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Sunlight Labs has created a kind of online app store (a free one, that is) for open government, with about 100 apps that do things like track which senators are most likely to block legislation using a filibuster (the aptly named app "filibusted"), or to

Legistalker is a wonderful site for keeping track of members of Congress and the Senate. The site accumulates references to politicians that appear in news stories, on YouTube, also their twitter feeds and the appearance of their names on bills.

If you want to keep tabs on a U.S. senator or Congressman's votes, tweets, or YouTube posts, a convenient website -- Legistalker.org -- tracks them all, with updates every 20 seconds. The site, which came in second in the Sunlight Foundation's Apps for Am

Legistalker.org was named by AppScout.com as a top site for smart students. From AppScout: "The name says it all. This site helps you stalk Senators. Want to keep tabs on John McCain now you can see any tweets he's made or where he has popped up in the ne

We know from recent headlines that South Dakota's two senators swam against the tsunami and voted "no" on the credit card reform bill that passed this past week. But there are dozens, perhaps hundreds, of other votes we never hear about. Let's take a look

Legistalker combs a variety of news, social networking, and government sites to pool information about members of the U.S. Congress. Searching for a Senator or Representative will return mentions of that individual in the media, Twitter updates, YouTube v

Votetocracy is a place where every citizen can see every bill currently in congress, vote on those bills and send those votes to their representatives.