During the first presidential debate between McCain and Obama on September 27:
but I think it is that it is also important to recognize I work with Tom Coburn, the most conservative, one of the most conservative Republicans who John already mentioned to set up what we call a Google for government saying we’ll list every dollar of federal spending to make sure that the taxpayer can take a look and see who, in fact, is promoting some of these spending projects that John’s been railing about.
According to the public record, the law (emphasis ours):
FEDERAL AWARD.—The term ‘‘Federal award’’—
(A) means Federal financial assistance and expenditures that—
(i) include grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and other forms of financial assistance;
(ii) include contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, and delivery orders;
(B) does not include individual transactions below $25,000; and
(C) before October 1, 2008, does not include credit card transactions.
Obama’s lying about his “Google for government”. It just doesn’t track all federal spending.
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September 27th, 2008 at 6:17 am
“Obama’s lying about his “Google for government”. It just doesn’t track all federal spending.”
Not really, laws change and could allow for this to work as stated by Obama.
September 27th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
I don’t see how it is a lie when it doesn’t mention the rewards program and seems to me like he said they were working to set it up–not that it already exists.
September 27th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
I heard this response as it counts all the money McCain was referring to. also he said they are working on counting every dollar not that they currently are.