Welcome. There are many meanings of transparency. Im not going to get into all of them today, but im sure there will be many different aspects. Their widely divergent opinions on the successes of the Obama Administration and i hope to explore some of those today. President obama made a number of promises when he was running for president. A number are Still Available on change. Gov. During the course of the administration, new issues came up. Everything from Campaign Finance disclosure to dealing with the lawsuit and others on visitors logs. Theres been a lot of changes during the course of the administration. What i hope we will talk about today is wouldve occurred or not occur during the last four years am looking forward to what will happen over the next. I am joined by three experts. I have on my right, anne weisberg. I have sent through the Data Transparency Coalition and a former hill staffer. To my last is Josh Gerstein with politico. Theres more extensive biographies on your ch
Ken cuccinelli is back with us served as the department of Homeland Security for the trump and is now serving as the Election Transparency Initiative. What is the Election Transparency Initiative . Guest if thats a good place to start. Sig group we formed less than two years ago to take advantage of frankly the interest on both sides of the aisle andnd electin reform. Having been a state legislator and as an attorney general i can tell you elections another legislators will play the same they are often they left behind subject and all over the country are election laws need updated. Pennsylvania is operating on a 1937 election code. Their words and their election codes almost dont have any meaning today. Last few years we have been encouraging state legislators to open up by which i mean transparency to open up the election system so citizens can see event and every thing except who you voted for and so forth. We believe that kind of transparency and openness combined with basic common
The top of legislative priorities is keeping the government open, keeping the government funded. Where are we with Government Spending bill . Guest as you know, funding was out on september 30. We are weeks away from a potential Government Shutdown. This time around, things looked to be a little bit easier but again it is a difficult time for lawmakers. Theyre thinking ahead to the election, nobody wants a Government Shutdown right before the election but these things are never easy. There is a number of intelligence challenges that lie ahead. One of the top challenges his joe manchin was able to get a deal with Chuck Schumer and the congressional leadership when he passed the Inflation Reduction Act. He was able to secure a bill, one of his bills that would reform and ease permitting for Domestic Energy projects around the country. Things like oil and natural gas pipelines. Progressives are pretty upset with any possibility that permitting proposal would be attached to the government
Congressional reporter. Congratulations on the new gig. A week ahead in the look in congress and a month ahead the sprint to the expected break before the midterm elections in the top of legislative priorities is keeping the government open, keeping the government funded. Where are we with Government Spending bill . Guest as you know, funding was out on september 30. We are weeks away from a potential Government Shutdown. This time around, things looked to be a little bit easier but again it is a difficult time for lawmakers. Theyre thinking ahead to the election, nobody wants a Government Shutdown right before the election but these things are never easy. There is a number of intelligence challenges that lie ahead. One of the top challenges his joe manchin was able to get a deal with Chuck Schumer and the congressional leadership when he passed the Inflation Reduction Act. He was able to secure a bill, one of his bills that would reform and ease permitting for Domestic Energy projects
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