Which senator is holding up anti-pork bill?
Posted by BrianSenators Tom Coburn and Barak Obama have proposed S.2590, legislation that would create a single website with access to information on nearly all recipients of federal funding. The bill cannot proceed, however, because one or more Senators placed a “secret hold” on it.
Who is the secret holder? We want to know, and we want your help finding out. Call your Senator, and ask them to go on the record denying that they placed the hold. Then e-mail Porkbusters and let us know what they said! Senators who issue denials will be removed from the suspect list — and those who do not, won’t!
By the way, both Alabama Senators, Sessions and Shelby, are listed as “in the clear,” which means they were willing to go on record as saying they are not responsible for holding up the bill. The list of co-sponsors of this bill is quite diverse - Frist, Reid, Clinton, and McCain.
Riehl World Veiw speculates that Trent Lott may be the guilty party. While he has appropriate motive, I didn’t see the same thing Riehl saw on Thomas. It looks like the bill is in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which Coburn is a member of.
Contact your senator and get the straight answer!
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August 21st, 2006 at 9:35 pm
I have to say I’m a little surprised that Shelby wouldn’t want to hold up the bill. He is the pork King, after all.
August 21st, 2006 at 9:42 pm
That was my first thought as well.