Democrat Maloney and Republican Issa Ally to Hurt Science and Help Companies - Forbes

"The US Research Works Act, introduced in Congress last month by New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney and California Republican Darrell Issa, would repeal the NIH policy as well as prohibit any other Federal agency from instituting a similar one....Turns out that Elsevier and its executives contributed some $30,000 in 2011 to 31 House representatives, including Maloney and Issa ($8,500 to her, $2,000 to him). Small potatoes, to be sure. But it goes to show that, instead of innovating a way to adapt and thrive in a digital economy, as Taylor says, “publishers have turned to the approach that uncompetitive corporations have always used in America: lobbying for legislation to protect their unsustainable model.” ..."