For July 4th, WashingtonWatch.com Debuts New Government and Politics Blog
WASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "What better way to
celebrate the founding of our nation than... um, by... blogging?" So
begins the introductory post on the new WashingtonWatch.com blog.
The blog will tie the bills in Congress to the day's headlines,
discuss the bills being debated on the House and Senate floor, and
reveal some hidden stories. WashingtonWatch.com webmaster and blogger
Jim Harper promises, "Oh, there'll be jokes -- and I'm telling you
right now they're not all going to be funny."
The blog can be found at:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog
and the introductory post at:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=8
Appropriate for July 4th, the first blog entry discusses the
inspiring story found on WashingtonWatch.com of an Army NCO who has
taken Iraqi interpreters into his home. They served the U.S. military
in Iraq and received special visas to come to the United States. He has
helped them make their way in the U.S., and awaits three more who are
on waiting lists, simply because "it's the right thing to do."
Read "Helping the 'Terps" at:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=12
WashingtonWatch.com uses government predictions about the costs or
savings from proposed laws to calculate the significance to average
Americans - in dollars and cents - of the bills in Congress. A suite of
tools allow the public to share information about the bills in
Congress, and learn more information about them.
Every bill in Congress has a wiki-editable page on
WashingtonWatch.com, and links to more information. Each page allows
comments, and a voting function allows visitors to vote "yea" or "nay"
on the bills before Congress. Webmasters can use a "widget" to place
the vote results on their sites. The WashingtonWatch.com weekly
newsletter and RSS feeds from the site offer visitors a variety of
simple ways to stay current on the workings of their government.
Source: WashingtonWatch.com
CONTACT: Jim Harper of WashingtonWatch.com, +1-202-486-0824
Web site:
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=8
http://www.washingtonwatch.com/blog/?p=12