House Committee Bars Publication of Reports by Congressional Research Service

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House Committee Bars Publication of Reports by Congressional Research Service

http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/house-committee-bars-publication-of-reports-by-congressional-research-service-150515?news=856489

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The House Appropriations Committee has once again decided that the American public can’t have its cake and eat it too.

That is, they can continue to fund the Congressional Research Service (CRS), which produces reports for the benefit of Congress, but the committee denied CRS any funding to make those reports available to taxpayers. The committee refused a CRS request to increase its funding by $5 million for 2016. Instead, it voted to give CRS $107 million, the same amount as this year.

The only way for the public to access such reports is if a non-governmental entity compiles and publishes them. The Federation of American Scientists is one such group; FAS maintains a database of reports.

And even with the cuts, the vultures are circling. The Appropriations Committee report directed “the Library of Congress to commission an independent survey of all Members and committees of the House of Representatives to ascertain their fundamental and optimal requirements for services and support from the Library of Congress and especially the Congressional Research Service.”



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[NYC_SKP]

1. It's OK though for ALEC to write the legislation, but we can't read our own reports.

Good grief.

[applegrove]

2. They love to redo the matrix the GOP. Another way to alienate people from their government.

The conservatives do that in Canada too. They've stopped the detailed census. Why? To make corporations more powerful that regular people. It is all about handing power the those with $$$

[Gothmog]

3. The GOP hates facts

The GOP want to keep the facts from the voters

[freshwest]

4. Privatizing information, demanding payments to see, suing for copyright later. Stifle public debate.

Great way to keep the masses out of the way of the big boys. It's accelerating. The window is closing.