Coburn amendment would require online expenditures from The Hill, brings us a rather interesting amendment to an appropriations bill soon coming up for a vote.
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) would like to see Senate office expeditures available on line to the public. Fascinating since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has already been supportive of publishing the House’s office expeditures on line to facilitate public access. This is in contrast to the current system that entails requesting the accounting information from bound books that can be accessed through certain government offices. The old fashioned way, in old fashioned time consuming method.
On line posting of such information could help provide faster access and additional government transparency. And it could force a little more responsible spending when House and Senate officials can see what each other is spending their millions on, and for what purposes.
Members receive between $1.3 million and $4.5 million for their annual office allowances, which they can spend on everything from BlackBerrys to plane tickets back to their districts.
Taxpayer money use should be readily accountable and that information accessible to the those who empty their pockets on the government’s behalf.
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