Out the Anonymous Senator Who Hates Freedom of Information
Steven Aftergood of the Federation of American Scientists reports that "an unidentified Republican Senator placed a secret hold on the Open Government Act, a bipartisan bill to strengthen the Freedom of Information Act, thereby preventing the Senate from acting on the bill this week."
As Senator Patrick Leahy said in a May 24th floor statement, "It is both unfortunate and ironic that this bipartisan bill, which promotes sunshine and openness in our government, is being hindered by a secret and anonymous hold."
Could Jim DeMint be behind this? According to Wikipedia, "DeMint lodged an anonymous objection to stall a bipartisan bill to aid Hurricane Katrina and Federal Flood victims that supporters hoped would have been waived through unanimously as the Senate prepared to leave for a two-week recess."
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