The Republicans filibustered the DISCLOSE act 41-57. Out of 59 Democrats in the Senate, Sen. Bob Nelson of Nebraska and Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada voted no for the bill, latter doing so for the technical reasons. Essentially, the proponents sought Republican votes, in which Sen. Joseph Liberman of Conneticat agree to vote for it next time. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine refused to vote for the bill on Tuesday, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Monday, Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts last week.
The DISCLOSE act passed the House already but not without disclaimers. It is a bill to require the donors for political campaigns to disclose their financial sources. The early version of the bill excluded some provisions for some donors from disclosure. The notorious National Rifle Association is one of them.
Meanwhile, the house passed the war spending bill that would be $33 billion in total. This is a scaled back version of the spending bill, which previously included funds for teachers, summer jobs, grants, etc. The amount includes the expenses for the troop increase last year.
The DISCLOSE act passed the House already but not without disclaimers. It is a bill to require the donors for political campaigns to disclose their financial sources. The early version of the bill excluded some provisions for some donors from disclosure. The notorious National Rifle Association is one of them.
Meanwhile, the house passed the war spending bill that would be $33 billion in total. This is a scaled back version of the spending bill, which previously included funds for teachers, summer jobs, grants, etc. The amount includes the expenses for the troop increase last year.