May 2, 1997 (PDF)
 * 10) CRS Report: “Enforcement of Congressional Rules of Conduct: An Historical Overview” November 11, 2008
 * 11) CRS Report: “Senate Select Committee on Ethics: A Brief History of Its Evolution and Jurisdiction” updated March 26, 2008
 * 12) CRS Report: "Congress and Pressure Groups: Lobbying in a Modern Democracy" June 1986 (PDF)
 * 13) Report to Congress by Independent Counsel in the Michael Deaver case: [[Media:Executive_Branch_Lobbying_-_Report_to_Congress_by_Independent_Counsel_in_Michael_Deaver_case.pdf|"Executive Branch Lobbying: Report to Congress on the Nature, Effects and Need for Regulation of Executive Branch Lobbying"]] (PDF)

Media coverage

 * 1) “Revolving Door, Bailout Edition” Mother Jones, April 9, 2009
 * 2) “Congress Plays Hide and Seek with Disclosure Documents” Bill Allison, Washington Examiner, April 9, 2009
 * 3) “Executive Branch Ethics: Let the Light Shine In” op-ed, New York Times, Whitney North Seymour Jr.

Sunlight resources (including all relevant blog posts)

 * 1) Transparency Wiki: Transparency Hub
 * 2) Transparency Timeline
 * 3) Upcoming transparency events
 * 4) Our Open Government List (OOGL) – voting on what the Open Government Directive should address
 * 5) Sunlight 3 page agenda
 * 6) Transparency in Government Act (on public markup)
 * 7) Lisa's proposed reform of LDA from Jan 9, 2009
 * 8) Blogposts (by Tag)
 * 9) Lobbying Disclosure
 * 10) "Obama's Stimulus Plan: The Movie," Daniel Schuman, May 12, 2009
 * 11) "Lobbying Disclosures Due Today," Paul Blumenthal, April 20, 2009
 * 12) "Countering the Reward Method of Corruption," Paul Blumenthal, April 14, 2009
 * 13) “A Vision of Real Time Lobbying Disclosure,” John Wonderlich, April 7, 2009
 * 14) “In Case You Weren't Convinced,” Paul Blumenthal, March 30, 2009
 * 15) “Lobbyists May Subvert Disclosure Laws to Lobby on Stimulus,” March 27, 2009
 * 16) “Recovery Lobbying Rules: Reversing the Disclosure Burden,” Paul Blumenthal, March 23, 2009
 * 17) “Apply New Lobby Rules Across the Board,” Paul Blumenthal, March 20, 2009
 * 18) “Obama Promises Much Tighter Lobbying Disclosure for Recovery Funds," Paul Blumenthal, March 20, 2009
 * 19) “Telling the Real Story,” Paul Blumenthal, March 3, 2009
 * 20) “International Sunlight,” Paul Blumenthal, February 29, 2008
 * 21) “New filing Requirements Will Reveal New Information,” Ellen Miller, February 5, 2008
 * 22) “Immigration Battle Exposes Inadequacies of Lobby Disclosure,” Bill Allison, June 27, 2007
 * 23) Lobbying Reform
 * 24) “Total Transparency Lobbying Form,” Ellen Miller, November 21, 2008
 * 25) “Is There More Backsliding on Earmark Reform,” Bill Allison, June 30, 2007
 * 26) “Congressional Staff Need to be Transparent Too,” Bill Allison, June 20, 2007
 * 27) “Lobbying Bill Vote Underway,” Paul Blumenthal, May 24, 2007
 * 28) “Amendments Submitted for the Lobbying Reform Bill,” Paul Blumenthal, May 23, 2007
 * 29) “Lobbying Bill Markup,” Paul Blumenthal, May 17, 2007
 * 30) “Put Personal Financial Disclosures Online,” Paul Blumenthal, May 14, 2007
 * 31) “Why We Need Faster Lobbying Disclosure II,” Bill Allison, December 21, 2006
 * 32) LDA
 * 33) "Preview of New White House Lobbying Policy," John Wonderlich, May 29, 2009
 * 34) "White House Lobbying Meeting: Public Debrief," John Wonderlich, May 6, 2009
 * 35) "New OMB Memo Clarifies Lobbying Restrictions," John Wonderlich, April 12, 2009
 * 36) "A Vision of Real-Time Lobbying Disclosure," John Wonderlich, April 7, 2009
 * 37) “Foreign Lobbying Around Bailout?,” Paul Blumenthal, March 17, 2009
 * 38) HLOGA
