Paul Blumenthal
Paul Blumenthal is a Research Assistant of the Sunlight Foundation and author of the blog, "In Broad Daylight," which tracks daily news on money in politics and reform in Congress. Prior to joining the Sunlight Foundation, he interned at Campaign for America's Future working on its Project for an Accountable Congress. During the 2004 election season, he worked for Rock the Vote as a Research Assistant to the Political Director and as the author of the Rock the Vote blog. He recently graduated from New York University's Gallatin School for Individualized Study and is a native Washingtonian.
Paul has been writing up a storm...
- Mitchell Wade’s Five Congressmen December 1, 2008
- In Norm Dicks’ Name December 1, 2008
- Hold Put On Bailout Oversight Office December 1, 2008
Recent Sunlight Foundation Projects
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Transparency Jobs
Bringing Transparency to Government, One Job at a Time -
The Open Senate Project
A bipartisan, collaborative initiative to study the Senate's current information-sharing practices -
FARAdb
A proof of concept site based on Foreign Agent Registration Act data -
Read The Bill First
Sign the petition! Demand they take at least 72 hours to read the bailout bill! -
Pass S.223
We need your help to pass S.223. -
Party Time!
Documenting the Political Partying Circuit. -
Capitol Words
Fresh from the US Congressional Record to Your Screen. -
Public Markup
An experiment to open bills to online, public review. -
EarmarkWatch
Bringing Citizen Oversight to Congressional Spending. -
Visualizing Earmarks
Select Visualizations of 2005 OMB Earmark Data. -
Where Are They Now?
Former Congressional Staffers head through the Revolving Door
Simple Ways You Can Help
