The Disclose Act - Carving out freedom of speech for the select few (Congress, health care)

[Wapasha]

House Passes Campaign Finance Disclose Act - US News and World Report

"After a January Supreme Court decision allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money sponsoring campaign ads, Democrats crafted legislation in both chambers that would require stricter methods of campaign finance disclosure.

The bill has come under fire recently for carve-outs. In response to pressure from the NRA, House Democrats made an amendment last week to exempt organizations that have over 1 million members, have been in existence for at least a decade, and receive less than 15 percent of their funding from corporations."

So a targeted suppression of freedom of speech rights?

What happened to the First Amendment which says, "Congress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech"?

Companies that are granted government contracts or received TARP bailout money will be banned from political speech. Now we know why these democrats love bailouts, it allows an endless stream of new laws with retroactive penalties.

Hell, even the ACLU is coming out against this unconstitutional act. You cannot write a law, and then carve out exclusions for this person but not that person, and this group, but not that group base on their profits or how much funding they receive from private corporations. Then unions and even the NRA are granted exclusions, (in exchange for the NRA dropping its opposition to the campaign-finance reform bill).

Gun Owners of America: "Apparently it's ok to 'carve out' a little free speech if you're in the role of the 'elitists.' But the misguided NRA exemption will leave millions and millions of gun owners and sportsmen belonging to dozens of different organizations out in the cold."

[lifelongMOgal]

Of course. No surprise there. Few people recall when the Obama campaign supressed free speech in Missouri and hired state officials and law enforcement to intimitate those with opposing views. Just more suppression of freedom of speech by Obama and his minions.

[Wapasha]

Originally Posted by lifelongMOgal

Of course. No surprise there. Few people recall when the Obama campaign supressed free speech in Missouri and hired state officials and law enforcement to intimitate those with opposing views. Just more suppression of freedom of speech by Obama and his minions.

Notice how these democrats want to always carve out exclusions in their legislation for the largest contributors to democrats - unions; first health care exclusions, now Disclose Act speech exclusions.

[roysoldboy]

Originally Posted by Wapasha

Notice how these democrats want to always carve out exclusions in their legislation for the largest contributors to democrats - unions; first health care exclusions, now Disclose Act speech exclusions.

You should have added unions, the AARP and a couple of other who don't have to disclose their contributions to make this thing look as bad as it is.

I am hoping that the Dems can't push this through the Senate since many of their people (34) are up for re-election this fall and would certainly not win if they vote for something as bad as this.

I wonder how many libs here understand what has happened to freedom of speech in this law that leaves all the loopholes for some and none for others.

[Catrick]

Business as usual.