The Post editorializes in support of The DISCLOSE Act this morning. The most important provision, however, is disclosure. Here, the proposal would go beyond addressing the particular problems created by the Citizens United ruling and improve on existing law. It would require disclosure of the underlying donors in independent expenditures and broaden disclosure requirements for […]
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Former Reagan administration official supports “citizen funding” of campaigns
Former Reagan administration official Frank Carlucci endorses the Fair Elections Now Act in this Detroit News editorial.
McCain’s “macaca” moment for campaign finance reform advocates?
Think Progress caught Sen. McCain on the street going into the Chamber of Commerce’s offices and asked him about the DISCLOSE Act. The video is here. It seems as if Sen. McCain has concluded quite definitively that the DISCLOSE Act favors unions.