The Hill tracks down where Sen. Collins stands on the DISCLOSE Act. In a statement, Collins spokesman Kevin Kelley said Collins believes the public has a right to know who is contributing to campaigns but has concerns that the bill gives an unfair political advantage to unions over corporations.
Day: July 15, 2010
Political fundraising news rocking DC
The Times reports on the Office of Congressional Ethics’ apparently wide-ranging inquiry into the timing of fundraisers relative to legislative action. The Office of Congressional Ethics has sent corporate donors and fund-raising hosts more than three dozen requests for documents involving eight members who solicited and took large contributions from financial institutions even as they were […]