THE PAPERS generated by a president and his White House staff are the property of the American people. Or at least they should be. A 2001 executive order by President George W. Bush that has been roundly -- and rightly -- criticized by Democrats, Republicans and historians effectively makes them the property of the officeholder and his or her descendants. But that could change if a bipartisan bill championed by Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is approved....
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THE PAPERS generated by a president and his White House staff are the property of the American people. Or at least they should be. A 2001 executive order by President George W. Bush that has been roundly -- and rightly -- criticized by Democrats, Republicans and historians effectively makes them the property of the officeholder and his or her descendants. But that could change if a bipartisan bill championed by Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is approved....