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Monday, October 6, 2008

OpenCongress.org

OpenCongress.org from the Sunlight Foundation summarizes bills in everyday language and monitors related news and blog coverage. Users can follow a legislator's voting record and submit comments on proposed laws. (from Oct 2008 Wired magazine).

The website posts

"OpenCongress brings together official government data with news coverage, blog posts, comments, and more to give you the real story behind what's happening in Congress. Small groups of political insiders and lobbyists already know what's really going on in Congress. We think everyone should be an insider.

OpenCongress is a free, open-source, non-profit, and non-partisan web resource with a mission to make Congress more transparent and to encourage civic engagement."

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