On The Media Seeks Senator Who Killed Whistleblower Bill
from the seek-and-you-shall-find? dept
At the beginning of the year, we wondered if a "whistleblower" might reveal the anonymous Senator who killed the whistleblower protection bill that was making its way through Congress (and had already been approved by the Senate earlier). Now, to be clear, there were many complaints about the bill, and some people claimed it was worse than what came before. However, it did seem somewhat ironic that a Senator would choose to use an anonymous hold on a bill about whistleblowing. The folks at WNYC's On The Media program are attempting to find out which Senator put the hold on by having volunteers ask their Senators and report back. As of this writing, there are a bunch of "No" answers, but still a lot of blanks.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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I don't understand...
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because
It'd be funny if it wasn't actually within the bounds of possibility....
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besides i think there is something about after a week whoever used the hold has to be entered into the senate records or give up that hold (but someone else could try to hold it the same way the next time and then you are just playing pea in the shell games trying to find out whos doing it).
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Are you sure it wasn't voinovich?
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