WASHINGTON, July 4 DC-WashingtonWatch
WASHINGTON, July 4 /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
