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CFA Supports Sen. Coburn's Earmark Transparency Act
Friday, May 14, 2010 2:04 PM
Today, the Center for Fiscal Accountability sent a letter to the United States Senate urging members to co-sponsor and otherwise supprt Sen. Coburn's Earmark Transparency Act of 2010. Co-sponsored by Sens. Feingold, Gillibrand and McCain the measure already has bipartisan support. From our letter:
While recent efforts have been made to increase transparency in the pork-barreling process, these steps have fallen far short of true accountability. The Appropriations Committees in both chambers currently require earmarks be posted to members’ websites, but the information displayed varies widely in utility and comprehensiveness. What’s more, Senators are only required to maintain the information for the 30 days after the bill passes.
Your bill requires all earmark requests to be published online in a clearly accessible format. It also demands that details on the intent and sponsor of the request be provided, along with the bill information to which the earmark is attached.
Click here to read the entire letter.
Reader Comments:
I am tired of the title "ear marks". Let us call it what it is. Politicians buying votes with government funds.
Lt Col James T Collins / T or C, NM 87901
Pork is a large component of embezzlement. When it occurs in publicly owned companies someone goes to jail. Another example of the hypocrisy of behavior by representatives who conduct themselves as though they were the rulers.
Randy Miller / Mt Vernon, WA
Posts like this bigrhten up my day. Thanks for taking the time.
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