http://www.metafilter.com/tags/opencongress Posts tagged with 'opencongress' at MetaFilter. Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:30:45 -0800 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:30:45 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68781/Congress%2D20 <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/">Opencongress.org</a> is a website for keeping track of the U.S. Congress. <small>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/59023/Make-Congress-more-transparent-and-encourage-civic-engagement">previously</a>)</small> But, now it also a <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/386-Announcing-My-OpenCongress-Network-Comment-and-Vote-on-Congress">social network</a>. So, <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/register">sign-up</a> and see what your favourite <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400629_barack_obama">Senator</a> has been doing, track <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2248/show">bills</a> and, follow important <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/issue/show/4396_iraq">issues</a>. Then, share that information with your <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/users/donnyshaw/profile/friends">friends</a> or write about it on your <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/blog">blog</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68781 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:30:45 -0800 bill congress democracy government house internet opencongress representative senate senator socialnetwork web20 geos http://www.metafilter.com/59023/Make%2DCongress%2Dmore%2Dtransparent%2Dand%2Dencourage%2Dcivic%2Dengagement <a href="http://www.opencongress.org/">OpenCongress.org</a> is a site that aggregates data about the United States Senate and House. Keep track of your senators or representatives through rss feeds, read bills on topics that are important to you, and find out what industries are behind the scenes providing money to your politicians in Washington among many other uses of this new resource. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.59023 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:55:29 -0800 bills committees congress government houseofrepresentatives industries news opencongress politicians representatives rss senate senators thehill unitedstates rfbjames