News Archives: Tagged Disclose Act
HUFFINGTON POST: Sheldon Whitehouse, Disclose Act Sponsor: ‘We Can’t Give Up’
For two days in the middle of July, Whitehouse led Democrats in holding the Senate floor to try to open debate on the Disclose Act, a bill that would force groups spending more than $10,000 on elections to name their contributors. The bill was blocked — twice — by a Republican filibuster. “We can’t give up in the Senate,” Whitehouse said on a conference call organized by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee on Tuesday. “I talked to my colleagues about what I call the Jericho principle, which is just because you didn’t win the first time around doesn’t mean you aren’t going to win down the road.” [more]
WPRI: ‘Rising progressive star’ Whitehouse to talk Citizens United
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s national profile continues to rise. The Progressive Change Campaign Committee will hold a national conference call on Tuesday at noon for its members and the press where Whitehouse will discuss efforts to overturn the Citizens United ruling and his Disclose Act, WPRI.com has learned. [more]
ROLL CALL: Democrats Renew Push For DISCLOSE Act
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal advocacy group, has generated hundreds of calls to Senate offices and launched an online advertising campaign targeting several Senate Republicans on the eve of the Monday vote. Ads were aimed at GOP Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.), Susan Collins (Maine), John McCain (Ariz.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dick Lugar (Ind.) and Olympia Snowe (Maine.) [more]
REPUBLIC REPORT: Breaking: Senate Will Hold Vote On The Disclose Act Next Week
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) has just announced this afternoon that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) has said that there will be a vote on the DISCLOSE (Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections) Act on Monday. The DISCLOSE Act helps make election spending more transparent, by requiring the disclosure of donors to certain groups that run advocacy ads intended to influence elections. [more]
POLITICO: Liberal Group Launches Anti-Campaign Money Campaign
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has launched an effort to reform the nation’s campaign finance system [more]
