Force Congressional Transparency Referendum - Let the People Decide

When the Head of the Office of Government Ethics says our government representatives are, "Close to a Laughingstock" in the world, it is time the people of this country demand a referendum.

So...What is transparency? The answer is simple.  The people of this country need to know what their elected officials actually do while they are in office.  For instance:

1. When are they actually IN Congress doing their job
2. What legislation are they backing
3. When, What and How did they vote 
4. How many 'Pet Projects' or Earmarks paid for with our hard-earned taxes are they sneaking through on legitimate legislation
5. Whose LOBBYIST DOLLARS are they accepting
6. How are they spending the $900,000 credit they receive for operating costs

THIS IS TRANSPARENCY.  Here's one solution to Items 1 through 3. Link the automated voting system in place in Congress to a computer program that automatically tallies each representative's vote into a secure data base. Allow anyone in this country to sign up for access to this data base and receive emails weekly or monthly related to their representatives in Congress.

Items 4 through 6 are a little harder.  These problems would require our Congressional Representatives to be HONEST and REPORT these activities as they occur.  Of course, there should be penalties levied or even expulsion from Congress for false reports or not reporting issues in a timely manner.  HOWEVER, if the citizens of our country do not come together and force these things to come about, the United States of America will continue to decline due to the ever-growing greed of our governing bodies.

Check out this article from The New York Times about retiring Head of the Office of Government Ethics has to say about our elected officials:  https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/politics/walter-shaub-ethics.html?smid=fb-share