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For July 4th, WashingtonWatch.com Debuts New Government and Politics Blog

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.

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