"Martial-Law" Tactics Lead to Assault on Privacy Rights
Late on Saturday, November 20th, following a period of inaction on crucial issues like the 9/11 legislation, House Republicans showed their true priorities by combining nine funding bills into one massive spending bill. The legislation spent $388 billion and was thousands of pages long, yet lawmakers were given just hours to review the bill before voting on it. This violation of the democratic process prevented Members of Congress from having time to fully assess the critical legislation. The hasty decision-making process allowed House Republicans to slip in a dangerous provision - discovered only moments before this huge spending bill would have been voted upon in the Senate -- that threatens taxpayers' right to privacy. The assault on taxpayer privacy was not a simple mistake, and Democrats will not let Republicans sweep it under the rug. House Democrats are demanding that the Republican leadership remove this dangerous provision, give Members of Congress ample time to review the spending bill and stop rushing critical legislation through Congress.
Read what prominent government leaders have to say about "martial-law" legislative procedure.
Read the Minority Bill of Rights.
Read Leader Pelosi's Statement: Assault on Taxpayer Privacy Was No Mistake.
Read Leader Pelosi's Statement: Republicans Perpetrated a Saturday Night Massacre on the Privacy of American Taxpayers.
Posted at 01:17 pm by blog swarm
