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Please sign petition to require next bill be posted for 72 hours
By WDavidStephenson | September 30, 2008
If you believe that transparency is a critical component in rebuilding public confidence in government, and that there’s at least a glimmer of a chance that you or I might actually have valuable insights to craft a better economic recovery act, I urge you to sign the Sunlight Foundation’s online petition. It tells Congress:
“Seven hundred billion dollars is a lot of money. We, the undersigned, urge Congress to wait at least 72 hours after the publication of the next version of this bill, before moving to a vote. We believe all legislation should be posted online for at least 72 hours before a vote to give lawmakers and citizens sufficient time to review and debate it, and this bill is no exception.”
Please sign, and ask your friends and relatives to do the same!
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