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Advocacy Blog
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Ensign Continues to Block Transparency Bill
After Senator Feinstein (D-CA) asked Senator Ensign (R-NV) to withdraw his amendment referencing a letter sent by a diverse group including OMB Watch, Ensign has responded with a resounding no. The Senate Campaign Disparity Act (S. 223) would require Senate candidates to file their campaign finance reports electronically, and its passage remains doubtful. Roll Call ($$) reported; "In a letter Monday to Senate Rules and Administration Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ensign rejected her entreaty to drop his insistence on offering a controversial amendment that would require nonprofits that file Senate ethics complaints to disclose their donors." Read this blog entry from the Campaign Legal Center.
Posted by Amanda Adams
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