Senate rejects restrictions on free speech
Solid GOP opposition prevented cloture
"With no Republican support, the Senate, voting 57 to 41 this afternoon, fell short of the required three-fifths majority to end debate on the DISCLOSE Act. The bill—which Democrats crafted as a response to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United v. the Federal Election Committee case—would set new campaign finance laws for some corporations, unions, and interest groups.
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From memory, this is the second time this bad bill has been declared dead so a resurrection is possible but unlikely.
The aim of the bill was to attach such elaborate reporting requirements to political advertising by companies that most would not bother. Labor unions were of course exempt from its requirements.
7 comments:
leftist modus operandi: just keep submitting the same thing with maybe a new title until people give up their opposition to it.
Worked in the EU to get the "EU constitution" in place, worked to get Kyoto in place, etc. etc.
That's one of the oldest tricks used by the left. If the people reject your idea, simply change the name (ie: socialized medicine = universal healthcare = Obamacare) and push it again. Of cource, that doesn't say much for the mental power of the average American voter. Then again, they don't have enough to speak of.
"that doesn't say much for the mental power of the average American voter."
You mean the tea partiers?
No, i mean Satans children. (ie; leftists)
Satan does not exist ya dummy.
Anon 7:15, sure he does. He is currently residing in the White House.
I don't think the EU constitution is in place as it was defeated by referendums in some of the EU countries.
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