Richard_Cranium72
08-09-2000, 05:21 PM
Nader Wants Better Access
To Voting Records
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2000 -- Ralph Nader today urged Republican and Democratic leaders to support efforts to provide the public easier access to Congressional voting records.
"Astonishingly, the Congress continues to obscure significant data--voting records–by failing to place this information on the Internet in a searchable database format indexed by bill name, bill subject, bill title, Member name and related information," Nader wrote Vice President Al Gore, Governor George Bush and Pat Buchanan and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Contending that "citizens deserve better than this," Nader said placing Congressional votes -– including Committee and Subcommittee votes -- on a searchable database would give greater access to information which is "key to tracking the performance of individual Members on legislation which affects the well being of the entire electorate."
He urged the leaders to join him by lending their name and influence "in urging the Congress to take this step toward greater accountability by elected officials for the benefit of all citizens regardless of party affiliations."
http://consumeraffairs.com/news/nader_records.html DrVette
[This message has been edited by Richard_Cranium72 (edited 08-09-2000).]
To Voting Records
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2000 -- Ralph Nader today urged Republican and Democratic leaders to support efforts to provide the public easier access to Congressional voting records.
"Astonishingly, the Congress continues to obscure significant data--voting records–by failing to place this information on the Internet in a searchable database format indexed by bill name, bill subject, bill title, Member name and related information," Nader wrote Vice President Al Gore, Governor George Bush and Pat Buchanan and the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Contending that "citizens deserve better than this," Nader said placing Congressional votes -– including Committee and Subcommittee votes -- on a searchable database would give greater access to information which is "key to tracking the performance of individual Members on legislation which affects the well being of the entire electorate."
He urged the leaders to join him by lending their name and influence "in urging the Congress to take this step toward greater accountability by elected officials for the benefit of all citizens regardless of party affiliations."
http://consumeraffairs.com/news/nader_records.html DrVette
[This message has been edited by Richard_Cranium72 (edited 08-09-2000).]