S2590 Actually Passed!
To my considerable surprise, S2590 not only did pass, according to Sen. Frist, it passed unanimously, and now has to be reconciled with the House version and signed by the president. Let’s all hope those steps go more smoothly than getting the Senate to pass it did.
07:23 PM - September 7th, 2006
Tonight I’m proud to report that the Senate unanimously passed S. 2590, the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
The passage of this legislation is a triumph for transparency in government, for fiscal discipline, and for the bipartisan citizen journalism of the blogosphere.
Without the efforts of ordinary Americans empowered by the Internet, including many hardworking members of the iFrist Volunteers, this legislation might easily have been successfully obstructed. Instead, the unprecedented synergy between online grassroots activists and Senate leadership provides a new model for participatory democracy in action.
I look forward to reconciling S. 2590 with its counterpart in the House and delivering this deserving legislation to the desk of President Bush for his signature.
