Legislation to create a free, public, searchable database (S. 2590) containing grants and contracts spending information is gaining momentum in the Senate this week. OMB Watch testified in support of this bill at a subcommittee hearing last week of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and this week on Thursday the full HSGAC committee will mark up a consensus version of the bill. The bill is expected to pass the full committee unanimously. The list of Senators supporting the bill has also increased recently, with 10 cosponsors spread out broadly on the political spectrum. This should certainly help for quick and easy adoption of the bill on the Senate floor. The current cosponsors are below:

Sen George Allen (R-VA) Sen Tom Carper (D-DE)* Sen Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Sen John Cornyn, John (R-TX) Sen Jim DeMint, Jim (R-SC) Sen Johnny Isakson, Johnny (R-GA) Sen John McCain, John (R-AZ)* Sen Barrack Obama, Barack (D-IL)* Sen Rick Santorum, Rick (R-PA) Sen John Sununu (R-NH) * = original cosponsor