Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007

[SHRED]

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Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman puts forward some very important legislation.
Go Henry!

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As part of the Democrats’ Accountability Agenda, the House is now debating the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007:

Overturning the Bush Executive Order. Under the Presidential Records Act, presidential records are supposed to be released to historians and the public 12 years after the end of a presidential administration. In November 2001, President George W. Bush issued Executive Order 13233 which overturned an executive order issued by President Reagan and gave current and former presidents and vice presidents broad authority to withhold presidential records or delay their release indefinitely. The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 would nullify the Bush executive order and establish procedures to ensure the timely release of presidential records.

http://www.speaker.gov/blog/?p=118


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[LiberalFighter]

1. Exception should be made: Bush's records should be released on 1/21/2009