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One of the very, very few times I'm glad a Republican's saying "No" to something.

by JCThoughtscream 17y ago

ryanwaggoner 17y ago
Come on, it's bad enough that we have articles like this on HN, but comments like this? Bad form.
- jrockway 17y ago
  Hey, he didn't ask anyone to die in a fire, and he even capitalized the right words. This automatically makes the post better than anything on Reddit.
  - JCThoughtscream 17y ago
    ...man, I've no idea how to take "slightly better than a Reddit poster."
Kadin 17y ago
It would be worthwhile for anyone seriously concerned or interested in transparency to write or call their Senator--particularly if you have one on the Appropriations Committee--and let them know your feelings. Coburn may be a Republican, but I think this is an issue that transcends party affiliations. In this case, you're either in favor of transparency or you're in favor of backroom deal-cutting. It's unfortunate that Coburn is being left to hang over it.
- roundsquare 17y ago
  Little bit of devil's advocate and a little bit of wrapping my head around the issue. provision requiring reports that agencies are required to send to the appropriations panels be made available to other lawmakers and to the public. This provision doesn't seem to require that potential bills be posted online but that all reports be put online. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that if someone wants to write a report with a controversial but accurate conclusion, they might decide not to if its going to be public. Unfortunately, privacy is often necessary for honesty. I think this is an issue that transcends party affiliations I agree. Edit: However, for HN, I hope we can keep party politics out of this. you're either in favor of transparency or you're in favor of backroom deal-cutting. I'd agree with this to some degree if the provision said something like "any bills that are proposed to be voted on and all ammendments, etc... should be posted online." In any event, I'm not convinced that anyhthing will change the way laws are made. If the rule is "anything official needs to be posted online" then more will go through unofficial channels and we'll still be in the dark. That being said, I wish I had a better way to truly increase transparency.

One of the very, very few times I'm glad a Republican's saying "No" to something.

ryanwaggoner 17y ago

Come on, it's bad enough that we have articles like this on HN, but comments like this? Bad form.

jrockway 17y ago
Hey, he didn't ask anyone to die in a fire, and he even capitalized the right words. This automatically makes the post better than anything on Reddit.
- JCThoughtscream 17y ago
  ...man, I've no idea how to take "slightly better than a Reddit poster."

Kadin 17y ago

It would be worthwhile for anyone seriously concerned or interested in transparency to write or call their Senator--particularly if you have one on the Appropriations Committee--and let them know your feelings. Coburn may be a Republican, but I think this is an issue that transcends party affiliations. In this case, you're either in favor of transparency or you're in favor of backroom deal-cutting. It's unfortunate that Coburn is being left to hang over it.

roundsquare 17y ago
Little bit of devil's advocate and a little bit of wrapping my head around the issue. provision requiring reports that agencies are required to send to the appropriations panels be made available to other lawmakers and to the public. This provision doesn't seem to require that potential bills be posted online but that all reports be put online. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that if someone wants to write a report with a controversial but accurate conclusion, they might decide not to if its going to be public. Unfortunately, privacy is often necessary for honesty. I think this is an issue that transcends party affiliations I agree. Edit: However, for HN, I hope we can keep party politics out of this. you're either in favor of transparency or you're in favor of backroom deal-cutting. I'd agree with this to some degree if the provision said something like "any bills that are proposed to be voted on and all ammendments, etc... should be posted online." In any event, I'm not convinced that anyhthing will change the way laws are made. If the rule is "anything official needs to be posted online" then more will go through unofficial channels and we'll still be in the dark. That being said, I wish I had a better way to truly increase transparency.