New bill threatens citizen participation

From WorldNetDaily...

A new plan proposed in Congress would establish that every American is a "citizen-lobbyist" and force executive branch officials to record and publish all contacts with them, virtually eliminating the free exchange of ideas needed for open representative government, say critics.

The "Executive Branch Reform Act," or H.R. 984, filed by Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has been endorsed by the Committee of Government Oversight and Reform 20-0 and continues to advance in the U.S. House.

Records show it would impose vast new requirements on executive branch officials to keep track of the names of citizens who contact them, and the subjects of any conversations, so that information could be compiled four times a year and published for all the world to see.

I can't imagine anything more un-American that this nonsense bill. The National Prayer Network has a flier you can print out to let more people know about the bill, and oppose it by calling their Representative,

Posted by Danny Carlton at March 16, 2007 10:28 AM