Topic: DISCLOSE Act
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Billionaires and shadowy groups fund record-breaking election
This election cycle super PACs and billionaires who have been able to donate anonymously, have funded the most expensive election in the nation's history.
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Constitutional amendment required to undo Citizens United, Senate panel told
No Republicans on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee attended the hearing, which heard testimony from lawmakers opposed to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and constitutional scholars.
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Democrats renew bid to require big campaign donors to disclose
DISCLOSE Act would require corporations, labor unions, and other groups to disclose campaign donations of more than $10,000, but it faces a GOP filibuster in the Senate.
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Why Obama wins on the military but loses on the economy
President Obama has scored huge victories — START, gays in the military — and huge losses. The difference? The GOP won't get behind anything that threatens the wealthy.
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The real economic story – which Obama isn't telling
President Obama's acts feed the Republican narrative: blame big government for the economy. Why isn't Obama putting the blame where it belongs, on big business and Wall Street?
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America's brewing political storm
America is poised for a political 'perfect storm': An unprecedented concentration of income and wealth at the top, a record amount of secret money flooding our democracy, and a public in the aftershock of the great recession becoming increasingly angry and cynical about government.
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Why Democrats are trying again on campaign finance reform
Odds are long that the DISCLOSE Act will pass. But Senate Democrats are trying again Thursday, saying the campaign finance system needs greater transparency. Republicans say the bill gives Democratic candidates an edge.
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The Monitor's View: What next after Democrats fail at campaign finance reform
Senate Republicans this week halted the Democrats' drive toward campaign finance reform. Democrats can revive their attempt to bring needed transparency to corporate and union spending on campaign ads by compromising and reaching out to moderate Republicans.
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A final lesson from the Gulf: keeping corporations accountable
If we want corporations to maintain accountability for tragedies like the Gulf oil spill, we have to force them to do so through laws that are fully enforced and penalties higher than the economic benefits of thwarting the laws.
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Senate derails campaign finance bill ahead of 2010 elections
Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic campaign finance bill Tuesday, leaving corporations free to spend as much as they want on political ads ahead of the 2010 elections this November.
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Scott Brown: Outsize role for a freshman senator nears an end
Scott Brown is the swing vote for any major legislation that majority Democrats want to move. But come November, that is likely to change.
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Who's exempted from 'fix' for Supreme Court campaign finance ruling?
The House passed the Disclose Act Wednesday. The act addresses the Supreme Court ruling that struck down campaign finance spending limits on corporations. But some organizations, like the NRA, are exempt. The bill faces a tough fight in the Senate.
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Did Democrats' deal with the NRA kill campaign finance reform?
At issue is a deal brokered by the House Democratic leadership to exempt the powerful National Rifle Association and others from disclosure requirements in a new campaign finance law.
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The Monitor's View: Congress can't play favorites with the NRA in campaign reform
An attempt in Congress to carve an exemption for the National Rifle Association (NRA) in a campaign-reform bill only adds to the anti-incumbent mood in America.
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Glenn Beckers, check out HuffPo, Obama urges at Michigan
At the University of Michigan today, Obama took a shot at the fiery anti-government rhetoric dominating the nation's political debate. But calls for civility can come at a cost.
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Obama backs 'Oz' reform: Expose wizards behind campaign funding
President Obama says Congress should force special interest groups to show their face when running political campaign attack ads. Opponents call the election funding reform a poorly veiled effort by Democrats to get an edge in tough upcoming elections.
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The Monitor's View: The next battle in campaign finance reform
Lawmakers in Congress have unveiled legislation to temper the Supreme Court ruling that allows unlimited spending by corporations and unions on political campaign ads. They could use help from Republicans who have supported campaign finance reform in the past.
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