Press Editorials
October 2009
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The Daily News - Baird's transparency effort earns honor, but his colleagues still aren't on board
The nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation last week awarded Congressmen Brian Baird, D-Wash., and John Culberson, R-Texas, its Sunlight on the Hill Award. It’s well-deserved recognition of their commitment to passing Baird’s proposed 72-hour rule, which would require a three-day “timeout” to give lawmakers and the public time to read legislation before a final vote is taken.
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Longview News-Journal - Amtrak: Money Losses Shouldn't Stop or Slow Service
A private study indicates it costs about $32 to subsidize each Amtrak passenger, which is about four times what the federally funded rail operator estimates. The study, conducted by Subsidyscope and funded by the Pew Charitable Trust, claims that nearly all of Amtrak's 44 routes lost money in 2008. The main difference in how the losses are recorded is that the rail operator does not count depreciation, and the Pew study did.
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The Chronicle - Our Views: Give Baird Credit for Commitment to 72-Hour Rule
David Castillo is running for Congress, hoping to unseat Rep. Brian Baird, D-Vancouver. Castillo, in our opinion, is the first credible opponent to emerge against Baird, who has been our congressman since being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998. Baird has been popular, even in conservative Lewis County, being voted by the readers of The Chronicle as their favorite politician in past years.
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Peoria Journal Star - Our View: House Democrats Must Prove That Ethics Matter
Have majority Democrats in Congress learned nothing from the GOP's mistakes when it held the reins?
