Anonymous senator puts hold on bill unsealing presidential papers

[L. Coyote]

Anonymous senator puts hold on bill unsealing presidential papers
Senate Republican has anonymous hold on reversal of Bush order
By TODD J. GILLMAN / The Dallas Morning News - Sept. 19, 2007
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/national/stories/092007dnnatlibraryhold.32e1044.html


WASHINGTON – A fight over White House secrecy has taken a new twist, with Senate officials confirming Wednesday that a Republican senator is secretly blocking a bill that would reverse President Bush's 2001 executive order allowing ex-presidents to seal their records indefinitely.

"We need to smoke out whoever it is. Maybe somebody at the White House called a Republican senator and said put a hold on it," said Lee White, executive director of the National Coalition for History, a leading advocate of the legislation.

The anonymous hold adds an ironic chapter to a fight that has pitted an administration with a penchant for secrecy against historians, archivists and librarians.

The White House has threatened a veto to protect Mr. Bush's executive order, arguing that the bill to overturn it encroaches on legitimate executive authority.

Open government advocates say the order will let Mr. Bush and other former presidents hide embarrassing or revealing documents that belong to the public without explanation. ..............

[Virginia Dare]

1. My money's on Specter....n/t

[Bluebear]

6. I'll take Coburn.

[cali]

9. Darn!

Well, since you have Coburn, I'll go with McConnell.

[Bluebear]

12. LOL picturing an odds table like a horserace. Coburn 5-1, McConnell 4-1 etc

:rofl:

[L. Coyote]

16. Let's start a website with political gambling, just to add more corruption.

:rofl:

[Liberal In Texas]

2. Anonymous? Why is this even allowed?

What do we have a secret government? Oh yeah, that's right.

[Moochy]

10. Shadow Party Rise Up!!

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Guess that means we have to write to all 50 republican senators to

make sure the "anonymous" variant gets the message (that includes you, Joe L.) with the hope that if this is such a "good idea", that this senator will stand up and take his bows.

[lazer47]

4. Senator Cronyn from Texas

[nebenaube]

5. I'll bet

that he's the one who decided to change his vote after hiding in the cloak room for a while. He was reported to appear "ashened" after a phone call from * that changed his mind. He probably has a pediatric skeleton in his own closet.

[Virginia Dare]

8. What's this in reference to?

I missed this story, is there a link somewhere? :hi:

[Double T]

7. SOMEONE has one hell of a lot to hide.

The dick-tater's henchmen will NOT have the last word.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. What we really need to do is to kick every one of the GOP Senators out in 2008!

Then, this nonsense will end!

[L. Coyote]

15. That could easily happen as things are going, and they know it. Expect more cover ups!

[spanone]

13. chickenshit annonymous bastard....tool

[spanone]

14. dupe