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• Latest Action: Jul 24, 2012 Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.

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This bill's most-recent vote occurred on July 17, 2012, with a roll call of 53 ayes, 45 nays, and 2 not voting.
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• A response to the Supreme Court's Citizens United v. FEC ruling, this bill seeks to increase transparency of corporate, union, and special-interest money in national political campaigns. It would require organizations involved in political campaigning to disclose the identity of donors giving over $10,000, and to reveal their identities in any political ads they fund. All independent electioneering groups would have to certify that they are not coordinating with candidates, and groups would not be allowed to transfer money between them in order to mask the actual source of the money.

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Supporting Organizations

• Campaign Legal Center

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• Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington

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• League of Women Voters

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• Democracy 21

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• Sunlight Foundation

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• MapLight

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• Alliance for a Just Society

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• Americans for Campaign Reform

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• Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law

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• Center for Media and Democracy

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• Center for the Study of Democratic Societies

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• Citizen Works

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• Coalition for Accountability in Political Spending

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• Coffee Party USA

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• Common Cause

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• Consumer Watchdog

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• Corporate Ethics International/ Business Ethics Network

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• CREDO Action

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• Demos

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• Earth Friends Conservation Fund

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• Free Speech for People

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• Global Democracy Project

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• Greenpeace

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• Harrington Investments, Inc.

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• Heartland Democracy

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• Main Street Alliance

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• National People’s Action

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• New Progressive Alliance

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• Rootstrikers

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• Trillium Asset Management, LLC

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• Union of Concerned Scientists

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• United Republic

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• Walden Asset Management

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• Wolf-PAC

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• Working Families Party

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• Zevin Asset Management, LLC

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• Democracy For America

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Opposing Organizations

• National Rifle Association

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• Club for Growth

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• National Right to Life Committee

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• North American Equipment Dealers Association

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• National Religious Broadcasters

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• National Taxpayers Union

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• Family Research Council

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• US Chamber of Commerce

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• FreedomWorks

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• Gun Owners of America

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• National Association of Manufacturers

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• S. 3369 (2 comments, Link )

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Highly Rated Blog Articles

• GovTop Report: Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act - July 19, 2012 by Tim mcghee - Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ...

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  As noted by Tim mcghee on July 19, 2012, "Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ..." (/url?q=http://govtop.blogspot.com/2012/07/senate-cloture-vote-s-3369-disclose-act.html&sa=U&ei=6tMPUJr7PIm69gSms4DYCw&ved=0CDYQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNFdUpN6jAlTGpJW2EJljLUaEJOdrA)
• GovTop Report: Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act - July 19, 2012 by Tim mcghee - Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ...

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  As noted by Tim mcghee on July 19, 2012, "Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ..." (/url?q=http://govtop.blogspot.com/2012/07/senate-cloture-vote-s-3369-disclose-act.html&sa=U&ei=oYAPUIuXEoXPqQGEpoHYCA&ved=0CDYQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNESriQCT5D7EhKOHPBd7XR4j5mIbw)
• GovTop Report: Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act - July 19, 2012 by Tim mcghee - Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ...

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  As noted by Tim mcghee on July 19, 2012, "Senate Cloture Vote - S. 3369: DISCLOSE Act. S. 3369: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012; 7/17/2012: Upon reconsideration, cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure ..." (/url?q=http://govtop.blogspot.com/2012/07/senate-cloture-vote-s-3369-disclose-act.html&sa=U&ei=6YEOUNKzBM7U2QWsxoGYBA&ved=0CDYQmAEwBg&usg=AFQjCNG9ntIM5vZL29VQcJKWkM3d16Of3w)

Highly Rated News Articles

• Bob Cesca: Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress - October 25, 2012 by The Huffington Post - ...H.R.5281 -- DREAM Act S.3985 -- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act S.3816 -- Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act S.3369 -- A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and othe

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  As noted by The Huffington Post on October 25, 2012, "...H.R.5281 -- DREAM Act S.3985 -- Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act S.3816 -- Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act S.3369 -- A bill to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and othe" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/republicans-filibuster-ev_b_2018663.html?utm_hp_ref=politics)
• CONGRESS: How Inland representatives voted - July 31, 2012 by Riverside Press Enterprise - FILIBUSTER OF DISCLOSE ACT: Voting 51 for and 44 against, the Senate on July 16 failed to reach 60 votes for ending a Republican filibuster against the Disclose Act, which is a Democratic bill (S 3369) requiring the prompt public identification ...

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  As noted by Riverside Press Enterprise on July 31, 2012, "FILIBUSTER OF DISCLOSE ACT: Voting 51 for and 44 against, the Senate on July 16 failed to reach 60 votes for ending a Republican filibuster against the Disclose Act, which is a Democratic bill (S 3369) requiring the prompt public identification ..." (http://www.pe.com/local-news/politics/politics-headlines-index/20120731-congress-how-inland-representatives-voted.ece)
• Letter: This Republican is ashamed of Rubio's voting record - July 28, 2012 by Jupiter Courier - The Republicans also want more open government, so why did he vote against S 3369, which would have made all donors of more than $10,000 to presidential and congressional campaigns promptly identified to the public? Obviously, Rubio is not a ...

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  As noted by Jupiter Courier on July 28, 2012, "The Republicans also want more open government, so why did he vote against S 3369, which would have made all donors of more than $10,000 to presidential and congressional campaigns promptly identified to the public? Obviously, Rubio is not a ..." (http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/jul/28/letter-this-republican-is-ashamed-of-rubios/)