by smw | Aug 5, 2011 | Op-Eds and Blogs
By Rob BlueyA half-dozen Republicans are lobbying Senate leaders to make the newly created Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction transparent in its operations and accessible to the American public. Their proposal includes public attendance at meetings and...
by smw | 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...
by smw | 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...
by smw | 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...
by smw | 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...
