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06-S2179 on Jan 18, 2006

OnTheIssues.org Explanation: This bill attempts to limit earmarks by publicizing them. Rather than banning earmarks, this bill requires that earmarks and other last-minute add-ins get posted on the Internet. Posting provisions on the Internet for 3 days is intended to restrict lobbyists influence on earmarks that would otherwise go unnoticed.

OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY:

    Curtailing Lobbyist Effectiveness Through Advance Notification, Updates, and Posting Act or the CLEAN UP Act: Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to:
  • Identify and explain separately each provision of a bill & identify the Member who proposed such provision.
  • Make each bill provision available to the general public by means of the Internet for at least 72 hours before its consideration.
  • Prohibits consideration of an appropriation bill unless a list of all earmarks in the bill and accompanying reports is available in the same manner.
  • Allows a waiver of such prohibitions by a two-thirds majority vote of Members.
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME:Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration; never came to a vote.


  • Topic: Government Reform
  • Headline: Post earmarks on the Internet before voting on them
  • Headline 2: Sponsored bill to post earmarks on the Internet
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred



Democrats participating in 06-S2179

Evan Bayh s1oIN Democratic Jr Senator
Jeff Bingaman s1oNM Democrat Jr Senator
Hillary Clinton s1oNY Democrat Jr Senator
Mark Dayton s1oMN Democrat Jr Senator
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Ted Kennedy s1oMA Democrat Sr Senator
John Kerry s1oMA Democrat Jr Senator
Bill Nelson s1oFL Democrat Sr Senator
Barack Obama s2pIL Democratic Jr Senator
Ken Salazar s1oCO Democratic Jr Senator



Republicans participating in 06-S2179



Independents participating in 06-S2179



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 10
Republicans: 0
Independents: 0

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