RSSThe DISCLOSE Act
The Heritage Foundation | June 27, 2010
The House Rules Committee met this week to figure out how to push through the DISCLOSE Act, which would impose new regulations on political speech. “True to form,” writes Heritage legal scholar Hans von Spakovsky, “the committee kept the public out of a hearing about a bill intended to promote ‘transparency’ in elections.” Despite objections from conservatives, the liberals on the committee decided that one hour was sufficient time to debate the bill. “This bill is intended to silence those whose political views the liberals don’t like,” argues von Skapovsky, who cites several examples.
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