Opencongress.org

I just discovered Open Congress, a pretty sweet site for bringing clarity and perspective to US politics + legislation.

For example, check out the page for HR 2082, the CIA funding bill vetoed by Bush for its interrogation tactics restrictions:

H.R. 2082

You can see who voted Aye, Nay or abstain, its amendments, its trajectory through Congress (ending in a failed override) and related bills and news articles.

For example, these 4 Senators voted "Nay" on the bill:

Waterboarding fans

Unfortunately I could not locate a convenient "Contact this politician" button so that I could quickly dispatch an appropriate nastygram. At the least, it could link me to their Facebook profile (seeing as how I can "share" Senator Chambliss with all my friends on Facebook...)

Bowie, MD

Over 96% of the campaign donations from my hometown of Bowie, MD donated to Obama.

Here's the amazing chart

Tomorrow will be the first time I vote in a presidential election, I'm doing it early because I'm sure the line will be around the block here.