DISCLOSE act

• D.C. Democrats are pushing the Disclose Act again. Disclose stands for Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections. The ACLU and National Right to Life Committee oppose this bill because they fear it would chill free speech.
(San Francisco Gate)
• WASHINGTON -- Back when Democrats were pushing for limits on campaign spending, the Republican Party line was that full, immediate disclosure of political donations and expenditures was a better way to avoid corruption.
(Huffington Post)
• Today the Senate will vote on the DISCLOSE act which is the latest Democrat assault on freedom of speech. The opening salvo was the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 — it was amended in 1975, and that amendment created the FEC.
(RedState)
• Senate Democrats on Monday lost another attempt to pass legislation forcing donors of groups that bankroll most election ads to be revealed. But Democrats, led by New York Sen.
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(AlterNet)
• If the Disclose Act seemed like it was a blatant attack on the First Amendment and an attempt to silence the right, it was.
(Town Hall)
• WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked a bill Monday evening to increase transparency in campaign spending by independent groups. In a 51-44 vote, the DISCLOSE Act failed to obtain the 60 votes needed to clear a Republican filibuster.
(Huffington Post)
• The Disclose Act calls for new donor-and-contribution-disclosure requirements on most groups that spend money on political advertisements but are not affiliated with a candidate or political party.
(Washington Times)
• WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Senate will take up the DISCLOSE Act, a measure that would require super PACs, corporations, unions and individuals to disclose political expenditures of $10,000 or more, as well as the source of the funding, starting next year.
(Boston Herald)