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Fearing Voter Disapproval, Senate Resurrects DISCLOSE Act Ahead of November Elections
ATR ^ | 9/22/10 | Mattie Corrao

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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TOPICS: Government; Politics; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: bho44; congress; elections; obama
Harry boy is in a bind, but he answers to a baser power. (Remember how the drive-by media once called him a Moderate?)

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1 posted on 09/22/2010 2:05:15 PM PDT by Andrea19
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To: Andrea19

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.


2 posted on 09/22/2010 2:08:03 PM PDT by mrmeyer ("When brute force is on the march, compromise is the red carpet." Ayn Rand)
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To: Andrea19

Reid is a miserable old puke!


3 posted on 09/22/2010 2:08:22 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Andrea19

Reid is a full panic mode!


4 posted on 09/22/2010 2:12:04 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Reid is an O-hole!


5 posted on 09/22/2010 2:16:29 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

Hey, why are you insulting miserable old pukes?

That’s just hateful.


6 posted on 09/22/2010 2:27:01 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway; broken_arrow1; WashingtonSource

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


7 posted on 09/22/2010 2:31:21 PM PDT by Andrea19
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...the closed-door, backroom dealings that have come to define this Congress...

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.

8 posted on 09/22/2010 2:52:46 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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