Disclose Act Defeated

[VBshooter]

It went down to defeat this afternoon,a one vote margin is close but anything to screw that closet diddler Schumer(D NY),,, I'm sure numnuts Reid (if he keeps his job) will try again in the future to get it passed but ...For now,,,WE WIN and Harry can kiss our collective ass!!!!!

DISCLOSE Act Defeated in Senate

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Thursday, September 23, 2010


The U.S. Senate today defeated the so-called DISCLOSE Act when it failed to garner the 60 votes necessary to overcome Republican objections to the bill. The final vote was 59-39.

Even though the exact same bill, sponsored by Chuck Schumer (D-NY), had been defeated just two months ago and was unlikely to pass, anti-gun Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV) brought it up for another vote to "stir up" his left-wing base.

Instead of protecting the most important type of speech protected by the First Amendment -- political speech -- with this bill Congress attempted to force groups like GOA to "disclose" the names of donors in certain political advertisements.

Since Gun Owners of America will never disclose its membership lists to the federal government, it could be prohibited from running radio or TV ads exposing a federal candidate's voting record in the weeks leading up to an election.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) aptly summed up the bill when it came to the floor in July:

"This DISCLOSE Act is not about reform, it's nothing more than Democrats sitting behind closed doors [choosing] which favored groups they want to speak in the 2010 elections -- all in an attempt to protect themselves from criticism of their government takeovers, record deficits and massive unpaid-for expansions of the federal government into the lives of the American people."

With a lame-duck session of Congress looming after the election, anything is possible -- including another attempt to push through DISCLOSE. So please stay tuned.

[OakRidgeStars]

Score another round for the good guys. Waiting for the NRA to take full credit for it's defeat in 3...2...1....

[Chasbo00]

I'm assuming our two [all but worthless] VA senators voted for this -- correct?

[VBshooter]

Of course they voted in favor of it..Webb goes back to the 2002 McCain Feingold Act that starteds all this stuff as a big Yes then,,,,... Now both of the boys have had the mandatory nose ring and castration operations required by Obama along with the socially desired frontal lobotomy to help them ignore the people of VA (the ones they claim to represent). Those same people can't wait to run them out of office.. Webb first , then Ol chicken sh** Warner,,,,Can;t wait it'll be like Christmas in the Commonwealth!!!!!!!

[CowboyT]

This is good news. But if we don't ensure that actual Constitutionalists are voted in during the primaries, then we will get more of the same "yessss maaaasssterrrrr..." follow-the-lead-monkey attitude from both major parties.

The obvious choice: don't vote either D or R in 2012 or 2014. Heck, let's start with this year, 2010! I sure am.