Where are the C-Span Blogs?
Through C-Span, every American in the country has access to congressional deliberation whenever it is happening. If you want to see what your legislator is saying on a bill, stay tuned to the House floor during deliberations. Sounds great, right? Well, it is. But let’s be honest with ourselves – very few people watch C-Span at any given moment. Even fewer people than that blog about it. The heavy hitting political blogs barely mention it. If an “Army of Davids” really wanted to examine every nook and cranny of legislating, wouldn’t there be some popular C-Span blogs? 2. Where are the Thomas@LOC Blogs? For the past few years, Americans have had unprecedented access to pending legislation in both houses of Congress. It’s called Thomas, and it’s updated daily. They even conveniently summarize yesterday’s Congressional actions here. And yet, even during debate, most blogs rely on reporting about general policy discussion in Congress rather than on the text of legislation. If only a handful
