Politics

Congress Links

By Sunlight Foundation & Participatory Politics Foundation

Congress Links for Thursday, July 29th – to be continually updated over the day.

• Senate Democrats call for fillibuster reform. (CBS News)
• Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) faces ethics charges around 1pm ET today: latest news and blog coverage on him from around the Web, aggregated here on OC.
• Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee unsure if hearing over New Start arms treaty with Russia will occur. (NY Times, and Associated Press).
• Congress passed S. 1789 -Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 yesterday to reduce disparities between sentences for crack and powdered cocaine violations. (The New York Times).
• OC’s resources on the Fair Sentencing bill: most-recent news coverage, blog buzz, and the nine-page official bill text. More vote info to come later today.
• Rep. James Oberstar [D-MN] expects the House to pass his aviation safety bill today. (Associated Press)
• The DISCLOSE Act on ice: most-recent news and blog coverage.
• We announced our first-ever grassroots donation drive for our non-profit work to demystify and reform the U.S. Congress. Donating is easy and takes just a minute or two — we’ve tested it thoroughly, it’s smooth, and we need your help.

Links assembled by OC Research Assistants. Photo of President Obama meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership this past Tuesday via our data partners Daylife. Question & comments welcome: writeus[at]opencongress.org.

Full post as published by Open Congress on July 29, 2010 (boomark / email).