http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/27/house-leg-branch-appropriations-review/ Recommendations, Resources, and Reform Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:53:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/27/house-leg-branch-appropriations-review/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations Review | The Open House Project Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:21:25 +0000 http://www.theopenhouseproject.com/2007/06/27/house-leg-branch-appropriations-review/#comment-327 [...] While the majority side of the Senate Appropriations committee did include a brief review of their bill (as did their House counterpart), I’d like to give my impressions of the appropriations from the perspective of an advocate for public access and transparency, using the Senate report as a guide. (The Republican websites don’t feature any press releases, which isn’t surprising, given the minority’s smaller staff and budget, comparative lack of clout in controlling committee functioning, and their opportunity to add dissenting views to the report, as I discovered in reading the House report.) [...] [...] While the majority side of the Senate Appropriations committee did include a brief review of their bill (as did their House counterpart), I’d like to give my impressions of the appropriations from the perspective of an advocate for public access and transparency, using the Senate report as a guide. (The Republican websites don’t feature any press releases, which isn’t surprising, given the minority’s smaller staff and budget, comparative lack of clout in controlling committee functioning, and their opportunity to add dissenting views to the report, as I discovered in reading the House report.) [...]

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