New at Reason
So, can Congress reform itself? Jacob Sullum thumbs through the legislation and comes up with an answer.
Comments to "New at Reason":
The Gaunt Man | August 15, 2007, 9:36am | #
The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act: so named because any sign of honest leadership and open government must surely BE an act.joe | August 15, 2007, 9:47am | #
...6,500 earmarks, not quite keeping pace with the Republicans' record of nearly 16,000...Not quite keeping pace? That's 40%. That's like saying a baseball player with a .120 average is not quite keeping pace with a guy who's hitting .300.
I guess if you were an incrementalist, you wouldn't write for Reason, but come on, Jacob, they've taken a problem and cut it in half, and then a little more.
Merv Griffin's Ghost | August 15, 2007, 10:10am | #
joe,The year isn't over yet, which is why the word "pace" was included.
JBinMO | August 15, 2007, 10:57am | #
"Interestingly, no one put a secret hold on the secret hold ban."I would have, if only to be ironic.
swillfredo pareto | August 15, 2007, 11:36am | #
[Rep. Nancy Boyda] told The New York Times "Democracy is a contact sport, and I'm not going to be shy about asking for money for my community."Since the United States is not a democracy I wonder who actually accepts this kind of rationalization. Perhaps the New York Times reporter could have pointed that out to her.