“DISCLOSE ACT" FAILS
The “Disclose Act,” which we warned you about yesterday,
failed to reach the 60 votes needed to move forward, and while
not dead yet, it seems unlikely that the bill will pass this
session.
This bill, which had passed the House with the tacit approval
of the NRA, would have silenced countless activist groups across
the country.
Charles Schumer invoked images of shadowy foreign groups hijacking
American elections, when in fact the bill was intended to silence
groups like OFF, which, whatever else people want to call us,
is neither “shadowy” nor "foreign”.
As expected,
both Oregon Senators voted in favor of moving the bill forward
(actually Oregon’s entire congressional delegation voted
for this awful bill except for Greg Walden.)
The NRA cut a deal with Harry Reid to be exempted from the bill,
throwing all other pro-gun organizations, local and national,
under the bus. But in the end, we didn’t need them.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to contact Wyden and Merkley.
They are among the most anti-liberty members of the Senate and
they proved it again with this vote. But they still need to
hear from you.
We’ll keep an eye on this, but with any luck it’s
toast until after the elections when many of these clowns will
have been “repurposed.” |
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