Sen. Sessions places hold on presidential records bill
On Tuesday Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) put a secret hold on the Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 (HR 1255). The legislation, now stymied by the one senator, would re-open historical presidential records made secret by Bush's Executive Order 13233. Last September Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) blocked a Senate vote on the bill, but he lifted it Dec. 18. The following day an anonymous senator, now revealed as Sessions, placed another secret hold on it, giving no explanation. Feel free to let your U.S. senator (or Sessions) know what you think about keeping historical presidential records secret. Read more.