Simple law:
If you are in Congress and want to pass a pork project, you need to get it into a bill BEFORE the election and get it voted on.
If you want to 'shield the Congress' from disclosing it's records -- same thing.
That way the electorate can vote your sorry ass out.
No spending bills after the FIRST vote is cast in any election (until the new Congress is seated) -- and nothing that benefits or protects Congress in any way.
Am I missing anything?
This doesn't hamstring the government. It forces them to be accountable to the electorate.
If we look at the first CR, which items 'just popped up' now? As far as I know, none.
They just waited until now to put them in, because the election is over.
This 60-day window can still be used to handle legitimate business -- just not pork spending issues.