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Friday, September 08, 2006
A Transparent Effort
Now that S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, has cleared the Senate, it is now time to praise all blogs and watchdogs who helped expose the Senators who had the holds on the bill.
In the words of S. 2590 co-sponsor, Bill (Blogmeister) Frist: "I want to thank my colleagues and those in the blogosphere that were working so passionately to get this piece of legislation passed in a timely manner… A tremendous effort from the blogosphere."
The Hill named names behind the effort. Let the credits roll:
An all-star lineup of fiscal watchdogs and budget hawks — OMB Watch, the National Taxpayers Union, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, the Sunlight Foundation and the Project on Government Oversight — took to the Capitol on Wednesday to promote the bill.
Online sleuths, from right-leaning Porkbusters and GOP Progress to left-leaning TPM Muckraker, and Wonkette, who contacted every Senate office during the recess and eventually discovered two holders: Stevens and Sen. Robert Byrd.
Posted by Dana Chasin
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