venerdì 6 febbraio 2009

Ironie della storia?


USA: c'erano una volta i Repubblicani al Governo. Era il Governo degli atti secretati e delle carte false. Ma la ruota gira...


GOP Takes a Stand for Transparency
Posted by Ellen Miller

There’s a bit of irony in this story.

House Republican leaders calling for Democrats to post the stimulus bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, online immediately. In a letter sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, the GOP leaders write that having the bill online would allow citizens to study its contents before Congress agrees to it and the president signs it into law. The GOP leadership is correct to, on behalf of the American people, claim the right “to see each provision of this legislation and evaluate the merit of each dollar of government spending their children and grandchildren are being required to fund.”

Too bad they haven’t always been for such transparency.

Since inception, Sunlight has been calling for exactly this sort of openness. We think all legislation should be posted on line for 72 hours before debate. We’re hoping now that alot of Republicans will sign onto this measure when it’s reintroduced in this Congress.


Further information:

http://www.sunlightfoundation.com/

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/all

http://www.republicanleader.house.gov

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