Our dear friend Sen. Jon Kyl who was kind enough to protect us from ourselves by driving through the UIGEA now wants to protect US citizens from another evil; information. Despite the fact that the Open Government Act has wide public and bi-partisan support Kyl has used an obscure Senate rule to block a vote on the bill.
But get this, oh the irony is so thick here, the Senate rule Kyl used to block a bill that would require the government to be more open was a rule that allowed a senator to block the a vote anonymously. Scumbag doesn’t even begin to describe this guy.
Kyl revealed his identity Thursday, days after the bill’s backers launched an e-mail and telephone campaign, urging supporters to help in “smoking out ‘Senator Secrecy.'” They pointed out the irony that an open government bill was being blocked using a rule that allowed secrecy.