House Bill Could Force Presidential Library Donors Into Daylight

Anonymous Patron writes: FromThe Hill, details on a bill (HR 4682) that House Democrats might pass that would prohibit privately funded travel and lengthen a lobbying ban from one to two years for top staff and former members. Less well-known is the provision requiring the organization that raises money for a presidential library to disclose donors to Congress four times a year.

Bush already has grand plans for his library. The fundraising goal is $500 million for the facility, and, reportedly, a new think tank that has been likened to the Hoover Institution, a conservative policy center in Palo Alto, Calif.

By comparison, President Clinton’s library in Arkansas cost $165 million.