25 Sep Congressman 'crowdsources' healthcare bill
John Culberson, a Texas Republican Congressman, says if people actually knew what was in the healthcare bill, they’d oppose it. So he posted the entire text of the bill to the Internet, using a Web 2.0 tool that allows people to annotate the document and comment on it.
“It’s incumbent on me as a representative to make the process the most transparent and open to the public, so people can actually see what Pelosi and Obama are prepared to do with their healthcare, and their relationship to their doctor,” Culberson said in a phone interview with InformationWeek Thursday, hours after the document went live.
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