Thursday, February 12, 2009

Transparency at Work

"...House Democratic leaders earlier were forced to delay until Friday a vote on the $789 billion economic stimulus bill after many rank-and-file Democrats who were unhappy with some spending cuts demanded time to read the compromise measure...

...The decision to put off the House vote was made Thursday morning following a closed-door Democratic meeting, the second one in less than 24 hours to discuss the legislation...

...Another member of the Progressive Caucus, who requested anonymity, said the Thursday morning meeting was a "venting session," adding with a wry smile, "In my career, I've never seen so much money and so many angry people..."

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This new "transparency" is "transparent" only from the inside.

What do you suppose we'll see when the Accountability and Transparency Board comes into being? I'm thinking we'll see the words whirling around like they're in a salad spinner.

Anonymous said...

It seems that for many Obama has truly created the most transparent administration in this nations history. They can't seem to see anything that this character is doing. That is crystal clear. Ont the other side seems to be those of us that see through his ideas and don't like them.
Bob A.