(CNN) -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would require most independent groups that pay for campaign ads to disclose their donors.
The measure passed on a 219-206 vote, mostly along party lines with Democrats in support and Republicans opposing. The Senate is considering taking up its own version of the bill.
Referred to as the "DISCLOSE Act," the bill was pushed by House Democrats to respond to a Supreme Court ruling in January that struck down key provisions of campaign finance laws restricting spending by corporations, unions and independent groups.
President Barack Obama issued a statement Thursday praising the House for passing what he called "a critical piece of legislation to control the flood of special interest money into our elections."
According to Obama, who has criticized the Supreme Court ruling, the act would "give the American public the right to see exactly who is spending money in an attempt to influence campaigns for public office."
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/24/house.campaign.finance/Mark Levin was talking about it on his show with Cleta Mitchell. Here's a couple of stories on it and how important it is to call your Senator, I think Mitch McConnell said he would filibuster this, and I'm ticked at the NRA being silent on it because they received an exemption, if they caused a stir this would've most likely been defeated.
Here's an LA Times article from yesterday:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-campaign-finance-20100624,0,5732781.storyHere's Cleta Mitchell's column on it from last week:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/16/AR2010061604221.htmlUpdated post w/ article per Breaking News rules. Added a lovely picture. -- Chris
