(Please read the update at the end of the original post for important corrections.)
The house is already working to end Bush's cover-up of his dad's and Reagan's crimes. (And perhaps a few of his own.)
Since he took office and made this one of his first executive orders, this has been near the top of the list of things Bush has done to show his contempt for the American people that I wanted to see overturned.
Read below the fold...
House overturns Bush order on papers secrecy
By Peter Szekely
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brushing aside a veto threat, the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to overturn a 2001 order by President George W. Bush that lets former presidents keep their papers secret indefinitely.
The measure, which drew bipartisan support and passed by a veto-busting 333-93 margin, was among White House-opposed bills the House passed that would widen access to government information and protect government whistleblowers.
There's more at the link, of course.
It's enough to make me start to believe that "change is coming", but of course the spineless, wimpy Senate could still fuck things up.
Now, I want to know who the 93 94 117 58 FUCKERS were that voted against it.
Whattaya wanna bet they were all Republicans?
Now, let us all at those Reagan Iran/Contra records. Yummm...
Update: I pulled a "FIRST!!!" and linked to an article dated from 2007. However, Adam B and Democratic Luntz (at least) found the bill, HR35, and it was indeed on the floor, today. The vote counts I quoted from the article are wrong. The correct vote count was 359 yays, 58 nays, with all nays coming from Republicans. Thanks for catching my error, folks.
Final(?) Update: Here's a link to an article that was 5 hours old when I found it.
A former president would have the right to assert privilege over records, but the sitting president or a court would have to agree before the documents could be withheld from the public.
The vote on the documents bill, H.R. 35, was 359-58.