Congressman Doggett Continuing Work to Make All Levels of Government More Accessible

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Making all levels of government more accessible to the people they represent has been one of my number one concerns in Congress. Specifically, I have worked hard to open-up the process for both federal direct and indirect spending. My latest effort, working with the Sunlight Foundation and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Levin, has been to change the secretive process that has governed prior Miscellaneous Tariff Bills, known today as the Manufacturing Enhancement Act, by creating an official public database on Ways and Means' website that identifies the Congressional sponsor of each provision, the provision's beneficiaries, the lobbyists involved, and the cost to the taxpayer. Now, any citizen can look up the details of the bill, learn who the losers and winners are, and see who pushed them over the finish line.

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