Citizens United v. FEC

Campaign-Finance Disclosure Bill Fails In the Senate

Senate Republicans blocked a bill Tuesday that would force American companies and interest groups to disclose their roles in federal elections more than ever before. Democrats failed to end the Republican filibuster of the DISCLOSE Act on a 57-41 vote, essential ending the bill's chances for passage this year. All Republicans opposed the bill, while nearly all Democrats voted in favor of it. Democrats needed 60 votes to move it to final consideration. Democrats wrote the bill in early 2010 to blunt the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Citizens United v. FEC, which ...

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