BTW- W is signing the "pork busters"spending database legislation today

[underpants]

I ran into this looking for a picture.

Notice that no mention is made of WHO tried to secretly block this.

http://michellemalkin.com/

President Bush has invited bloggers to join him today as he signs into law a bill creating a database of federal spending -- a recognition of their role in forcing the bill through Congress over the objections of senior senators and an indication of how much bloggers are changing the political process.
A coalition of bloggers from the left and the right last month did what the Senate's Republican leadership could not: smoke out obstructing senators, bring public pressure to break their hold and move the bill to the Senate floor, where it passed by a voice vote.


No names in the Washington Times either:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20060925-111216-7133r.htm
The Bush administration supported the database as a way to improve transparency and accountability, but senior senators from both parties blocked the bill through a "secret hold," a parliamentary tradition that allows a single senator to obstruct legislation.
Bloggers mounted a drive to identify the obstructors, asking readers to call their senators and demand to know whether they were the culprits. The obstructors eventually acknowledged their role and relented.


Human Events does have a name (must not have gotten the memo) BUT they almost have TWO names, almost.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16808

Some Senators initially were reticent to acknowledge whether or not they’d placed the hold -- not, they said, because they had something to hide, but because they thought that commenting on the placement of a hold for a short term gain would disrupt their ability to employ the hold in the future should they need to do so. But Frist’s request allowed Senators who shared that concern to make what some of them see as a “one time exception.” It also produced a culprit: Alaskan Republican Sen. Ted Stevens.

Speaking of holders

According to Capitol Hill insiders, Ted Stevens was not the lone holder of the Coburn-Obama bill. Another hold was placed on the bill, but this one was placed by a Democrat.

Speculation on the Hill is centering around a high ranking Democrat who, like Stevens, is on the Senate Appropriation Committee. If this speculation proves true, it will further buttress the claim that the third party in congress -- the appropriators -- is truly the most powerful party in Congress.

[Donnachaidh]

1. isn't Lieberman on that committee?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. No

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Honestly, the bill does absolutely nothing.

Anyone with half a brain knows who sponsors what programs. Do you think the Congressman from Montana asked for an earmark for a peanut festival in Alabama? Of course not. It's a simple matter of following congressional districts.

Furthermore, they gladly take credit for these earmarks. How exactly do you hold someone accountable for obtaining an earmark? What exactly is their opposing candidate going to say? "Congressman X brought $500,000 to our district! How DARE he?!?" Yeah, that's an effective campaign right there. :sarcasm: