Senator blocks presidential-records bill
From the Seattle Times:
Senate officials have confirmed that a Republican senator is secretly blocking a bill that would reverse President Bush's 2001 executive order allowing former presidents to seal their records indefinitely. . .. . . The House approved a bill to overturn the Bush order in March, on a 333-93 vote, far more than the two-thirds needed to override a veto. The Senate Government Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., agreed in June to a vote, and backers expected a floor vote before the August recess.
Suspicion for the hold initially focused on three senators: Ted Stevens of Alaska, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and George Voinovich of Ohio.
Aides to Stevens and Voinovich said Wednesday that their bosses are not blocking the bill. Coburn aides didn't respond.