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dc_dux · 04-03-2008, 06:14 AM

Ironically, it is a Bush Executive Order that gutted the Presidential Records Act that is tangentially giving the Clinton's the cover they need to withhold Clinton Foundation (and Clinton Library) documents from the public.

Its also Senate Republicans blocking legislation.The Dems tried to address the specific issue of disclosure of contributers to presidential libraries in a bill last year.

The Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2007 passed the House last year by a vote of 390-34. Republicans have kept it stalled in committee in the Senate for a year now.

Senate Republicans also killed the President Records Act Amendments of 2007 (passed in the House by a vote of 333-93) which would have restored the original intent of the 1978 act that Bushg gutted unilaterally by Executive Order.

Unless the Bush EO is overturned by legislation or a new EO from the next President, Bush/Cheney will be able to determine which of the White House documents of the last seven years are too sensitive to be opened to the public and must be kept secret in perpetuity to "protect national interest."

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dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Ironically, it is a Bush Executive Order that gutted the Presidential Records Act that is tangentially giving the Clinton's the cover they need to withhold Clinton Foundation (and Clinton Library) documents from the public. Its also Senate Republicans blocking legislation.The Dems tried to address the specific issue of disclosure of contributers to presidential libraries in a bill last year. The Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2007 passed the House last year by a vote of 390-34. Republicans have kept it stalled in committee in the Senate for a year now. Senate Republicans also killed the President Records Act Amendments of 2007 (passed in the House by a vote of 333-93) which would have restored the original intent of the 1978 act that Bushg gutted unilaterally by Executive Order. Unless the Bush EO is overturned by legislation or a new EO from the next President, Bush/Cheney will be able to determine which of the White House documents of the last seven years are too sensitive to be opened to the public and must be kept secret in perpetuity to "protect national interest." __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 04-03-2008 at 06:41 AM..