Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency

Citation
Walter J. Oleszek, Congressional Lawmaking: A Perspective On Secrecy and Transparency (CRS Report R42108) (Nov. 30, 2011) (full-text).

Overview
The objectives of this report are four-fold:

transparency in the congressional process; emerged again with the 2011 formation of the Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee; activities; and
 * First, to outline briefly the historical and inherent tension between secrecy and
 * Second, to review several common and recurring secrecy/transparency issues that
 * Third, to identify various lawmaking stages typically imbued with closed door
 * Fourth, to close with several summary observations.