Posted on 12/12/2014 9:33:07 AM PST by apoliticalone
After passing the Senate by unanimous consent on Monday, it seemed as if the FOIA Improvement Act would become law—a nearly identical version passed the House earlier this year. Today, however, it was up to Speaker of the House John Boehner to allow a vote on the bill’s final passage before the House adjourned this week. Instead, it was “held at the desk,” meaning Boehner may have just killed FOIA reform.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a law, signed in 1966, that gives U.S. citizens the right to access information from the federal government. Through FOIA, journalists and citizens alike have uncovered stories like the U.S. government turning down hundreds of millions of dollars in Katrina aid, the Pentagon ignoring a tip alleging 135 cases of fraud amounting to nearly $200 million, shortages in funding hampering cleanup at hazardous waste sites and 17,000 bridges failing to be inspected on schedule, to name a few.
“It is an uniquely American act, but it is a tool that needs to be continually sharpened,” says Nate Jones, the Freedom of Information Act Coordinator at the George Washington University's National Security Archive. “The government is pretty good at giving information to people it wants to give, but the Freedom of Information Act is really a gem that allows the public to have a fighting chance to get the information from the government that they want.”
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Well GeeOpie wouldn't want that 300+ Trillion dollar wagon load of derivative toilet paper to topple over in the context of a RINO administration. Nooo, that would be bleating bah bah baaaaad for the image of The Party.
I totally agree
True.....
Thank you for the ping, I always appreciate them, since I am not on FR much and can only check in sporadically.
I foresee dark storm clouds coming, from many directions. The current political players are all so utterly devoid of even a scent of worthiness, I would gladly see them all fall.
I am 100% sure Hitlery will not run, btw.
We need a constitutional amendment specifying that ALL documents are declassified 10 years after creation.
The ONLY reason to keep anything classified is to protect intelligence assets.
“We need a constitutional amendment specifying that ALL documents are declassified 10 years after creation.
The ONLY reason to keep anything classified is to protect intelligence assets.”
Agreed. This is our country. Those that run it on behalf of us need to justify to us their decisions, not vice versa. We the owners should not feel that we must justify our actions. Their actions by default should be transparent unless as you said, to protect individual assets. Corruption is a major problem, and only sunlight and exposure is a solution.
I am 100% sure Hitlery will not run, btw>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I truly hope you are right. She would lead America to disaster. She couldn’t even lead in Benghazi.She royally effed that up. Just think of the damage she would do to our country.
Hitker is essentially an eff up.The only time she is at her best is when she does nothing and shuts up, as refelected in her stint as a Senator.
We have ignorant children as ‘leaders’
1. She is physically hideously repulsive.
2. Her character is hideously repulsive.
3. Her voice sounds subtlely like a snake hissing.
4. She has so many skeletons in her closet they’re crawling out the closet door.
5. From what I gather, she is in ill health.
6. I think even some Dems hate her.
Other than that, what do I know...
I rather listen to someone scratch a piece of tin with their toenails than listen to her speak.
There's nothing democratic about the democRATic Party.
LOL, but the problem is that the dems can paint an alternate reality that everyone buys. Just talk to BAWBWA WAWAS.( Barbara Walters).LOL.
You are absolutely correct. Maybe all the cosmetic surgery in the world will not work.
Dems can paint an image of themselves thanks to their owned media, and the propaganda they spew that they are kind and benevolent to society.....except that they are not.
They and their owners are racist,corrupt and serve only those that own them while pretending to represent societal goodness.
Society would be better off looking at individual candidates than being blind sided by corrupt Parties.
Agreed in spades.
Good news is that fewer and fewer people actually pay attention to or believe the MSM....
I think people are getting really angry, not just people like us, but people who just were not paying attention and didn’t like “politics” etc.
I think things are going to go south pretty fast, the way 0vomit wants a war with Russia. Of course when I say “0vomit” I mean “his handlers”....
What I want to know is this - Is Arpaio/Zullo EVER going to make public the facts about 0vomit or not???
I wish we could up-vote comments such as yours, and also edit posts to correct errors.. I’m on a device (HP touch pad)that is almost impossible to copy paste your comment to this input or another web page
The newest DC hit tv show coming this spring.......TiTs & Tan. A comedy that deals in Washington reality. A boner of a show that looks to please our majesty o’bonerobama the Kenyan illegal immigrant. Shows explains how the Barry Boy steals honest minions earnings and gives them to corrupt regimes like the Obama family, Clinton family and now the Castro family. Cue in Adams family music.
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