To require the Senate to be transparent with taxpayers about spending.

SA 3358. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3336 proposed by Mr. Baucus to the bill H.R. 4213, to
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring
provisions, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. SENATE SPENDING DISCLOSURE.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Senate shall post
prominently on the front page of the public website of the
Senate (
http://www.senate.gov/
) the following information:
(1) The total amount of discretionary and direct spending
passed by the Senate that has not been paid for, including
emergency designated spending or spending otherwise exempted
from PAYGO requirements.
(2) The total amount of net spending authorized in
legislation passed by the Senate, as scored by CBO.
(3) The number of new government programs created in
legislation passed by the Senate.
(4) The totals for paragraphs (1) through (3) as passed by
both Houses of Congress and signed into law by the President.
(b) Display.--The information tallies required by
subsection (a) shall be itemized by bill and date, updated
weekly, and archived by calendar year.
(c) Effective Date.--The PAYGO tally required by subsection
(a)(1) shall begin with the date of enactment of the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and the authorization
tally required by subsection (a)(2) shall apply to all
legislation passed beginning January 1, 2010.
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