Well, what do you know!Despite the secretive machinations of pork-barrel experts Ted Stevens and Robert Byrd, Senator Tom Coburn's Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act has passed. In fact, it was passed unanimously and the differences between this Senate bill and a weaker House version have already been worked out -- in favor of the broader, brighter "sunshine designs" of Coburn's bill.
This is a fabulous victory for full disclosure. And it was achieved not only by the diligence of Coburn and a few other genuine spending conservatives (very rare birds those), but also by the bloggers who forced the hands of our spendthrift politicians. Way to go, guys.
Congrats and thanks are in order to Sen. Coburn, Rep. Obama and the others who moved this thing along.