DO THEY THINK THEY'RE HEDGE FUND MANAGERS:

Senate bucks campaign transparency (Washington Times, March 29, 2009)

The transparency zeal that has gripped some Washington politicians in recent years has yet to engulf the Senate's campaign funding disclosure process, and the delinquency is to the detriment of the election process.

Opening up the government to greater public scrutiny has yet to apply to most Senate candidates. Few have voluntarily joined their House counterparts, presidential candidates and even most state-level public office-seekers, who are required by statute to electronically file their campaign finance information. Instead, most incumbents and challengers still, as allowed by Senate regulations, use 1970s-era paper filings to submit their campaign finance reports to the Federal Election Commission.