Secret Hold Placed On Senate Electronic Filing Bill

[annabanana]

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/18/secret-hold-placed-on-senate-electronic-filing-bill/

Today Russ Feingold and Dianne Feinstein brought S.223, the Senate electronic disclosure bill, to the floor for a unanimous consent vote. When they asked if there was any objection, Sen. Lamar Alexander, filling in for the minority leadership, announced that he had an objection, indicating that some Senator in the Republican caucus has placed a secret hold on the disclosure bill.


Secret holds are an anethema... Why are they permitted? What is the "good government" purpose for this device?

[Double T]

1. cover up.

[Sherman A1]

2. Agreed

[Me.]

3. Why The Heck Haven't The Dems Been Using Secret Holds?

So much could have been stopped along the way. And tit for tat is the only thing publicans understand.

[annabanana]

5. That's what I want to know!!

Hey Harry! How about that, huh??

[upi402]

4. Not in Robert's Rules of Order

that I can recall.

Must be Senate Rules???

[acmavm]

6. For a country that's supposed to have a government of the

people, for the people, and by the people, there sure is a lot of secret sneaky stuff we don't hear about until way after the face.