 * 39) "Countering the Reward Method of Corruption," Paul Blumenthal, April 14, 2009
 * 40) “GAO: Small Number of Lobbying Disclosures Are Wrong,” Paul Blumenthal, April 2, 2009
 * 41) “Telling the Real Story,” Paul Blumenthal, March 3, 2009
 * 42) “Congressional Lobbying Databases Updated,” Paul Blumenthal, January 27, 2009
 * 43) “FEC Thwarts Transparency,” Ellen Miller, December 19, 2008
 * 44) “Secret Hold on Bailout Oversight Lifted,” Paul Blumenthal, December 4, 2008
 * 45) “More on the Bailout Oversight Hold,” Paul Blumenthal, December 3, 2008
 * 46) “Caribbean Island Trip and Ethics Loopholes,” Paul Blumenthal, December 2, 2008
 * 47) “Hold Put On Bailout Oversight Office,” Paul Blumenthal, December 1, 2008
 * 48) “Reform Effect on Lobbyists,” Paul Blumenthal, October 28, 2008
 * 49) “In Broad Daylight: Massage Chairs and Sled Dogs,” Paul Blumenthal, September 9, 2009
 * 50) Lobbyists
 * 51) "New Lobbying Rules Round-Up," Paul Blumenthal, June 2, 2009
 * 52) "After FEC Eviscerates Bundling Disclosure Law, Only One Bundler Discloses," Paul Blumenthal, May 22, 2009
 * 53) "We Don't Need No Education," Paul Blumenthal, May 19, 2009
 * 54) "The Grim State of Affairs for Car Dealerships," Paul Blumenthal, May 14, 2009
 * 55) "Listing Earmarks in Lobbying Disclsures," Paul Blumenthal, May 13, 2009
 * 56) "Connecting Links: Criticism of Obama's Stimulus Lobbying Rules," Paul Blumenthal, May 12, 2009
 * 57) "The Lobbying Power of the Groups at the Presidential Health Care Pow-Wow," Paul Blumenthal, May 11, 2009
 * 58) "Should Lobbyists Be Required to Disclose Anything?" Paul Blumenthal, May 8, 2009
 * 59) "Raising the Expectation of Professionalism," Paul Blumenthal, May 6, 2009
 * 60) "Another Three Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts," Paul Blumenthal, April 29, 2009
 * 61) "Lobbyists Skirt Stimulus Lobbying Rules; Lower Registration Threshold," Paul Blumenthal, April 28, 2009
 * 62) "Meeting Becomes Example for Lobbyist Contact Disclosure," Paul Blumenthal, April 27, 2009
 * 63) "Thoughts on a Lord of Finance's Schedule," Paul Blumenthal, April 27, 2009
 * 64) "Should We Increase Lobbying Disclosure Requirements for Bailout Firms?" Paul Blumenthal, April 24, 2009
 * 65) "Three More Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 66) "The FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 67) "PMA Group Brought Large Return on Investment for Clients," Paul Blumenthal, April 21, 2009
 * 68) "Is Obama's Revolving Door Rule Bad Policy?" Paul Blumenthal, April 20, 2009
 * 69) "Lobbying Disclosures Due Today," Paul Blumenthal, April 20, 2009
 * 70) "Decline in Campaign Fund Fortunes for PMA-linked Trio," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 71) "Agencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts," Paul Blumenthal, April 15, 2009
 * 72) "Stimulus Lobbying Disclosure Order: No Legal Problem," Daniel Schuman, April 14, 2009
 * 73) "Revolving Door Bailout Army," Paul Blumenthal, April 9, 2009
 * 74) "Return on Lobbying Investment: 22,000%," Paul Blumenthal, April 9, 2009
 * 75) "GAO: Small Number of Lobbying Disclosures Are Wrong," Paul Blumenthal, April 2, 2009
 * 76) “Gillibrand's Sunlight Report Pulls Back The Curtain,” Paul Blumenthal, April 2, 2009
 * 77) “Which Came First, the Lobbyist or the Company?” Paul Blumenthal, March 25, 2009
 * 78) “The Details on Recovery Lobbying Rules,” Paul Blumenthal, March 23, 2009
 * 79) “Financial Sector Spent $5 Billion on Political Influence,” Paul Blumenthal, March 4, 2009
 * 80) “OGE Issues First Memo on Obama Ethics Order,” Paul Blumenthal, February 17, 2009
 * 81) “PMA Group Investigation,” Paul Blumenthal, February 11, 2009
