Secret FOIA Bill Hold Redux?
Rebecca Carr writes on The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's "Window on Washington":
Yes, it has happened again for all of you who remember Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, putting a hold on making earmarks public last fall.More here.
This time it is with legislation that promises to overhaul the 41-year-old Freedom of Information Act so that it is easier for you, the public, to learn more about your government without the notorious delays from Washington bureaucrats.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., reports that an unnamed senator has secretly invoked a parliamentary maneuver to keep the bill from hitting the floor in the Senate before the Memorial Day recess.
The measure, introduced by Leahy and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has already cleared the House and the Senate Judiciary Committee.
posted by Fergie @ 5/24/2007 02:40:00 PM
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