Sunshine of your lawmaker

(AP Photo/Ken Lambert)
Straighten up and fly right, congressfolk.

The House passed a bill that aims to shed some sunlight on lawmakers' pet projects and links to lobbyists -- a reaction to recent scandals that sent two lawmakers to prison and left another one facing bribery charges.

To learn about the provisions of the bill -- which passed the House 411 to 8 and is expected to make it through the Senate this week -- read this AP story by Charles Babington.

-- Eric Carvin