Senate in standoff over fiscal transparency and emergency spending.
TRUE Accountability Act aims to force agencies to create internal control plans for disasters and crises.
Committee demands better accounting on disaster relief funds.
Agency wide audits now under heavy scrutiny.
Stalling tactics block key budget votes.
Transparency becomes big fight against old spending habits.
Secret audit exposed too much waste so now they fight to hide or fix the books.
TRUE Act wants real plans to stop fraud but Senate slow walking it to protect old ways.
This gridlock means more emergency cash could get wasted until they get forced to show real numbers.
Congress gov on TRUE Accountability Act S.78: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/78
Biggs press on House passage: https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-introduces-true-accountability-act
Coverage on emergency spending reform: https://legis1.com/news/emergency-spending-fraud-prevention-house