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The '''DISCLOSE Act''' ('''D'''emocracy '''I'''s '''S'''trengthened by '''C'''asting '''L'''ight '''O'''n '''S'''pending on '''E'''lections), or S-3295, is a pending act of [[United States Congress|Congress]] intended ostensibly to reinstate certain provisions of [[United States]] federal campaign-finance law that the [[United States Supreme Court]] invalidated in January of 2010 as violative of the First Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. In actuality, the DISCLOSE Act is primarily intended to serve its "other purposes" of subjecting disfavored grassroots political groups, and the bloggers and other [[Alternative Media]] who cover them, to a burden of regulations, scrutiny, and audits that would virtually shut them down, while leaving [[Mainstream Media]] organs, and more specifically the print and broadcast media, untouched.

The '''DISCLOSE Act''' ('''D'''emocracy '''I'''s '''S'''trengthened by '''C'''asting '''L'''ight '''O'''n '''S'''pending on '''E'''lections), or S-3295, is a pending act of [[United States Congress|Congress]] intended ostensibly to reinstate certain provisions of [[United States]] federal campaign-finance law that the [[United States Supreme Court]] invalidated in January 2010 as violative of the First Amendment to the [[United States Constitution]]. In actuality, the DISCLOSE Act is primarily intended to serve its "other purposes" of subjecting disfavored grassroots political groups, and the bloggers and other [[Alternative Media]] who cover them, to a burden of regulations, scrutiny, and audits that would virtually shut them down, while leaving [[Mainstream Media]] organs, and more specifically the print and broadcast media, untouched.

== Background ==

== Background ==

On July 27, 2010, the DISCLOSE Act came within three votes of obtaining cloture in the United States Senate. However, Senator [[Harry Reid]] ([[Democratic Party|D]]-[[Nevada|NV]]) craftily changed his vote at the last minute from "Yea" to "Nay" so that he would have the opportunity, under the Senate rules, to move to reconsider the vote at a later date.

On July 27, 2010, the DISCLOSE Act came within three votes of obtaining cloture in the United States Senate. However, Senator [[Harry Reid]] ([[Democratic Party|D]]-[[Nevada|NV]]) craftily changed his vote at the last minute from "Yea" to "Nay" so that he would have the opportunity, under the Senate rules, to move to reconsider the vote at a later date.

== External Links ==

== External links ==

* [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3295/text?version=is&nid=t0:is:328 Full text of S-3295], by [http://www.opencongress.org/ OpenCongress]

* [http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s3295/text?version=is&nid=t0:is:328 Full text of S-3295], by [http://www.opencongress.org/ OpenCongress]

* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf Text of Citizens United opinion]

* [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/08-205.pdf Text of Citizens United opinion]

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Politics]]