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Presidential Papers
I love Buzzflash.com. The headlines they give to story are sometimes better than the articles themselves. Take this one for instance:
Ridge Says "Foreigners" Are The Threat At Airports. Wonder Who is a Threat at Airports in Foreign Cities? Is This Guy Getting Paid for Being a Nitwit? 4/24
Buzzflash also provide the link for this story from The Hill
House GOP challenges Bush on records’ gag
By Alexander Bolton
Republicans on the House Government Reform Committee are moving to rescind a 6–month-old order by President Bush blocking the release of 68,000 pages of confidential communications between former President Ronald Reagan and his advisers.
If successful, their efforts would reestablish the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which called for a president’s records to enter the public domain 12 years after the end of that administration.
Those who would be impacted by the legislation include Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget who was the White House political director under Reagan. In addition, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others, were top advisors to President George H.W. Bush.
The action would be the latest volley in a growing dispute between lawmakers on the panel and the Bush administration over the thorny issue of executive privilege, a dispute that has centered on the records of past administrations but nevertheless could prove politically damaging to the president.
The reform panel’s subcommittee on intergovernmental relations will hold a hearing today on H.R. 4187, legislation that would reverse Bush’s order and speed the release of the records. (MORE)
I love Buzzflash.com. The headlines they give to story are sometimes better than the articles themselves. Take this one for instance:
Ridge Says "Foreigners" Are The Threat At Airports. Wonder Who is a Threat at Airports in Foreign Cities? Is This Guy Getting Paid for Being a Nitwit? 4/24
Buzzflash also provide the link for this story from The Hill
House GOP challenges Bush on records’ gag
By Alexander Bolton
Republicans on the House Government Reform Committee are moving to rescind a 6–month-old order by President Bush blocking the release of 68,000 pages of confidential communications between former President Ronald Reagan and his advisers.
If successful, their efforts would reestablish the Presidential Records Act of 1978, which called for a president’s records to enter the public domain 12 years after the end of that administration.
Those who would be impacted by the legislation include Mitch Daniels, director of the Office of Management and Budget who was the White House political director under Reagan. In addition, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Colin Powell, among others, were top advisors to President George H.W. Bush.
The action would be the latest volley in a growing dispute between lawmakers on the panel and the Bush administration over the thorny issue of executive privilege, a dispute that has centered on the records of past administrations but nevertheless could prove politically damaging to the president.
The reform panel’s subcommittee on intergovernmental relations will hold a hearing today on H.R. 4187, legislation that would reverse Bush’s order and speed the release of the records. (MORE)
