Open Congress : Blog Articles for S.Res.123 A resolution reforming the congressional earmark process.

A Second Hand Conjecture Â» Daâ€™ end of Demintâ€™s Patience?â€“ Updated ...

2008-02-29T19:00:00Z

S. Res. 123 requires disclosure of several types of information related to earmarks contained in committee-passed bills, which must be made available in a searchable format on the Internet. This includes the name of the senator ...

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Earmark Reform Petition

2007-11-18T19:00:00Z

http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=SponsoredBills.Home Scroll down to S.RES.123 (currently item 8) I don't know why the petition showing up isn't working. Here's the link to sign the petition: ...

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Citizens Against Government Waste: Give Unanimous Consent for Sen ...

2007-08-03T20:00:00Z

C.) asked for unanimous consent to adopt S. Res. 123 (the earmark disclosure rule) when the Senate was voting on legislation. In all instances, the effort to adopt the resolution raised an objection. What is peculiar about the ...

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Power Line - Are the Senate Dems pulling a fast one on earmark reform?

2007-07-31T20:00:00Z

DeMint, joined by Senators Chambliss, Coburn, Cornyn, and Enzi, has written a letter to the Senate leadership announcing his intention to seek unanimous consent on April 17 to enact S.Res.123, the Senate earmark disclosure rule. ...

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want to dig deeper? this will also prove that despite what the ...

2007-07-29T20:00:00Z

earmarks, reform process (see also: ethics reform), s.res.123, title iv, h.res.6, h.res.491. employment non-discrimination act of 2007, hr2015. energy policy, s.1419*, hr6*. estate tax, repeal, hr1586, hr2380 ...

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GovTrack: Senate Record: EARMARK REFORM (110-s20070709-16)

2007-07-19T20:00:00Z

I ask unanimous consent that the Rules Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now to proceed to S. Res. 123 and S. Res. 206, the earmark disclosure resolutions, all en bloc; that the resolutions be agreed to ...

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Citizens Against Government Waste: CCAGW Drives Senators to Adopt ...

2007-07-15T20:00:00Z

C.) asked for unanimous consent to adopt S. Res. 123 (the earmark disclosure rule) when the Senate was voting on legislation. In both instances, the effort to adopt the resolution raised an objection. What is peculiar about the ...

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Citizens Against Government Waste: CCAGW to Senate: Approve ...

2007-07-10T20:00:00Z

C.) asked for unanimous consent to enact S. Res. 123 (the earmark disclosure rule) when the Senate was voting on H.R. 1591, the 2007 emergency supplemental appropriations bill. Unfortunately, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N. ...

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No Straw Men: The Daily Dose

2007-05-16T20:00:00Z

The bipartisan fiscal transparency movement, fueled by last year's Coburn-Obama bill, continues apace with S. Res 123, which requires the disclosure, in a searchable format on the Internet, of various information related to earmarks ...

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Groups Support Passage of S. Res. 123 Earmark Reform

2007-04-24T20:00:00Z

On behalf of the Republican Main Street Partnership, the Club for Growth, and the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, we urge you to adopt S. Res. 123 legislation that enacts commonsense earmark disclosure reform. ...

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DeMint Challenges Reid to Another Round of ‘Name That Earmark Sponsor’

2007-04-16T20:00:00Z

Next week, the South Carolina Republican plans to offer yet another resolution (S Res 123) that would change Senate rules to require public disclosure of earmarks and their sponsors.

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it's time to pass earmark reform

2007-04-15T20:00:00Z

s. res. 123 requires the disclosure of several types of information related to earmarks contained in committee-passed bills. this information would be required to be made available in a searchable format on the internet. ...

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PoliPundit.com Â» An End To Hidden Pork?

2007-04-11T20:00:00Z

We are writing to notify you that we will seek unanimous consent to enact S.Res.123, the Senate earmark disclosure rule, on Tuesday, April 17. As you know, this rule was passed the Senate by a vote of 98-0 as an amendment to S.1, ...

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lobbying and ethics reform bill: will it ever become a reality?

2007-04-11T20:00:00Z

s. res. 123 requires disclosure of several types of information related to earmarks contained in committee-passed bills, which must be made available in a searchable format on the internet. this includes the name of the senator ...

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Senator Robert “Earmark” Menendez - Update 1

2007-04-11T20:00:00Z

Fixing the Earmark Problem Is as Easy as S. Res. 123

2007-03-28T20:00:00Z

SC) on the floor asking for the Senate to consider S. Res. 123 — a rule change that would add greater transparency to the process. Sen. Robert Menendez (D.-NJ) blocked DeMint’s motion, meaning the Senate will proceed with business as ...

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S. Res. 123: A resolution reforming the congressional earmark ...

2007-03-26T20:00:00Z

A bill in the US Congress: A resolution reforming the congressional earmark process.

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