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House passes 3 bills to shine light on records - CNN.com
by Rattle at 11:03 pm EDT, Mar 14, 2007

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed three bills to open government records to the public, brushing aside White House opposition, and in one case, a veto threat.

The measures, highlighting the media-led "Sunshine Week," would force government to be more responsive to Freedom of Information Act requests, make contributions to presidential libraries public and overturn a 2001 presidential directive giving the president authority to keep his records from public view.

The White House issued a veto threat on the presidential records bill and voiced opposition to the FOIA legislation. It also said the president would veto a fourth bill the House is to debate later Wednesday on whistle-blower protections.

Hopefully Congress can get somewhere with this...


 
 
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