Open Congress
Open Congress launched late this week. The site aggregates bills and proposed legislation, representatives and how they vote, and the buzz of political blogosphere. The content is delivered, of course, via various RSS feeds, and is well worth your time.
From the Open Congress mission statement:
OpenCongress brings together official government information with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind what’s happening in Congress.
For most people, finding out what’s really happening in Congress is a daunting and time-consuming task. The legislative process is frequently arcane and closed-off from the public, resulting in frustration with Congress and apathy about politics.
Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists know what’s really going on in Congress, but this important information rarely makes its way into the light. The official website of the library of Congress, Thomas, publishes the full text of bills, but we can do much more to inform ourselves and make our government accessible. Now, with OpenCongress, everyone can be an insider.
OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to help make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement. OpenCongress is a joint project of the Sunlight Foundation and the Participatory Politics Foundation.
NPR’s On The Media did a segment about Open Congress. Check it out.
I can certainly see the content provided by Open Congress appearing as a regular segment on the Creepy Sleepy Show. You should monitor your own state and let us know what’s going on.
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