Update on DISCLOSE Act: Another Deal Cut, Hearing Postponed
Democrats have carved out another exception in addition to the one reported yesterday, apparently this time for the Sierra Club. Please click here for Roll Call's report on the deal. (Note: subscription is needed to view the article.) Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA), Ranking Member of Committee on House Administration, responded to the deal:
Without any regard to the important responsibility of the Congress to uphold the Constitution, Democrats continue to broker backroom deals that inequitably grant free speech rights to some while denying others.
Democrats must stop auctioning off First Amendment rights. The rights recognized in our Constitution are not ours to deny or grant, only to protect.
It looks like a hearing originally scheduled for 3:00 pm this afternoon has now been postponed. I'm told there is still a chance for a hearing today. Politico says we may get a vote on the floor tomorrow.
Finally, Hans von Spakovsky writes at National Review on the legislation, calling it a "modern-day version of the Alien and Sedition Acts."