Updates | The Week of June 19, 2017
Public business is increasingly being handled behind closed doors in the Trump Administration, explain Philip Rucker and Ed O’Keefe for the Washington Post.
- The small band of Senate Republicans working -- in secret -- on a fast-tracked health insurance bill that could slash health insurance for millions of Americans is a good example, asserts Jamelle Bouie for Slate.
- The Senate Democrats protested this secrecy on the Senate floor in a series of motions, inquiries, and lengthy speeches (Reuters).
In a series of tweets, President Trump stated that he never recorded his conversations with former FBI director James Comey (ABA Journal, NYTimes, Washington Post).
- At Balkinization, Gerard Magliocca suggests that President Trump’s tweets on the alleged tapes reflect the influence of his attorneys.
The Center for Public Integrity is suing the Federal Election Commission, challenging its refusal to release emails between agency officials and the Office of Management and Budget.
- Here is the complaint.