Roll Call covers the DISCLOSE Act moving forward today here. Speaking privately, other moderates raised serious doubts about the advisability of moving forward. “It’s like poking a bear,” one chief of staff to a vulnerable lawmaker said. “If the Senate doesn’t do it first, there’s very little chance it’s going to happen, and then, what’s […]
Category: Const Law Issues
DISCLOSE Act’s “hidden consequences”
The Committee on House Administration’s Ranking Republican released a list of the “hidden consequences” of the DISCLOSE Act today and the release is available here.
Eight former FEC Commissioners write on DISCLOSE Act
The WSJ posted an editorial discussing the DISCLOSE Act written by eight former Republican members of the Federal Election Commission. The Disclose Act’s abandonment of the historical matching treatment of unions and corporations will cause a substantial portion of the public to doubt the law’s fairness and impartiality. It makes election law even more complex, […]