 * 82) “Possible Justice Department Appointee to Require Lobbyist Waiver,” Paul Blumenthal, February 6, 2009
 * 83) “Transparency, Shmansparency,” Paul Blumenthal, February 6, 2009
 * 84) “And We're Back,” Paul Blumenthal, January 5, 2009
 * 85) “You Spin Me Right Round,” Paul Blumenthal, January 29, 2009
 * 86) “Washington State Lobbyist Disclosure,” Paul Blumenthal, October 17, 2008
 * 87) Lobbying Regulations
 * 88) "Obama's Stimulus Lobbying Rules: The Movie," Daniel Schuman, May 12, 2009
 * 89) “First FOIA Response on SF-LLLs,” Bill Allison, March 6, 2007
 * 90) “Looking into Lobbying Federal Contracts and Grants,” Bill Allison, February 2, 2007
 * 91) “Why We Need Faster Lobbying Disclosure,” Bill Allison, December 20, 2006
 * 92) Foreign Agent Registration Act
 * 93) “FARA Reports Shine Light on Dubai Dealings,” Paul Blumenthal, November 19, 2008
 * 94) “FARAdb Allows Digital Digging into Details of Lobbying,” Bill Allison, October 2, 2008
 * 95) “Foreign Agents Lobbying Reform,” Ellen Miller, June 12, 2008
 * 96) “McCain Campaign Loses a Foreign Agent Whose Firm is on the Saudi Payroll,” Bill Allison, May 19, 2008
 * 97) “Paying to not Play: Revisiting the Iron Triangle,” Bill Allison, April 16, 2008
 * 98) “FARA Puts Some Records Online,” Bill Allison, May 30, 2007
 * 99) Transparency
 * 100) "Help Sunlight Bid on Recovery.gov," Paul Blumenthal, June 17, 2009
 * 101) "Obama Blocks Visitor Log Disclosure," Paul BLumenthal, June 16, 2009
 * 102) "What's The Matter with New York?" Paul Blumenthal, June 9, 2009
 * 103) "Member Expenses Continued," Paul Blumenthal, June 5, 2009
 * 104) "Senate Judiciary Committee Posts Sotomayor Questionnaire Online," Paul Blumenthal, June 4, 2009
 * 105) "FDA Creates Transparency Task Force," Paul Blumenthal, June 2, 2009
 * 106) "New Lobbying Rules Round-Up," Paul Blumenthal, June 2, 2009
 * 107) "Redesigning the Government: The U.S. Supreme Court," Daniel Schuman, June 2, 2009
 * 108) "Congressional Statements of Expenditures, the MP Expense Scandal and the Case for Transparency," Paul Blumenthal, May 27, 2009
 * 109) "Open Government Initiative Open for Comment," Paul Blumenthal, May 22, 2009
 * 110) "Five Day Fail, Again," Paul Blumenthal, May 20, 2009
 * 111) "We Don't Need No Education," Paul Blumenthal, May 19, 2009
 * 112) "Listing "Earmarks" in Lobbying Disclosures," Paul Blumenthal, May 13, 2009
 * 113) "Connecting Links: Criticism of Obama's Stimulus Lobbying Rules," Paul Blumenthal, May 12, 2009
 * 114) "Should Lobbyists Be Required to Disclose Anything?" Paul Blumenthal, May 8, 2009
 * 115) "Disclosure Calvinball?" Paul Blumenthal, May 8, 2009
 * 116) "The Insufficient Lobbying Disclosure Act," Paul Blumenthal, May 7, 2009
 * 117) "Reviewing Last Week's National Dialogue on Recovery IT," Greg Elin, May 6, 2009
 * 118) "Raising the Expectation of Professionalism," Paul Blumenthal, May 6, 2009
 * 119) "Why Transparency?" Paul Blumenthal, May 5, 2009
 * 120) "They Cared to Comment," Lisa Chiu, May 5, 2009
 * 121) "EPA Administrator Begins Posting Daily Schedule," Paul Blumenthal, April 30, 2009
 * 122) "They Frankly Own the Place," Paul Blumenthal, April 30, 2009
 * 123) "No Web Site Left Behind," Nisha Thompson, April 30, 2009
 * 124) "Another Three Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contacts," Paul Blumenthal, April 29, 2009
 * 125) "Sen. Klobuchar Supports S. 482!" Paul Blumenthal, April 29, 2009
 * 126) "Draping Transparency Over the TARP," Paul Blumenthal, April 29, 2009
 * 127) "Senate Obstinacy on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 28
