Candidate BO made a lot of promises. I recall this one:
"Sunlight is the greatest disinfectent!... No more secrecy... And, when there's a bill that ends up on my desk as president, you the public will have 5 days to look online and find out what's in it before I sign it." (GP)
I liked that promise.
Why should so much be done behind locked doors?
It was similar to Sen McCain saying that he would make the "authors of pork legislation" famous.
Guess what happened during the reconciliation of the House and Senate bills?
"One of many highlights of the stimulus bill the Democrats just rammed through Congress is $8 billion for high-speed rail.
What makes this appropriation special is that there was no money for high-speed rail in the original House legislation. The Senate bill had $2 billion.
The legislation coming out of conference "compromised" on $8 billion.
How did this happen?
Well, some of that $8 billion, as the Washington Post reported Friday, seems intended for "a controversial proposal for a magnetic-levitation rail line between Disneyland, in California, and Las Vegas, a project favored by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).
The 311-mph train could make the trip from Sin City to Tomorrowland in less than two hours, according to backers."
Reid of course played a major role in putting together the final bill."
Will Pres Obama tell us about Sen Reid? What about the $30 million going to Speaker Pelosi's district?
And will he give us 5 days to read the proposal on-line? It passed late on Friday. Will he sign it next Wednesday so that we can read it? Better than, will Pres Obama read it himself?
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