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S.886: A bill to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records.

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March 17, 2008 Tell your US Representative and two US Senators to support ...

Supporting the immediate passage of the Presidential Records Act Amendments (HR 1225/S. 886) in the Senate to override a Bush Executive Order that is undermining the original purpose of the post-Watergate law. ...

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Source: All Things Reform


March 03, 2008 Demand the Return of the Presidential Records to the Public

Please write your senators now and demand a vote on the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007, HR 1255/S. 886. Take a few minutes and fill out this online form to let your senators know that you want this executive order rescinded ...

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Source: Confessions of a Former Political Junkie


March 02, 2008 Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 (S. 886)

One of the most important elements of the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 (S.886) is that it would nullify Executive Order #13233 signed by President Bush in 2001. The Society of Professional Journalists sums up Bush’s order ...

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Source: Georgia Politics Watch


February 19, 2008 Tell your US Senators to unblock vote of Presidential Records Act ...

Tell your US Senators to unblock vote of Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. Public Campaign asks us to contact our US Senators concerning S.886-- Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala. ...

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February 19, 2008 Tell your US Senators to unblock vote of Presidential Records Act ...

Public Campaign asks us to contact our US Senators concerning S.886-- Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is blocking a bill that would return the presidential records, including possibly all ...

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Source: All Things Reform


February 19, 2008 [Conspiracy-Theory] lift the veil of secrecy that covers the White ...

However, Sen. Sessions is blocking a bill that would give the American people complete access to the records of Bush and other presidents. Call Congress to demand that Sen. Sessions release his hold on HR 1255/S. 886! Take Action! ...

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February 11, 2008 Why is Sessions Keeping Bush's Secrets?

... close to becoming a law, but Senator Sessions is still standing in between the people and their right to know. What you can do: Call Senator Sessions' office and ask why he is blocking S. 886 and tell him to stop obstructing a vote.

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Source: Watchdog Blog


January 30, 2008 Life Experiences

S. 886, the Presidential Records Act Amendments, first held up by Senator Bunning, is now being held up by Senator Sessions. Please contact his office in Washington, DC (202-224-4124) or in Birmingham, AL (205-731-1500) and ask him to ...

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Source: letters from GOD


January 23, 2008 Senator Sessions Placest Hold on Presidential Records Bill

On January 22, 2008, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brought the “Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007″ (HR 1255, S. 886) to the floor under the Senate’s unanimous consent rule that allows non-controversial bills to be ...

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Source: National Coalition for History


June 19, 2007 S. 886, Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007.

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Source: Recent CBO Cost Estimates


June 15, 2007 THE RIGHT TO KNOW: Bush wants presidential records sealed, but we ...

The Senate version of the bill, S.886, has broad bipartisan support. Co-sponsors include Cornyn, a Republican who generally supports Bush, and Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy, one of the Senate’s more liberal members. ...

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June 13, 2007 Presidential Records Bill Clears Senate Panel

On June 13, 2007, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, by voice vote, approved HR 1255 and a companion bill (S. 886), the “Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007.”. The bills are now ready for ...

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Source: National Coalition for History


June 09, 2007 EVENT: SENATE HOMELAND SECURITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

... to make individuals employed by the Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission eligible to obtain federal health insurance; S.597, to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years; HR1255 and S.886, ...

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Source: War on Terror - Homeland Security


May 16, 2007 Adventure Travel

As HR 1124 and S 886 it did not get passed in 2006. In spring of 2006 the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report about our National Parks based on research, to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee that found ...

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Source: Travel and Adventure


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