Revealed: Sen. Jim Bunning Put Secret Hold On Presidential Records Amendment

[ProSense]

Revealed: Sen. Jim Bunning Put Secret Hold On Presidential Records Amendment

Last week, ThinkProgress noted that an anonymous senator had placed a hold on a bill that would restore public access to Presidential records, which President Bush had sealed indefinitely with an executive order in 2001.

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With Coburn out of the running, the mystery of who was attempting to block public access to Presidential records continued. But now, the Sunlight Foundation has revealed that the senatorial hand behind the secret hold is Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY):

Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) now has an objection to moving forward with HR 1255, the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. The bill would overturn an outrageous Executive Order that would keep presidential records hidden from public view indefinitely. <…>

Now, whether or not he has had the hold all along, Senator Bunning has been forced to take responsibility for the objection. That makes us happy.

Tell Bunning to let the bill come to a vote here or call his office at 202-224-4343.

[saltpoint]

1. I wonder if Jim Bunning even knows he's a U.S. Senator.

He was hot stuff with the Phillies years ago but these days I'm thinkin' it's all a blur for Big Jim.

[babylonsister]

2. Again begs the question, 'what are they trying to hide?' nt

[razors edge]

5. They think it is their 4th amendment right,

while we wait for a Gonezo replacement nominee who will swear he will not appeal recent district court decisions on the patriot act during his confirmation hearings, and then make it his first act in office with the appeal written up before he is sworn in.

Six months later Waxman will subpoena him on it, and then forget he sent it.

[hisownpetard]

3. K&R. Sent email, i.e. "What are you all so afraid of?" nt

[chaumont58]

4. Bunning probably thought it was about baseball records

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[Blackhatjack]

6. Repubs know if the shrink wrap is ever broken on GWB's records at GHWB's Presidiential Library...

... all kinds of hidden wrongdoing will spill out like the rotten fish from the dead belly of a two day old whale.

[defendandprotect]

7. Whatever they're trying to hide, they've been very successful at it -- !!!!

[Richard Steele]

8. And for the 20th time, I wonder: WHERE WERE THE DEM "SECRET HOLDS" WHEN WE WERE THE MINORITY?

We need to just IGNORE this "secret hold" bullshit.
It's the most amazingly non-democratic pile of crap
I've ever heard of, and we need to stop accepting it.