The Huffington Post analyzed financial documents for most members of Congress to find out where they bank (information was not available for all legislators; those with accounts less than $5,000 do not have to disclose). At least 53 senators and 104 representatives use the nation’s six biggest banks. Curious where your elected representatives are keeping their money? Check out spreadsheets for the the Senate and House to find out.
Mike Stark took his camera to Capitol Hill to ask a few representatives about the campaign. Watch what they said:
Rep. Dan Boren (D – Okla.) knows Dale, his own local banker, “and that’s the way it should be for everybody”
Rep. Bob Inglis (R – S.C.) was already on board:
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You provide links to spreadsheets to view the data. DON’T DO THIS!! There is no reason why you can’t publish that as html so that people don’t have to use 3rd party software to view them. There is no reason why you cannot publish those two documents so they can be EASILY viewed in an html table.
Looks like the house.xls is missing the “M”s. I.e. Jim McDermott.
Excellent post! I might finally listen to what you are trying to get out. Pretty much your whole blog is good… I am having fun with it. I have a Political Commentary site of my own at White Rabbit Cult… I will place a link back to your site. Regards!