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House GOP Launches Congressional Transparency Initiative
Nov 19, 2009 - House Republicans today launched a new effort to change the way Congress works, calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to schedule an immediate vote on five common-sense reforms that will bring greater transparency to the legislative process and make Congress more open and accountable to the p... More

Let America Read the Bill (Boehner Op-Ed in The Dallas Morning News)
Oct 29, 2009 - Special-interest deals forged in secret behind closed doors. Massive bills unveiled in the dark of night and rushed to a vote before anyone in America could possibly know the details. Wasteful pork projects stuffed into giant bills passed without scrutiny or debate. This is what passes for busine... More

Secrecy No More: Republicans "Calling for Greater Transparency and More Time to Read The Bill"
Oct 28, 2009 - While Democrats continue to plot a government takeover of health care behind closed doors, Republicans are leading an unprecedented effort to bring much-needed sunlight and transparency to the process by which bills become laws. A group of freshmen House Republicans held a news conference yesterday... More

Indefensible: Dems "Wheeling and Dealing" on Health Care Behind Closed Doors
Oct 27, 2009 - A report in today’s Politico highlights how President Obama’s “top lieutenants are working in secret with leading Democrats” to plot a government takeover of health care despite his repeated pledges on the campaign trail last year to open these critical negotiations to the public. While Democrats’ “... More

Why We Need Sunlight: Dems Plot Gov't Takeover of Health Care in Dark of Night
Oct 26, 2009 - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic leaders, who once pledged to lead the “most open” Congress in history, are now plotting a costly government takeover of health care in the dark of night. This is despite President Obama’s repeated pledges on the campaign trail last year that these dis... More

Keep Out: Despite Obama's C-SPAN Pledges, American Public Shut Out of Health Care Talks
Oct 21, 2009 - For days now, a small group of Democrats in Congress and members of the Obama Administration have been meeting behind closed doors on Capitol Hill to hammer out the details of their costly government takeover of health care. This is despite President Obama’s repeated pledges on the campaign trail la... More

Boehner Praises Rep. Jenkins’ Legislation to Ban “Phantom Amendments”
Oct 15, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today praised Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS) for introducing legislation that would change House rules to require committees to post the actual text of adopted bills and amendments online within 24 hours. Last week, it was reveale... More

Boehner Decries “Phantom Amendments” Added to Senate Health Care Bill After Committee Vote
Oct 8, 2009 - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today expressed outrage after learning that Senate Democratic leaders quietly made more than 70 substantive changes to the text of a health care bill after the legislation was voted on and passed by the Senate Health, Educati... More

'Don't Read The Bill:' Inside Democrats' Opposition to Transparency and Accountability
Oct 6, 2009 - “Read the bill” reform has gained the support of an overwhelming majority of Americans, widely respected government watchdogs, and even some rank-and-file Democrats. Yet, Democratic leaders continue to protect the status quo, refusing to allow a vote on a resolution requiring a 72-hour review period... More

Boehner Calls for Immediate Up-or-Down Vote on 72-Hour Review Proposal
Sep 29, 2009 - WASHINGTON, DC – A short while ago, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a Republican motion requiring that the Agriculture spending bill be publicly available via the Internet for at least 72 hours before coming to a vote. House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the follo... More

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