The Sunlight Foundation, an open-government group, has been pushing hard for the past few years to force a vote on legislation that would compel Senate candidates to post their campaign finance reports electronically. Sunlight took its cause to Twitter this week by telling people to “tweet” their support for the idea to senators who can make it happen.
The new media tactic caught the attention of two Democratic senators, @clairecmc of Missouri and @Barbara_Boxer of California. Boxer noted that she co-sponsored a previous bill on the topic and will do so again. And Claire McCaskill wrote: “I’ve supported electronic filing of campaign reports for a long time. It’s embarrassing that we are not required to file electronically.”
“In less than 24 hours, two out of 15 of the senators on Twitter who had not co-sponsored are now cosponsors,” Blumenthal noted on Sunlight’s blog. “In terms of grassroots outreach that is an amazing turn around.”
Here is a sampling of other Hill tweets from today:
- Why did the public lands bill fail in the House? According to @GOPLeader, it was a Second Amendment fight.
- @Senate_GOPs complained that labor unions turned a Senate hearing on “card check” into pep rally.
- @DeanHeller wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., about card check. “It could cost us 600,000 jobs by end of 2010.”
- @edlabordems posted videos from today’s hearing about lost educational opportunities in alternative settings.
- @SenJohnMcCain found a Washington Post article on Democratic thoughts about taxing health benefits “very interesting.” President Obama scoffed at the idea in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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Categories: California, Missouri, Gun Rights, Politics, Health, Labor, Technology, Education, Taxes, Natural Resources, Claire McCaskill, Hill Tweet News, Barbara Boxer
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President Obama’s decision to reverse U.S. policy on embryonic stem-cell research triggered a round of policy tweets from lawmakers both for and against the idea.
Obama lifted restrictions on the research and issued a presidential memorandum designed to insulate scientists from political interference. @LEETERRYNE said embryonic stem-cell research is “inappropriate and immoral” and added that other stem-cell research is a viable option. @SenatorMenendez countered that Obama’s action signals a “new era of hope.”
Others tweeting on the topic included @GOPLeader, @RepMaryFallin, @bobinglis and @RepTomPrice.
Here is a sampling of other Hill tweets from today:
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Categories: California, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Utah, Health, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Menendez, Education, Taxes, John Boehner, Social Policy, Tom Price, Claire McCaskill, Hill Tweet News, Tom Latham, Jason Chaffetz, Bob Inglis
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Wanna know what lawmakers did today? What they said in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grabbed their attention? Who sniped at whom, and why? Get the inside scoop at “Hill Tweet News,” a Twitter-based service of AirCongress.
Here are today’s Top 5 tweets, followed by the rest of today’s edition of “Hill Tweet News“:
- Via @HouseFloor, the House passed a bill to address the housing crisis. The mostly party-line vote was 234-191.
- @donmanzullo Letting judges rewrite mortgage contracts would wreak havoc with lenders, cause interest rates to rise.
- @clairecmc Cherry-picking earmarks to vote against is kissing cousin to cherry-picking projects to fund. I voted to strip all.
- @ChuckGrassley heard from Treasury Secy that 60 jobs in Waterloo, Iowa, related to collecting back taxes are being canceled.
- A reminder from @MarkeyMemo as the time is about to change: Daylight savings = $500 million in energy savings.
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Categories: Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Labor, Edward Markey, Budget, Taxes, Economy, Executive Branch, Housing, Bailouts, Claire McCaskill, Hill Tweet News, Don Manzullo, Chuck Grassley
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Wanna know what lawmakers did today? What they said in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grabbed their attention? Who sniped at whom, and why? Get the inside scoop at “Hill Tweet News,” a Twitter-based service of AirCongress.
Here are today’s Top 5 tweets, followed by the rest of today’s edition of “Hill Tweet News“:
- @donmanzullo Getting calls from nonprofits upset with president’s plan to hike taxes on charitable contributions for upper incomes.
- @TomCoburn Competitive bidding amendment: failed: 38-57, Emmett Till Amendment failed, 37-58.
- @HouseTransInf Water Subcommittee approved clean water investment bill. Full Committee marks up tomorrow.
- @SciTechCmte Chairman Gordon said, “Water is too valuable a resource for us to manage in a crisis-by-crisis fashion.”
- @SenatorMenendez Pressing Homeland Security to keep working toward 100% scanning of incoming cargo by 2012. … They are wavering.
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Categories: Missouri, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Security, Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, Robert Menendez, Environment, Budget, Economy, Natural Resources, Claire McCaskill, Hill Tweet News
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Wanna know what lawmakers are doing today? What they’re saying in committee, on the floor, on the news shows and elsewhere? What articles, shows, Internet videos and more grab their attention? Who’s sniping at whom, and why? Get the inside scoop at “Hill Tweet News,” a Twitter-based service of AirCongress.
Here are today’s Top 5 tweets, with a complete recap of the latest edition of “Hill Tweet News” in the extended entry:
- Today’s #1 pork project is $951,500 for the Oregon Solar Highway. See @SenJohnMcCain for the rest of the list.
- RT @repblumenauer McCain wasn’t familiar with a Blackberry right? How’s he supposed to understand a solar highway.
- RT @clairecmc Voted yes on McCain amendment. Awkward when I disagree with party leadership but I think McCain is right.
- RT @donmanzullo I will continue to help lead coalition fighting latest US job-killing “patent reform” bill.
- @ChuckGrassley wants you to read this article about him: tinyurl.com/cosyyw. The lead: “You cannot escape the man.”
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Categories: Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Oregon, Sen. John McCain, Energy, Budget, Economy, Earl Blumenauer, Intellectual Property, Claire McCaskill, Hill Tweet News, Don Manzullo, Chuck Grassley
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