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July 27, 2010 Update! Dems Will Still Push #DISCLOSE Act Even If They Loose Today's Vote #tcot #tlot #teaparty Posted by Willian Smith From the Huffington Post: [...] "That said, operatives and aides working on the bill pledged that Tuesday's vote -- should it fail -- wil not be the last attempt to move the bill forward,"This is not going to be the final decision point on this legislation," said one operative who is working on the DIS [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Obama Warns Of Shadow Groups And Urged Passage Of DISCLOSE Send by JimGarton President Obama urged Republican members of the Senate to cross party lines and vote in favor of H.R. 5175, titled: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE Act). Obama warned lawmakers of shadow groups. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Vote NO On DISCLOSE Act It Is An Assault On First Amendment Send by pumabydesign001 A vote for the Disclose Act is a vote against to silence you. The same politicians who smile in your face have a selective hearing problem. They only hear you if share their interests. As for anyone else, they do not want to hear from us. The Disclose Act is nothing more than an assault on the first amendment waged by the left. VOTE NO [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 Chamber Jabs Unions As It Ramps Up Push Against Disclose Act Send by The Hill (blog) The Chamber circulated a new video looking to play up concerns the Disclose Act, a campaign finance reform bill favored largely by Democrats, [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 More Of The Same.... Posted by Willian Smith clipped from www.politico.comSenate Republican ranks hold against campaign billSenate Democrats failed to attract a single Republican vote on the DISCLOSE Act Tuesday, effectively defeating the bill and casting doubts over whether any campaign finance measure can pass the upper chamber before the No [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 White House Reiterates Support For Passage Of DISCLOSE Act Send by RTT - Political%20News Ahead of an expected Senate vote on whether to take up the DISCLOSE Act, the White House released a statement Tuesday reiterating the Obama administration's strong support for passage of the campaign finance reform bill. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Obama Hits GOP For Opposing Campaign-Finance Bill Read NEWS Send by PostMan To that end, the president spoke in support of the DISCLOSE Act. Democrats are pushing legislation they say would bring more transparency to the financial backers of campaign ads. Senate Democrats plan a Tuesday vote to try and end a [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 DISCLOSE Act Faces GOP Filibuster In Senate Send by The Huffington Post News Edito WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama is imploring Republican senators to allow a vote on new campaign finance disclosure requirements, warning them not to resort to political delaying tactics that would block the legislation. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 'Nobody Is Saying You Can't Run The Ads'? - Hit & Run : Reason ... Send by Jacob Sullum The DISCLOSE Act would simply require corporate political advertisers to reveal who's funding their activities [...] .You'd think that making these reforms would be a matter of common sense, particularly since they primarily involve just [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Action: Senate To Act On DISCLOSE Within Hour Send by Tammy With the DISCLOSE Act, which will go into effect almost immediately, in time for the November elections, they will be able to effectively and legally shut us down. The effort to silence us before the elections is tantamount to a witch [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 White House Officially Supports Campaign Finance Bill - The Caucus ... Send by By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN The House approved the bill, known as the Disclose Act, an acronym for Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections. But Senate Republicans oppose it, saying it violates free speech, and Democrats do not have the [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 Can Democrats Win On The Disclose Act? Send by Washington Post (blog) The Disclose Act -- Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (strained acronym alert!) -- would force disclosure of [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 The Day In DISCLOSE News | Political Activity Law/Political Law ... Send by Eric Quite a day for DISCLOSE. President Obama supported the bill in a Rose Garden appearance this afternoon. Campaign finance reform was the main headline on the White House website, as well (screen capture above). [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 U.S. Chamber President Blasts Reid On Disclose Act ? The Hill's On ... Send by Christopher J. Gary U.S. Chamber president blasts Reid on Disclose Act ? The Hill's On The Money. July 27, 2010 by Christopher J. Gary Leave a Comment. ?The fact that this assault to the First Amendment is being considered as millions are desperately [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 Blue Arkansas Blog Archive DISCLOSE Act Held Up By Republicans Send by ARDem Sadly, the DISCLOSE Act, part of the remedy to Citizens United, has been held up by Senate Republicans. Joe Lieberman, for some reason, had to miss the vote, though he plans to vote with the Democrats next time around, but the ball got [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 DISCLOSE Act Still A Few Votes Shy New Media Blog Send by Lucianne.com meredithThe DISCLOSE Act ? developed in response to a Supreme Court ruling lifting much of the nation's campaign laws ? would force corporations to disclose their contributions to federal campaigns. The bill already has cleared the [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Obama Presses DISCLOSE Act, K Street's Bundlers And More In ... Send by Evan Mackinder FULL DISCLOSURE: In a bid to gain momentum before a crucial vote on legislation to reform the nation's campaign finance system, President Barack Obama Monday took to the bully pulpit to urge passage of the DISCLOSE Act -- and to [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 DISCLOSE Again And Maybe For The Last Time | Cato @ Liberty Send by John Samples The DISCLOSE Act, slightly modified, is headed for a cloture vote on Tuesday afternoon. The alterations to the bill have changed few minds outside of Congress. It remains to be seen whether the modification in the bill ? the sponsor [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 What They Are Saying: DISCLOSE Act, A Fatally Flawed Bill Being ... Send by Emil Everett 8 Former FEC Commissioners Say Disclose Act Hurts Free Speech. ?As former commissioners on the Federal Election Commission with almost 75 years of combined experience, we believe that the bill proposed on April 30 by Sen. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 Dems Fail To Push Campaign-Finance Bill Posted by Willian Smith The Disclose Act, a bill that would force corporations, unions, and other groups to reveal the donors behind their political advertisements, was not to be. On Tuesday, Senate Democrats were three votes short of the 60 needed to stop a filibuster, thus [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 28, 2010 Dems Feeling Dumb? DISCLOSE Act Dies With AFL-CIO Bosses ... Send by LaborUnionReport (Profile) Humiliated Democrats in DC must be feeling really dumb right about now. Not only have they been taking a beating over their efforts to torch and burn the. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Brown Pelican Society Of Louisiana Breaking: Senate Readies ... Send by scribe Y.), the Senate Majority Whip and the bill's sponsor in the Senate, would not confirm whether he had succeeded in getting every Democrat on board with the DISCLOSE Act, and that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) may be undecided on the measure. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

July 27, 2010 Reid Will Push Wounded DISCLOSE Act - Hotline On Call Posted by Willian Smith Given serious opposition from the Chamber of Commerce, vulnerable Dems worried about antagonizing a powerful interest group just months before Election Day. The Chamber said it would score the vote on the DISCLOSE Act; the bill passed [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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