Pass the DISCLOSE Act! Why the Senate Needs to Unmask Secret Political Donors

Corporations making outsized political donations should have enough guts to publicly stand by their dollars.

Unlike super PACs, nonprofits do not have to disclose their donors so long as politics is not their “primary purpose.” However, the FEC has no exact definition for what constitutes excessive involvement in politics. This ambiguity leaves the door wide open for hyperpolitical nonprofit organizations that are essentially super PACs in everything but name, and should therefore be subject to disclosure, to spend away. Full Story »

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by Randy Morrow - Jul. 24, 2012

Unlike super PACs, nonprofits do not have to disclose their donors so long as politics is not their “primary purpose.” However, the FEC has no exact definition for what constitutes excessive involvement in politics. —- Last year, the super PAC Restore Our Future reported a $1 million contribution from a corporation called “W Spann LLC.” If that doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because it doesn’t exist. Interestingly enough, W Spann LLC has the same New York address as Mitt Romney’s former company Bain Capital. —— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once wrote, “Requiring people to stand up in public for their political acts fosters civic courage, without which democracy is doomed.”

When it comes to proclaiming their extremist bona-fides, why aren’t these groups standing up and proudly proclaiming it? When it comes to women’s health issues they want all information from all affiliated groups.

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