A chart showing one interpretation of the House’s health care reform legislation contained in the official record of the House Ways and Means Committee can’t be sent out to Americans.
Why?
Because the Franking Commission, who decides what mailings Congress pays for, said it isn’t acceptable.
Why?
Ya think that maybe – just maybe – it might be because the chart was put together by Republicans?
Dan Lungren (R-CA) said, “I’ve been told it was above the Franking Commission and our committee. This is not accidental.”
You can bet your last Dove Bar it’s not.
Let’s not forget here that members of the House (and the Franking Commission) are paid employees of the American people and we have every right to know what they are doing. We, the people, also provide them the funding to mail us information.
The chart is ours. We own it.
Hand it over, Nancy.