As we have strained to keep up with the growth and potential of our Congressional Committees Project, we have encountered great success. We have a fabulous wiki page, and most Congressional Committees have been claimed, with some already having detailed committee-specific wiki pages created by their adopters.
Google "congressional committees project," or "adopt a committee," and we're first. Google the name of the committee I've cited above, and that webpage is the ninth entry--and we've existed for only a few weeks.
The potential for this project is staggering. Distributed congressional oversight has the potential to change the way that we're conscious of our legislature and its processes, but only if we're aware of and engaged with the limitations on our views into our Congress.
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