From the Huffington Post:
..."That said, operatives and aides working on the bill pledged that Tuesday's vote -- should it fail -- wil not be the last attempt to move the bill forward,"This is not going to be the final decision point on this legislation," said one operative who is working on the DISCLOSE Act's passage. "If cloture is not achieved, this battle is going to go forward and there will continue to be a major lobbying effort with the view that we think there are real possibilities that we can get a negotiated agreement by the end of this process.".... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/26/schumer-gibbs-push-disclo_n_659505.html
From the Washington Independent: ...."Obama and fellow Democrats finally feel confident that they’re on solid political ground. The populace might be divided on the merits of the stimulus package, health care reform and the financial regulatory overhaul, but polls show that 85 percent of Americans worry that corporations have captured too much influence in the political system today and 77 percent think Congress should support measures to limit the amount U.S corporations can spend to influence elections"... ..." But campaign finance reform groups are confident that even if the bill doesn’ pass, there will be political repercussions for Republican senators who choose to vote against it. And that just might encourage Democrats to keep bringing it to the floor until enough of their colleagues across the aisle change their minds"...
..."Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a DISCLOSE Act co-sponsor who participated on the call, made a special effort to single out Collins for her previous legislation she partnered with Wyden to sponsor as far back as 1996. And several advocacy groups banded together in Maine to call in and write letters to the two senators’ offices urging them to support the bill"...
...."As a result, even if the DISCLOSE Act doesn’ muster 60 votes on Tuesday, both McGehee and Gilbert predict that Democrats will feel the political wind at their backs and raise the issue again before midterms, most likely in September. ".... http://washingtonindependent.com/92605/disclose RRD:We can take two things away from this: 1.The DISCLOSE act is not dead & will likely not be dead until 2012,(it will take years for the bill to get to the High Court,all the while Tea Party groups will be silenced protecting both the Dems & the RINOS.) see also: http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/the-disclose-act-plays-dea...
2.We must be on guard against the possibility that the Dems will approach Brown,Snowe & Collins etc with a non-partisan DISCLOSE act,one that protects incumbents in general.No doubt this will be accompanied by warnings about the divisive & destructive nature of the Tea Party,that it will destroy the GOP,& prevent us from "moving forward",& "getting things done".
"Why,(insert RINO),You will be the savior,"modernizer",(whatever),of the GOP."
.."You'll...be the Teddy Roosevelt of the 21st Century!..
"The Lincoln who bound together the nations wounds..."
"With malice towards none..."
And so on.
None of those mentioned as key votes opposed the bill on the grounds that it violates Individual Rights.This is not a academic point.If they are opposed to the bill only because it is "unfair",they may be willing,(as I noted),to vote for a non-partisan bill that protects them,(in their own minds at least).
See below for their reasons: Brown:
http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/brown-will-not-rule-out-vo... Collins:
http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/26/collins-no-on-campaign-finance-b...
Snowe:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39858.html For contact info see here: Tea Party Patriots: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs082/1102546521477/archive/1103584426758....
For more background see here: http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/stop-the-disclose-act-hr5175/
..."That said, operatives and aides working on the bill pledged that Tuesday's vote -- should it fail -- wil not be the last attempt to move the bill forward,"This is not going to be the final decision point on this legislation," said one operative who is working on the DISCLOSE Act's passage. "If cloture is not achieved, this battle is going to go forward and there will continue to be a major lobbying effort with the view that we think there are real possibilities that we can get a negotiated agreement by the end of this process.".... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/26/schumer-gibbs-push-disclo_n_659505.html
From the Washington Independent: ...."Obama and fellow Democrats finally feel confident that they’re on solid political ground. The populace might be divided on the merits of the stimulus package, health care reform and the financial regulatory overhaul, but polls show that 85 percent of Americans worry that corporations have captured too much influence in the political system today and 77 percent think Congress should support measures to limit the amount U.S corporations can spend to influence elections"... ..." But campaign finance reform groups are confident that even if the bill doesn’ pass, there will be political repercussions for Republican senators who choose to vote against it. And that just might encourage Democrats to keep bringing it to the floor until enough of their colleagues across the aisle change their minds"...
..."Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a DISCLOSE Act co-sponsor who participated on the call, made a special effort to single out Collins for her previous legislation she partnered with Wyden to sponsor as far back as 1996. And several advocacy groups banded together in Maine to call in and write letters to the two senators’ offices urging them to support the bill"...
...."As a result, even if the DISCLOSE Act doesn’ muster 60 votes on Tuesday, both McGehee and Gilbert predict that Democrats will feel the political wind at their backs and raise the issue again before midterms, most likely in September. ".... http://washingtonindependent.com/92605/disclose RRD:We can take two things away from this: 1.The DISCLOSE act is not dead & will likely not be dead until 2012,(it will take years for the bill to get to the High Court,all the while Tea Party groups will be silenced protecting both the Dems & the RINOS.) see also: http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/2010/06/29/the-disclose-act-plays-dea...
2.We must be on guard against the possibility that the Dems will approach Brown,Snowe & Collins etc with a non-partisan DISCLOSE act,one that protects incumbents in general.No doubt this will be accompanied by warnings about the divisive & destructive nature of the Tea Party,that it will destroy the GOP,& prevent us from "moving forward",& "getting things done".
"Why,(insert RINO),You will be the savior,"modernizer",(whatever),of the GOP."
.."You'll...be the Teddy Roosevelt of the 21st Century!..
"The Lincoln who bound together the nations wounds..."
"With malice towards none..."
And so on.
None of those mentioned as key votes opposed the bill on the grounds that it violates Individual Rights.This is not a academic point.If they are opposed to the bill only because it is "unfair",they may be willing,(as I noted),to vote for a non-partisan bill that protects them,(in their own minds at least).
See below for their reasons: Brown:
http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/brown-will-not-rule-out-vo... Collins:
http://congress.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/07/26/collins-no-on-campaign-finance-b...
Snowe:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39858.html For contact info see here: Tea Party Patriots: http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs082/1102546521477/archive/1103584426758....
For more background see here: http://theneointellectual.wordpress.com/stop-the-disclose-act-hr5175/
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