New Plugin shows exactly where your Congressperson's money comes from

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You’ll never lose track of who’s funding your Congressperson again. Greenhouse is a new plugin for Chrome and Safari (Firefox coming soon) that automatically highlights the name of any US lawmaker that appears on whichever webpage you happen to browsing. Just hover over their name for a detailed breakdown of exactly where their money comes from.

The plugin works on any webpage and displays the percentage of campaign contributions by small donors, industry donations to members of the House and Senate, and whether or not they support reforming our corrupt system. With Greenhouse, you can follow the money and see the role of corruption plays in any issue whenever you read the news.

The new plugin comes courtesy of 16-year-old self-taught programmer Nicholas Rubin. Here’s what Nicholas has to say about his work:

It is my hope that providing increased transparency around the amount and source of funding of our elected representatives may play a small role in educating citizens and promoting change. If you use the extension when reading about a Congressional vote on energy policy, for example, maybe you’ll discover that a sponsor of a bill has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the oil and gas industry. Or maybe you’ll learn that the top donors to a member of Congress who opposes tort reform are lawyers and law firms. I use data from the last full election cycle (2012) and plan to update it as more relevant data becomes available. Special thanks to OpenSecrets.org for providing access to that data.

The motto of Greenhouse is: “Some are red. Some are blue. All are green.” What it signifies is that the influence of money on our government isn’t a partisan issue. Whether Democrat or Republican, we should all want a political system that is independent of the influence of big money and not dependent on endless cycles of fundraising from special interests. The United States of America was founded to serve individuals, not big interests or big industries. Yet every year we seem to move farther and farther away from our Founders’ vision.

Source: New Plugin Shows Exactly Where Your Congressperson's Money Comes From

Can we have something like this for the Philippines?

[dongzkie]

wala nay pag-asa dri do!

[salbahis]

Can we have something like this for the Philippines?

we already have since 2011, its called Open Data its provided by PH govt.... there are already couple of mobile apps about this... forgot the names of the few... a friend of mine won the competition last 2013 didto sa manila sponsored by smart...

[amingb]

Bisan ug naa pay FOI siguro wagihapon gamit .... Sniperon rajud ang Solution aning atong mga Politicong mga walay Consinsiya mga Satanas kaau mga Demonyo mga Monster .....

Maau unta ug naay gaba automatic wala man gud .. unya raman nang Gaba ug mamatay nang tawo ad2 sa impierno ....