CRS reports are among the best research done by the federal government. The McCain-Leahy resolution would put about 2700 CRS reports on the Internet. The House of Representatives recently initiated a pilot project to place some CRS reports on the Internet. The resolution would put lobbyist disclosure reports on the Internet, which could help citizens to track patterns of influence in Congress, and to discover who is paying whom how much to lobby on what issues. In another affront to citizens and taxpayers, these reports are computerized, but are made available to the public on Capitol Hill, not on the Internet.
Taxpayers deserve ready access to the documents they pay to create.
The McCain-Leahy resolution is a good step towards placing the work product of Congress on the Internet. Please ask your U.S. Senators to co-sponsor S. Res. 21. The Congressional Accountability Project opposes corruption in the U.S. Congress. Take a look at them. Citizens, scholars, journalists, librarians, businesses, and many others have long wanted access to CRS reports via the Internet.