The Senate passed a bill to do away with a controversial law that requires coverage for elective abortions to be purchased separately in health care plans. The bill faces a tough sell in the House.
Last week was National Sunshine Week, designed to increase transparency in government: Opening up the workings of government and politics to the healthy light of day makes things cleaner and better.
Sure. Over the years, I've watched plenty of National Sunshine Weeks come and go, without much actually changing. So I'm more than moderately skeptical about two proposals to improve campaign donation reporting that surfaced last week.