 * 128) "Sen. Merkley Endorses S. 482," Paul Blumenthal, April 28, 2009
 * 129) "Meeting Becomes Example for Lobbyist Contact Disclosure," Paul Blumenthal, April 27, 2009
 * 130) "Thoughts on a Lord of Finance's Schedule," Paul Blumenthal, April 27, 2009
 * 131) "EPA Administrator Promises Transparency, Engagement," Paul Blumenthal, April 24, 2009
 * 132) "Should We Increase Lobbying Disclosure Requirements for Bailout Firms?" Paul Blumenthal, April 24, 2009
 * 133) "Another Cosponsor for S. 482!" Paul Blumenthal, April 23, 2009
 * 134) "Transparency for Bird Strikes," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 135) "Three more Agencies Begin Posting Recovery Act Lobbying Contracts," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 136) "The FCC, Ex Parte Communications, and Lobbying for Recovery Funds," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 137) "White House CTO: Aneesh Chopra," Paul Blumenthal, April 20, 2009
 * 138) "Reaching for the Probity of Brick," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 139) "Dodd Story Reveals Failure of Senate on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 140) "FEC Backs Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 16, 2009
 * 141) "Agencies Begin to Post Recovery Lobbying Contacts," Paul Blumenthal, April 15, 2009
 * 142) "A Review of Obama's Five Day Pledge," Paul Blumenthal, April 10, 2009
 * 143) “Revolving Door Bailout Army,” Paul Blumenthal, April 9, 2009
 * 144) “Return on Lobbying Investment: 22,000%,” Paul Blumenthal, April 9, 2009
 * 145) “Every Obama Administration Personal Financial Disclosure,” Paul Blumenthal, April 8, 2009
 * 146) “Top 10 Measurements for Transparency," Ellen Miller, April 5, 2009
 * 147) “Senate Votes in Support of Future Federal Reserve Lending Transparency,” Paul Blumenthal, April 2, 2009
 * 148) “Wash. Times Supports S. 482,” Paul Blumenthal, March 30, 2009
 * 149) Online Transparency
 * 150) “The Rise of Recovery.gov and the Virtuous Cycle of Transparency Innovation,” Greg Elin, March 19, 2009
 * 151) “FDIC: The Bailout Beyond TARP,” Lisa Chiu, March 3, 2009
 * 152) “Sen.-Designee Gillibrand's Transparency Record,” Paul Blumenthal, January 23, 2009
 * 153) “Will Change.gov Post State Funding Requests?” Bill Allison, December 12, 2008
 * 154) “Countdown to Reform Mandate,” Paul Blumenthal, July 28, 2008
 * 155) “Earmark Requests Overload House Servers,” Bill Allison, March 20, 2008
 * 156) “LegiStorm Posts Staffer Personal Financial Disclosures,” Paul Blumenthal, February 26, 2008
 * 157) “Senate Provides Better Tool for Tracking Lobbyists,” Bill Allison, January 2, 2008
 * 158) “GovernmentDocs.org Debuts from CREW,” Bill Allison, November 8, 2007
 * 159) “The Machine is Using Ron Paul,” Paul Blumenthal, November 6, 2007
 * 160) Personal Financial Disclosures
 * 161) "Ethics Link Line-Up," Paul Blumenthal, June 12, 2009
 * 162) "Every Obama Administration Personal Financial Disclosure," Paul Blumenthal, April 8, 2009
 * 163) “Unraveling Rangel,” Bill Allison, February 4, 2009
 * 164) “Home Loan Disclosures,” Paul Blumenthal, October 30, 2008
 * 165) “In Broad Daylight: FBI Peeks into VIP,” Paul Blumenthal, October 30, 2008
 * 166) “In Broad Daylight: Stevens Saga Continues,” Paul Blumenthal, October 28, 2008
 * 167) “In Broad Daylight: Stressed Out,” Paul Blumenthal, October 23, 2008
 * 168) “In Broad Daylight, K Street Reeling, K Street Rising,” Paul Blumenthal, October 22, 2008
 * 169) “In Broad Daylight: No Taxpayer Funded Lobbying,” Paul Blumenthal, October 21, 2008
 * 170) “In Broad Daylight: Rangel's Disclosure Discrepancies,” Paul Blumenthal, September 15, 2008
