Congress

A week ago I followed the example of fellow blogger Maggie Thurber from Ohio in submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to my representative in Congress.  We wanted to discover the count of calls for and against the “Cap and Trade” bill voted on by our members in Congress on June 26.
Both Maggie [...]

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A recent Meadowlark article showed how to find the Legislative Resource Center in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.
One of the pieces of information available from the LRC about each member of the U.S. House is a Financial Disclosure Report.  One can search for the 2008 Financial Disclosure Reports online for any member [...]

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