Why Repukes are Repukes

[MikeNearMcChord]

Lawmaker aims to shield congressional salaries from public
By AIMEE CURL
December 12, 2006
In the waning days of the 109thCongress, Rep. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., introduced a bill that would remove all information on House employees from public records.
The measure, dubbed the House Staff Privacy Act, comes just a few months after the launch of Legistorm, a searchable, Web-based database of staff salaries in both the House and Senate.
Staff salary records have long been available in document rooms in the Capitol, but now they can be easily perused and compared with just a few mouse clicks at www.legistorm.com.
Wicker’s spokesman, Kyle Steward, said the Web site is what prompted his boss’ interest in drafting legislation. Seward said Wicker plans to reintroduce the measure when the new Congress returns next month.
http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2419185

[sakabatou]

1. Because oversight is for chumps.

[katsy]

2. He can try.

But I doubt the Democrats will go for it.