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U. S. House passes Presidential Records Bill Revoking Bush Executive Order 1323
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Peter Gunther
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Jan 07, 2009 12:52 PST
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Wonderful news from Lee White of the National Coalition for History!
See the NCH web page at
http://historycoalition.org/2009/01/07/presidential-records-reform-act-i
s-first-bill-passed-by-the-new-house/
Congratulations!
Best regards --
Nancy Beaumont
Executive Director
nbeau-@archivists.org
-----Original Message-----
From: NCHPoli-@historycoalition.org
[mailto:NCHPoli-@historycoalition.org] On Behalf Of Lee White
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 2:21 PM
To: Nancy Beaumont
Subject: [NCHPolicyBoard] House passes Presidential Records Bill
Revoking Bush Executive Order 13233
I have some great news for everyone. The House of Representatives today
passed the Presidential Records Reform bill revoking the Bush Executive
Order 13233 restricting access to presidential records by a vote of
359-58.
Symbolically this was the first bill passed by the new House of
Representatives as an expression of a new commitment to transparency. I
have spoke with the folks in the Senate and hopefully the bill will be
waiting on President-elect Obama's desk on January 20. The
President-elect
has already committed himself to revoking the Executive Order himself if
need be.
This has been a long 7+ year fight for historians and archivists and
hopefully it will be over soon. Thank you for all your support over
these
many years in this effort.
Here's the story I wrote for the NCH website with all the details.
http://historycoalition.org/2009/01/07/presidential-records-reform-act-i
s-first-bill-passed-by-the-new-house/
Lee White
Executive Director
National Coalition for History
202-544-2422 x-116
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