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DISCLOSE Act Is Back: Obama intends to reverse Citizens United decision by Executive Order
19 Apr 2011 2:33 PM
"They lost in the Supreme Court, they lost in Congress, they lost at the FEC, so now the president is just going to do it by edict." Hans von Spakovsky, today, reported that a source has leaked a document that the White House is apparently circulating among several government agencies. The document, entitled “ Disclosure of Political Spending... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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DISCLOSE Act Slated for Senate Consideration TOMORROW
26 Jul 2010 10:14 AM
After rewriting the Senate version of the DISCLOSE Act, Senator Schumer began the Rule 14 process – a maneuver used to bypass action by the Rules and Administration Committee, which has jurisdiction over the bill – to get the new version on the Senate calendar and force a vote before Congress recesses in August. The DISCLOSE Act has now been slated... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Schumer Introduces New Version of DISCLOSE Act
22 Jul 2010 2:22 PM
After Democrats in the Senate apparently struggled to get the votes to pass the DISCLOSE Act, they have launched a new strategy to pass the legislation, which aims to reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United . Last night, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a new version of the DISCLOSE Act . The new bill could come to the floor of the... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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RNLA Leaders Urge House Leadership to Vote Against DISCLOSE Act
24 Jun 2010 11:26 AM
The House of Representatives has taken up floor debate on the DISCLOSE Act today. In response, leaders of the Republican National Lawyers Association wrote to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Leader John Boehner and urged them to vote against the bill. Please click here for the RNLA's letter. A vote on the legislation is expected this afternoon. Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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Castle may Switch Vote on DISCLOSE Act
22 Jun 2010 4:19 PM
The Hill is reporting that Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), "one of only just two Republican sponsors" of the DISCLOSE Act "is so upset about late changes to the measure he is considering withdrawing his support and voting against it." More from The Hill : "He's absolutely opposed to the exemption," Castle spokeswoman Kate Dickens told... Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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Update on DISCLOSE Act: Another Deal Cut, Hearing Postponed
17 Jun 2010 1:39 PM
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... Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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RNLA Co-Chair Mitchell: "The NRA carve-out is a clear example of a congressional speech license."
17 Jun 2010 8:46 AM
Cleta Mitchell, partner at Foley & Lardner who works in campaign finance law, RNLA co-chair, and member of the NRA's board of directors wrote an op-ed in today's Washington Post addressing the NRA exemption from the DISCLOSE Act carved out by House Democrats this week. Mitchell said: The NRA "carve-out" reaffirms the wisdom of the First... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Changes Made to DISCLOSE Act
16 Jun 2010 11:12 AM
We are a little behind the curve here, but a deal was struck on Monday that will exempt groups like the National Rifle Association from provisions in the DISCLOSE Act. David Eggen of The Washington Post writes: House Democrats have reached a compromise that would exempt the National Rifle Association and some other nonprofit groups from having to comply with... Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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Former FEC Chairman Bradley A. Smith: “Disclosed Partisanship”
1 Jun 2010 2:59 PM
While the DISCLOSE Act was pulled from consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, a Democratic source told Roll Call newspaper that, “It’s going to be one of the first things we take up when we get back.” Thus, the DISCLOSE Act could be voted on as soon as June 9th. In a 1996 memorandum to deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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DISCLOSE Act – the Citizens United “Fix” – To Come to a Vote in the House This Week
26 May 2010 4:09 PM
H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, which is an attempt by Democratic legislators to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC , will likely come to a vote in the House of Representatives on Friday. It is crucial that this bill not be passed. Not only is DISCLOSE a clear, unconstitutional restriction on First Amendment rights to Free Speech... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Was Somebody Missing from the DISCLOSE Act Hearings?
14 May 2010 10:21 AM
Former Chairman of the FEC Dave Mason makes the case that the hearings on legislation to mute the effects of Citizens United v. FEC lacked a key witness, the agency that would be tasked with administering the new law. The Un-DISCLOSEd Witness By: Dave Mason Special to The Examiner 05/13/10 5:57 PM EDT Every so often a congressional committee holds a hearing with... Read More...
by Chris Berg | with no comments
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House Hearing on Citizens United Fix
7 May 2010 2:22 PM
The Committee on House Administration held a hearing yesterday on "H.R. 5175, The DISCLOSE Act, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections." Among those testifying before the committee on the Citizens United fix were David Bossie, President of Citizens United, and Ted Olson, the man who successfully argued the case before the... Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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