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Robert “White Sheet” Byrd Outed - In The Interest Of Fairness

J.J. Jackson* | September 5, 2006 

Last week I mentioned that a notice from Citizens Against Government Waste outed Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) as the member of Congress who had placed a hold on he Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (S. 2590) which would have made it VERY obvious where much of the pork was going from Washington.

Well, it appears that there was someone else too. And in the interest of “fairness” I thought that I would mention that it wasn’t just a Republican.

Perhaps there’s hope for the battle for public disclosure in the U.S. Senate after all. Oh, the bill that would have created an easy to navigate database to keep track of $2.5 trillion in federal spending — contracts, grants, insurance payments and the like — still has an obstacle or two in the way of passage. But at least the culprits who resorted to secretly derailing it have been outed.

They’re Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va. Shame on them both.

The members of the secrecy-above-all caucus were pressured into coming forward last week after a relentless effort by activists and bloggers. Otherwise, we still wouldn’t know who took advantage of the arcane rules of the Senate that allow members to call upon party leaders — who are required to stay quiet about such tactics — to keep objectionable legislation from coming up for a vote. - Times Union

After all, I would want you partisan moonbats to have any ammunition on this one Especially since I have been getting quite a bit of email from you saying basically “See! It REALLY IS the Republicans that are corrupt! RAAAAHHRRRR!”

Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy (Book) Authors:Peter Schweizer Manufacturer:Doubleday Released:25 October, 2005

They Think You’re Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It (Book) Authors:Herman Cain Manufacturer:Stroud & Hall Publishers Released:31 May, 2005

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