Coburn victory for taxpayers
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Somewhat surprisingly, the Senate appoved the Coburn Amendment yesterday by a 55-39 spread. The vote was not on partisan lines and NTU has a list of the no votes. According to NTU:
"The Coburn amendment requires that any limitation, directive, or earmarking be included in the bill's conference report. Previous Senate procedures allowed the Senate to automatically approve earmarks or special projects included in the House version of an appropriations bill. Consequently, many earmarks that became law did not even come up for a vote in the Senate. This process was used to essentially hide millions of dollars of pork spending from public view."
Notable pro-business as usual votes include Frist, Stevens, Thune, Reid, Kennedy, and Byrd.
Getting the pork in the sunlight is a good start.
I am surprised over the Allard and Vitter no votes.
Keep up the good work Senator Coburn!