Rebecca Carr for the Cox News Service reports that an anonymous Senator has placed a hold on legislation - S.2590 passed unanimously out of committee - that would create a searchable database for government contracting that would bring transparency to federal spending, and be as simple to use as conducting a Google search.
Via SusanG at dailykos, who also says that Porkbusters has already begun a campaign to unearth the shy senator, to hold her or him accountable.
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