Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked legislation that would have required super PACs and other groups to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle, a blow to Democrats’ efforts to reform campaign financing laws.
on a 49-49 vote along party lines. At least 60 votes would have been required for the Senate to end debate on the bill and advance it.
Democrats have railed unsuccessfully against the ruling for more than a decade, saying the ability for corporations and billionaires to advocate for or against candidates anonymously through such groups has given them outsize influence in American politics. Republicans have defended the right of corporations to make political donations, even as some of them have called for greater transparency in campaign financing.Before the vote Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
“This is the kind of phony fun and games the dark money allows to intrude into our democracy,” Whitehouse said. Earlier this week, President Biden called on Republicans to join Democrats in supporting the Disclose Act. In remarks at the White House, Biden invoked the late senator John McCain , saying his “friend” supported campaign finance reforms as matter of fundamental fairness.
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