[Peace-discuss] Transparency Act passes!!!!

[Chuck Minne]

D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
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We had to share this news immediately . . .

On September 5th we launched a campaign for the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act. This bill requires the government 
to create a searchable, online database of "who, how much, and why," for 
everyone who receives more than $25,000 from the federal government.

This bill would make it possible to know, for the first time, who is 
feeding at the federal trough. Having this database would be a major 
step forward in exposing government corruption, special favors, 
corporate welfare, and waste.

It's exactly the kind of thing people say Congress would never pass, 
because it threatens Congressional power. We hear it all the time about 
"Read the Bills," "Write the Laws," and our proposed "One Subject at a 
Time Act." Nearly everyone likes these proposals, but many are certain 
they could never pass.

The people who say that are just plain wrong, and the fate of the 
Transparency Act proves it.

* The Senate passed this legislation Thursday night, by unanimous 
consent, 100 to NOTHING!
* House and Senate leaders have already agreed to common language for 
the bill.
* The final version is expected to steamroll through both Houses.

DC Downsizers helped make this happen. Your calls and messages helped 
force Congress to take this step. Congress did this because it was too 
embarrassing for them not to do it.

It is important to note that the level of pressure it took to accomplish 
this was nowhere near the level we aim to achieve to pass "Read the 
Bills," "Write the Laws," and the "One Subject at a Time Act." It did 
not require relentless, inescapable, mind-numbing pressure to pass the 
Transparency Act. It may not take that much pressure to pass the 
Downsize DC Agenda either, but we will keep going until we've reached 
whatever amount of pressure it will take.

The point is this: Congress can be forced to submit to common sense 
reform. It isn't a matter of IF we will pass RTBA and the other bills, 
but WHEN. So take heart, and chip into the effort. This can work, and it 
will work if YOU make it work.

Congratulations on a big success. And thank you for being a DC Downsizer.

Perry Willis
Communications Director
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

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