I have been hear a lot lately, and last night especially, that Barack Obama has not had any major accomplishments in his time in both the Illinois and the US Senate.
I know better but I don't follow all of the ins and outs of bills everyday and was pleasantly surprised when I found an article giving me just what I needed to refute the Republican claim.
The law is the Corburn-Obama Transparency Bill (aka The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006) I think to most people's surprise, they will find that the law actually is good legislation unless making the government answer to the public is not your idea of the American way.
Here are the facts that I could find:
The law is bi-partisan as it was organized by Republican Tom Corburn and carries both Obama and Corburn's names.
The law created the site USASpending.gov and touts itself as "Where Americans can see where their money goes".
They also sponsored a new bill this year to strengthen the original bill.
This is the bill that got both Robert Byrd (d) and Ted Stevens (r) in hot water for holding it hostage with a "secret hold". After bloggers and other public agencies went after the Congressmen that placed the hold and found out the two above were responsible, the holds were quickly dropped and the bill was signed into law. Funny how that happens when the "people" want transparency in their government.
What I find interesting is this bill actually does what John McCain claimed that he would require the government to do if he were elected. Pretty easy to require something that is already required. More of this is in the MSNBC article.
And maybe the right (and the left) should take a bit close look at their opponents records?
Nah... That would be asking too much. Wouldn't it?
Technorati Tags: Obama, Congress, Bills
I know better but I don't follow all of the ins and outs of bills everyday and was pleasantly surprised when I found an article giving me just what I needed to refute the Republican claim.
The law is the Corburn-Obama Transparency Bill (aka The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006) I think to most people's surprise, they will find that the law actually is good legislation unless making the government answer to the public is not your idea of the American way.
Here are the facts that I could find:
The law is bi-partisan as it was organized by Republican Tom Corburn and carries both Obama and Corburn's names.
The law created the site USASpending.gov and touts itself as "Where Americans can see where their money goes".
They also sponsored a new bill this year to strengthen the original bill.
This is the bill that got both Robert Byrd (d) and Ted Stevens (r) in hot water for holding it hostage with a "secret hold". After bloggers and other public agencies went after the Congressmen that placed the hold and found out the two above were responsible, the holds were quickly dropped and the bill was signed into law. Funny how that happens when the "people" want transparency in their government.
What I find interesting is this bill actually does what John McCain claimed that he would require the government to do if he were elected. Pretty easy to require something that is already required. More of this is in the MSNBC article.
And maybe the right (and the left) should take a bit close look at their opponents records?
Nah... That would be asking too much. Wouldn't it?
Technorati Tags: Obama, Congress, Bills
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