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Narrowing Down the Secret Hold

Suitably Flip lays out the remaining suspects. Remember, Bill Frist knows who it is, as does the committee chairman. And probably everyone but the people paying the Senators’ salaries.

The identity of the one or more Senators who placed a “secret hold” on S2590 (the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act), a pork transparency bill sponsored by Senators Obama and Coburn which would create an online, searchable pork database, is/are slowly being revealed in an exciting blog-driven game of musical chairs.

Leading the way in championing individual constituents’ efforts to get their Senators to deny on record being the secret holder, and documenting the successful efforts are Porkbusters and TPM Muckraker.

While the quality of the inbound information can’t always be guaranteed, it appears the vast majority of Senators have gone on record that they are not the secret holder.

So, what should we do when we discover the culprit? We will, you know. Tar and feathers seems appropriate.

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