Obama Slams GOP For Opposing DISCLOSE Act Meant to Expose "Shadow Groups" Behind Ads

[brentspeak]

This can be a winning message for Obama -- if he hammers it home continually to the public over the next few months.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011683-503544.html

President Obama today urged the Senate to pass the DISCLOSE Act, a bill designed to address the Supreme Court's controversial Citizen's United decision allowing corporations and unions to spend unlimited amounts of money on campaign advertising.

He also harshly criticized Republicans for standing in the way of passage, using campaign trail-type rhetoric in the Rose Garden.

Tomorrow's planned vote on DISCLOSE in the Senate, he said, is "about how much influence special interests should have over our democracy."

He said that under the current rules, special interests "can hide behind a name like 'Citizens for a Better Future,' even if a more accurate name would be 'Companies for Weaker Oversight.'"

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