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by SitasMom on 08 October 2011 - 22:10
According to Judicial Watch, Rep. Edolphous Towns (D-NY) has introduced the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011. That bill would do with Obama’s presidential records what Obama has already done to his personal and collegiate records: Seal them up.
In an obvious effort to protect President Barack Obama, a group of congressional Democrats has introduced legislation to create an official process that will allow the commander-in-chief to keep presidential records secret after he leaves office.
Ironically, Obama revoked a similar George W. Bush order in one of his first official acts as president. In 2001 Bush penned an executive order severely limiting public access to his presidential records. Shortly after swearing in, Obama killed it as part of his much-ballyhooed commitment to government transparency. At the time, the new president claimed that he was giving the American people greater access to “historic documents.”
Keep reading. Hypocrisy – Thy Name is Obama.
The bill is called the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011.
Judicial Watch reports:
The veteran Brooklyn congressman (Edolphus Towns) who recently introduced the law in the U.S. House has yet to explain why it’s necessary. What’s certain is that Obama has failed miserably to keep his promise of running the most transparent administration in history.
Dems must not be all that terribly confident about his prospects in the 2012 election if they’re already trying to help him cover his tracks.
by SitasMom on 08 October 2011 - 22:10
Latest Title: Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2011
Sponsor: Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] (introduced 9/29/2011) Cosponsors (16)
Latest Major Action: 10/3/2011 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives .
COSPONSORS(16), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1] - 9/29/2011
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 9/29/2011
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11] - 9/29/2011
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 9/29/2011
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 9/29/2011
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 9/29/2011
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 9/29/2011
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. [MA-9] - 9/29/2011
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 9/29/2011
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5] - 9/29/2011
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 9/29/2011
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5] - 9/29/2011
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