August 30, 2006 09:54 PM UTC

Stevens (R) Alaska placed hold on Senate Bill

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• by: Mr. Toodles

Senator Ted Stevens, famous for his bridge to nowhere put a secret hold on a government website database bill which would have allowed for anyone to see where their taxes are going.
http://www.tpmmuckra…
“A spokesman for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) just confirmed his boss was the man behind the secret hold on the Coburn/Obama spending database bill, which has captivated a segment of the political blogging community in recent days.

“Sen. Stevens does have a hold on the bill,” said the spokesman, who would only speak on the condition he not be named. He added that Sen. Tom Coburn’s (R-OK) office was notified of the hold after it was placed. So Coburn’s comments two weeks ago may have been duly informed.

So why does Stevens say he placed the hold? Why did it take this long for him to say so? And will he lift it?

We’ll have more soon…”

I thought conservatism was about open government that should be small enough to drown in a bathtub? Guess I was wrong.