Aug 5, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
There has been a great deal of talk in recent years among Washington’s professional politicians about making government more transparent. President Obama famously promised during his 2008 campaign that all deliberations on his landmark Obamacare health reform...
Aug 5, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Lately there’s been a spate of businessmen loudly complaining about the burdensome regulatory climate of the Obama administration. Fortunately, there’s at least one highly experienced businessman in the Senate that feels their pain. Until he was...
Aug 4, 2011 | Budget, Debt and Deficit, Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Senator Ron Johnson (WI) made the following statement today regarding a joint letter he signed encouraging transparency from the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction:”Conducting backroom negotiations at the very last minute...
Aug 4, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Alicia M. CohnRepublicans in the House and Senate are working ahead of the formation of the bicameral deficit-reduction “supercommittee” to guarantee increased transparency in the committee’s process.In a letter sent Wednesday to Senate...
Aug 4, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
Six Republican senators on Wednesday called on Senate leaders to ensure that a new congressional deficit-reduction committee meets in public and before television cameras.The 12-member super committee, comprised of an equal number of Democratic and Republican...
