Profile: DISCLOSE Act of 2010 a.k.a. Democracy Is Strengthened
by Casting Light On Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act of 2010
DISCLOSE Act of 2010 was a participant or observer in the
following events: US Chamber of Commerce President and CEO
Thomas Donahue blasts Senate Democrats for attempting to pass
the DISCLOSE Act, which, if approved by Congress and signed into
law by President Obama, would force the disclosure of the
identities of corporate political donors. The DISCLOSE Act was
proposed by Congressional Democrats in response to the Supreme
Court’s controversial Citizens United decision that allows
virtually unlimited and anonymous political spending by
corporations and other entities (see January 21, 2010). The
USCOC, a trade organization that spends heavily on Republican
causes, is one of the “independent” organizations that would be
most affected by the DISCLOSE Act (see January 21-22, 2010).
Donahue, whose organization is lobbying members of Congress
against the bill, says that the bill would inf