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Monday, November 22, 2004
Josh Marshall asks the important question
This is in regards to the so-called "Istook Amendment," which would have allowed Appropriations Chairmen to read and divulge any American's IRS tax returns at will--something that civil libertarians on both sides of the aisle screamed at and was subsequently removed from the omnibus spending bill (in which it was secretly inserted at the last moment):
For the moment, set aside the civil liberties and privacy issues raised by the Istook Amendment. What does it say about the majority's management of the legislative process in Congress at present that it's been two and half days since this line item was discovered and no one has been able to determine who wrote it or who put it in the bill?Link.
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