Hold Lost–Frist “Porkbuster Bill” Will Reach the Floor in September

Via Instapundit:

Remember the Senate Bill to bring transparency to the budget. This bill would require the government to have an easy to understand web site that had all the details of federal contracting on it.
The bill was held by one of the Senator’s, which we only just found it it was “Bridge to Nowhere” Ted Stevens from Alaska. The story entered a new phase as it turned out that ANOTHER senator put his own hold on it. That turned out to be Robert KKK Byrd from West Virginia. This is an election year for the old Klansman and that may be why he pulled his hold today.
The great news is that Senate Majority Leader Frist has made a commitment.

Bill Frist makes a commitment: “In September, I will bring S. 2590 to the floor of the Senate for the vote it deserves.”

More background here, here and here.

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  • http://www.freerepublicans.com/ FreeRepublicans.com

    Frist had a good quote today at a noon funraiser I attended:

    “We may have 55 Republicans in the Senate, but only 47 of those are reliable day in and day out.”

  • http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

    name dropping?

  • realitybasedbob

    Say, isn't Frist the senator who lied on him medical renewal papers recently?

  • http://www.freerepublicans.com/ FreeRepublicans.com

    name dropping?

    Yeah.

    Bill Frist, Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, Mitt Romney, John McCain….it's Iowa, there are more Presidential Candidates than there is corn.

  • realitybasedbob

    I think most of those names will be dropped.

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