Obama Tracks Federal Spending
“I don’t just want someone who will not be like the Republicans. I want someone who will make it so a George Bush administration and a Tom Delay Congress can never, ever happen again. That doesn’t just mean partisan victory, it means changing the hard-and-fast rules and shoring up our defenses against abuse of power.”
Americans had a hard time finding out where their hard-earned tax dollars went. Until 2 days ago. Now, thanks to USAspending.gov, a site created by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 by Tom Coburn and Barack Obama, anyone can discover the pockets of federal dollars. The site tracks contracts, grants, earmarks, and loans. {Good to know someone is working in government}
“I know that both John Edwards and Hillary Clinton have both spoken about cleaning up Washington and making government more open, and I applaud them for speaking up on these causes. One of the reasons I support Barack Obama is that he has been working on these issues for many years and has a very strong record on ethics reform and government transparency. The opening of the USAspending.gov site is another example of Obama’s real results, and gives us confidence that Obama can and will follow through on cleaning up Washington, taking on special interests and lobbyists, and restoring Americans’ trust in the federal government. “[Daily Kos]
