Daily Kos: Political analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation

This week the DoL imposed a new set of reporting requirements that one member of Congress described as “Draconian.� He and over two dozen colleagues protested the rules when they were proposed last Spring as “costly requirements would be unduly burdensome. We believe that Union resources are best utilized when representing members during negotiations or grievance handling, not adapting and complying with an unprecedented level of detailed financial information and government forms.