Friday, February 18, 2011

Will This Be The Most Open Congress Ever? [Here, the People Rule.]

...And about time. The Democrats' style of management—on ObamaCare, cap and trade, financial regulation, stimulus—was to secretly craft bills and ram through a vote, denying members a chance to read, to debate, to amend. She's right, and the Center for Fiscal Accountability took great care to call attention to former Speaker Pelosi's abuse of the gavel and avalanche of broken promises on transparency. The open rule process has allowed for a bit of political theater - if you were willing to stay up until four a.m. some nights when votes finally came to a close to watch it - but...

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