Thursday, February 25, 2010

Watch Politicians Debate Health Care—And Watch Their Donors

from Pro Publica.  The meeting must be in session for this to be activated. Once the latter occurs look for the donors on the right of the live video that features the person speaking. There is always a delay after a new speaker comes on until the website assembles the data.
As the president meets with congressional leaders today to debate health care reform, the Sunlight Foundation has come up with a very useful way of watching the event.  There's live video -- and when a politician starts speaking, Sunlight shows their top campaign contributors.