 * 171) Earmark Reform
 * 172) “Earmark Disclosure Diaspora,” Paul Blumenthal, January 7, 2009
 * 173) “Maybe We Need Some New Ideas for Earmark Reform?” Ellen Miller, March 18, 2008
 * 174) “Congress' Chief Admin Officer Orders Change to GOP Earmark Web Site,” Ellen Miller, February 21, 2008
 * 175) “Earmark Season Opens,” Paul Blumenthal, February 14, 2008
 * 176) “More Earmark Reform Needed,” Ellen Miller, November 1, 2007
 * 177) “Sunlight Still Needed,” Ellen Miller, October 31, 2007
 * 178) “Getting Serious About Earmarks,” Ellen Miller, October 2, 2007
 * 179) “Just How Effective Is Earmark Reform?” Ellen Miller, September 9, 2007
 * 180) “Earmark Reform: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” Ellen Miller, September 3, 2007
 * 181) “Is There More Backsliding on Earmark Reform?” Bill Allison, July 30, 2007
 * 182) Campaign Finance
 * 183) "What's the Matter with New York?" Paul Blumenthal, June 9, 2009
 * 184) "Vis-a-Visclosky: Or How I Learned to Take Campaign Contributions and Turn Them Into Earmarks," Paul Blumenthal, June 4, 2009
 * 185) "After FEC Eviscerates Bundling Disclosure Law, Only One Bundler Discloses," Paul Blumenthal, May 22, 2009
 * 186) "Tough Day for Credit Card Companies," Paul Blumenthal, May 19, 2009
 * 187) "The Grim State of Affairs for Car Dealerships," Paul Blumenthal, May 14, 2009
 * 188) "Blue Dog Dems Rake in Health Care Contributions, Protest Exclusion from Debate," Paul Blumenthal, May 12, 2009
 * 189) "Disclosure Calvinball?" Paul Blumenthal, May 8, 2009
 * 190) "Senate Obstinacy on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 28, 2009
 * 191) "Senate E-Filing in Politico," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 192) "Dodd Story Reveals Failure of Senate on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 193) "Decline in Campaign Fund Fortunes for PMA-Linked Trio," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 194) “Financial Firm Campaign Giving,” Paul Blumenthal, March 26, 2009
 * 195) “Who Can Hedge Funds Lean On?” Paul Blumenthal, March 26, 2009
 * 196) “Every Fundraiser in One Day,” Paul Blumenthal, March 23, 2009
 * 197) “Sunshine Week Editorials on S. 482,” Paul Blumenthal, March 16, 2009
 * 198) “Global Problems with Political Financing,” Ellen Miller, February 17, 2009
 * 199) “Auto Bailout and UAW PAC Contributions,” Paul Blumenthal, December 16, 2008
 * 200) “Auto Bailout, Foreign Plants, and Senate Votes,” Paul Blumenthal, December 15, 2008
 * 201) “Auto Industry Bailout: Money-Votes Analysis,” Paul Blumenthal, December 12, 2008
 * 202) “Big Three Ask for Money, Spend on Lobbying,” Paul Blumenthal, December 5, 2008
 * 203) S. 482 Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act
 * 204) "Ensign Tried to Stymie Ethics Committee, Calls Come for Committee to Investigate," Paul Blumenthal, June 19, 2009
 * 205) "Will Electronic Filing Finally Happen in the Senate?" Lisa Rosenberg, May 20, 2009
 * 206) "Senate Obstinacy on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 28, 2009
 * 207) "Senate E-Filing in Politico," Paul Blumenthal, April 22, 2009
 * 208) "Dodd Story Reveals Failure of Senate on Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 17, 2009
 * 209) "FEC Backs Electronic Filing," Paul Blumenthal, April 16, 2009
 * 210) “People Are Talking About Electronic Filing,” Nisha Thompson, April 7, 2009
 * 211) “Maybe 482 is a Lucky Number,” Ellen Miller, March 11, 2009
 * 212) “NYT Supports Electronic Filing,” Paul Blumenthal, March 9, 2009
 * 213) “Senate E-Filing Bill Reintroduced, Pass S. 482,” Paul Blumenthal, February 27, 2009