moving the contents of the site news banner into a new file
use SITE_ROOT_URL in more places instead of typing out http://www.govtrack.us
update submodules following the renaming of my github username
update SITE_ROOT_URL to https: so Google logins dont redirect back to http:, and other URLs throughout will update
add og:image:secure_url, update twitter:image to use https:, update og:url to use https:, and update our bill widget to suggest https
announcements; remove my2012district from civicimpulse homepage