Porkbusters

via the Washington Times (HT: Michelle Malkin)

Since I got involved in this early, I should have kept a better eye on this issue, I know we'd found out who the oinkers were, but had not seen that the bill had passed.. A bipartisian group of citizen bloggers eventually identified the culprits via the process of elimination.

Angry blogger citizenry 1, cruddy old Senate blowhards 0. A big win for the US taxpayer.

"President Bush has invited bloggers to join him today as he signs into law a bill creating a database of federal spending -- a recognition of their role in forcing the bill through Congress over the objections of senior senators and an indication of how much bloggers are changing the political process. A coalition of bloggers from the left and the right last month did what the Senate's Republican leadership could not: smoke out obstructing senators, bring public pressure to break their hold and move the bill to the Senate floor, where it passed by a voice vote. "

The "secret hold" Seantors were eventually identified as Stevens (R) of Alaska and Byrd (D) of West Virginia by process of elimination. May they never hold office again.