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Transparency, transparency, wherefore art thou?

Donklephant  Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:30am

Congressional leaders are planning to hold “secret” meetings instead of the traditional public conference committee hearings to reconcile the Senate and House versions of the health care insurance reform bills.

While the GOP has reacted with expected outrage, the proposed “new system” of “private meetings” is generating some concern from the traditional media, as ABC News reports:



 

Dole and Daschle Release Health Care Plan

Donklephant  Wed, 06/17/2009 - 9:59pm

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Does anyone care about the opinions of former Senate majority leaders?

What if one was once his party’s presidential nominee and another one nearly became President Obama’s Secretary of Health and Human Services?