Monday, July 16, 2012

Senate Republicans Filibuster DISCLOSE Act

Senate Republicans Filibuster DISCLOSE Act: Two years after filibustering the DISCLOSE Act of 2010 to death and blocking any disclosure for who is funding the the independent expenditures enabled by the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Citizens United ruling, Republicans have again blocked transparency. While the 2010 version included other campaign finance reforms, the DISCLOSE Act of 2012 was pared down to [...]/p