[EL] Public Citizen release: Another legislative effort to hide money in ...

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I'm sorry. There's a large blue block covering text in your announcement. I 
 can't read what's behind it. I think we need more . . . [wait for it] . . 
.  transparency. 
 
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In a message dated 6/14/2012 12:43:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
holman at aol.com writes:

June 13, 2012 
Here  We Go Again: Another Legislative Effort to Hide Money in  Politics
Republican  Rider Would Block New FCC Transparency Rule
Washington,  D.C. – In an effort to stave off another attack against 
transparency of money  in politics, Public Citizen today joined with 17 other 
civic organizations  in _urging  the Senate Committee on Appropriations not to 
block a new  rule_ 
(http://www.citizen.org/documents/senate-letter-fcc-rider-on-political-file.pdf)  requiring TV stations to post information about 
political ad  spending on the Internet.
The  pre-emptive effort by Public Citizen and the other organizations 
follows on  the heels of a rider added to the appropriations bill in the U.S. 
House of  Representatives that would prevent the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC)  from implementing the new rule. The groups are asking Senate 
lawmakers to  reject any similar amendments.
 
Other transparency measures that have  been stalled since the 2010 Citizens 
United decision  include:
    *   the  DISCLOSE Act, which would provide full disclosure of spending 
in elections,  even by innocuous-sounding third-party groups;  
    *   the  Shareholder Protection Act, which would require companies to 
inform  shareholders and the public about corporate political spending; and  
    *   a  proposed transparency executive order, which would require 
government  contractors to disclose to the public their campaign contributions 
and  expenditures.
Pending before the Senate is another  anti-transparency bill sponsored by 
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that  would keep secret information about 
political spending by government  contractors. Specifically, the bill would 
outlaw any special requirement  mandating public disclosure by federal 
contractors of “information relating to  political spending, including any payment 
consisting of a contribution,  expenditure, independent expenditure or 
disbursement for an electioneering  communication that is made by the 
contractor, any of its partners, officers,  directors or employees, or any of its 
affiliates or subsidiaries to a  candidate or on behalf of a candidate for 
election for federal office.”
You can read the full press release and the  coalition letter at: 
_http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3629_ 
(http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/pressroomredirect.cfm?ID=3629) 


Craig Holman, Ph.D.
Government Affairs  Lobbyist
Public Citizen
215 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington, D.C.  20003
T-(202) 454-5182
C-(202) 905-7413
F-(202)  547-7392
Holman at aol.com


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