Re-Election Candidate a Convert to Disclosure Before (August 30, 2006) -- That's right, folks. It's Senator [Bridge-to-Nowhere] Stevens who is responsible for putting the hold on the Coburn-Obama bill requiring public disclosure and accountability for federal spending: "He does have a hold on the bill," Stevens' spokesperson Aaron Saunders told CNN... The bill has become a blogosphere cause célèbre to uncover the "secret senator" who had blocked passage of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (S. 2590). The bill was introduced earlier this year by Sens. Obama and Coburn. And after (today, during a year Stevens is up for re-election) -- U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens says he will begin later this week to post all of the earmark requests his office has received from local communities and the state... [Per a Stevens spokesman,] Stevens supports efforts to make the budget process more transparent and has agreed to adhere to new rules adopted in the Senate requiring both the sponsor and beneficiary to be listed on each earmark.