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Bipartisan Senate Bill Would End Federal Bureaucrats' OTA Spending Ploy

Never heard of "Other Transaction Agreements?" The vagueness was intentional and we can count on it being repeated in a different way in the near future.

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Jun 13, 2026
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A bipartisan bill entitled the “Stop Secret Spending Act” was quietly, without fanfare and virtually no public notice, unanimously approved earlier this week by the Senate.

The secret spending banned by this Senate bill — a companion version is still pending in the House of Representatives — is covered by what are called “Other Transaction Agreements”(OT…

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