Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has been quick to criticize President Trump and congressional Republicans for sins against transparency in recent months. Yet, when Schumer had an opportunity to help pass a bipartisan transparency bill last week, he refused.

The bill in question is the Taxpayers Right to Know Act sponsored by Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. It would require federal agencies to post an inventory of their programs. This inventory would detail how much programs cost, how many employees are required to run them, who the intended beneficiaries are, and how effective they have been.