U.S. House Clears Bill Obscuring Federal Workers’ Assets
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Detailed financial disclosures from senior federal employees and congressional aides wouldn’t be posted in searchable online databases under legislation sent today to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The bill, S. 716, was hurriedly introduced and passed in the Senate without a roll-call vote yesterday to get ahead of an April 15 deadline for financial transaction reports to be posted online. The bill passed the House today the same way.