Here are some pages on GovTrack related to things in the news:

• The State of the Union Address
• S. 1: The Senate’s legislative reform bill, already passed by the Senate.
• H.R. 170: A legislative reform bill in the House that GovTrack supports.

Stay tuned for important news about legislative reform sponsored by the people…

Check out these new features on GovTrack:

• The full text of bills is now displayed in HTML and highlights the changes made to the text during its legislative history, such as due to amendments and substitutions.
• The people pages now show a recent voting history, an ideology meter, and pages for senators show their constituent approval rating.
• The Subjects page now shows 80 major subject categories to help find interesting subjects.
• There is a new page for committees but the membership information has not yet been updated for the 110th Congress.
• The Upcoming Senate Committee Meetings monitor can now be tracked with an iCal feed.

With all of these new features, GovTrack will be pretty much on auto-pilot until the summer.

The 110th Congress starts on January 4, and the Democrats have promised a New Year’s resolution for us: Congress will be held to a higher standard of ethics and accountability. Let’s see if they keep to their promise and enact meaningful legislation for government transparency. Remember that with a new Congress beginning, no bills are carried over from last year. Everything starts anew. (Oh, and happy new year!)