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Boehner Supports Bipartisan Discharge Petition on 72-Hour Review Proposal
Contact: Michael Steel, Antonia Ferrier, Kevin Smith, 202-225-4000; Office of the House Republican Leader 
 
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /Standard Newswire/ -- House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today released the following statement after Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore), Rep. Brian Baird (D-Ore) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) began gathering signatures for a discharge petition to force the House Democratic Leadership to give Members -- and the American people -- at least 72 hours to review legislation before it is brought to the House floor for a vote:
 
"The American people are angry that Speaker Pelosi didn't allow the public and their elected representatives to read the trillion-dollar 'stimulus' bill or the national energy tax before they were rammed through the House.  They have every right to be angry.  Look at the results.  We've lost more than 2.5 million jobs since the 'stimulus' bill passed, and yet after the fact we found that it included nearly a million dollars for Rep. Murtha's 'airport for no one.'  Months after House Democrats passed Speaker Pelosi's national energy tax, we learned of a secret Obama Administration analysis showing such a 'cap-and-trade' scheme will raise costs for American families by an average of $1,700 a year.

"Congress can, and must, do better.  That's why I'm proud to support this bipartisan effort to bring greater accountability and transparency to how Congress spends the taxpayers' hard-earned money.  I urge my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle to do the same by signing the discharge petition."

NOTE:  In May, Boehner called for a House rules change that would require a mandatory 72-hour review period for major spending bills.  He and Rep. Cantor and included it in recommendations to the President when he asked for ideas on how to cut spending.   Boehner also posted the idea on the White House transparency website over the summer - the site designed to let the public vote on ideas on how to make government more open and accountable – and it was the number-one vote-getter.


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