Posted on 09/22/2010 2:05:12 PM PDT by Andrea19
Facing an increasingly bleak landscape for the November elections, news has surfaced that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will attempt to bring the campaign finance monstrosity, the DISCLOSE Act, to the floor tomorrow. The bill, a blatant attempt by the majority to tilt the political environment in their favor for the fall elections and beyond, penalizes the speech of businesses and grassroots advocacy groups under the guise of responding to the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.
We have been adamantly opposed to the DISCLOSE Act when it was first heard in the House and again when it came up for a vote in the Senate, where it failed 57-41. The bill is being brought up under a Motion to Reconsider tomorrow, which means the legislative language will be identical to what the Senate refused to pass in July. So far, no Senators who voted against the bill this summer have expressed support but that doesn’t mean that the closed-door, backroom dealings that have come to define this Congress aren’t taking place...
Read more: http://www.atr.org/fearing-voter-disapproval-senate-resurrects-disclose-a5419#ixzz10IHirYE8
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These people know they’re in deep sh*t. They’re going for broke. The lame duck session is going to be bad for my blood pressure.
Reid is a miserable old puke!
Reid is a full panic mode!
Reid is an O-hole!
Hey, why are you insulting miserable old pukes?
That’s just hateful.
We need to call in to make sure that no GOP senators wobble. Scott Brown almost did last time. I think his office number is (202) 224-4543
It's not just Republicans that are angry about this. I have talked to many a person this year, in red states and blue, and this really, really torques them off! I think a lot of people, democrats and Independents, are going to vote against the incumbents because of it.
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