About-Face Outside Money in Campaigns
via RiverBender.com
Republicans did an about-face on a bill requiring quicker disclosure of independent expenditures in political campaigns.
A bill to require immediate reporting of those expenditures — which are usually in the form of ads supporting or opposing a candidate, but which can’t be coordinated with a campaign — has made it to the governor’s desk, though its path there was unusual.
The legislation passed with zero “no” votes in the Senate in April. But a month later, it was met with resistance by almost every House Republican, passing on a party-line vote, with Democrats in favor. State Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago) says this bill shouldn’t be a partisan issue, as other types of political spending have to be reported before Election Day.
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