Chuck Grassley Voted Against Getting Dark Money Out Of Politics

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Sen. Chuck Grassley and his Republican Senate colleagues all voted against a bill to get dark money out of elections on Thursday.

The most significant aspect of the DISCLOSE Act would require super PACs, corporations, labor organizations, and others to disclose donors who contributed $10,000 or more during the election cycle.

It would do this by amending the 1971 Federal Election Campaign Act to require those additional disclosures. The bill needed 3/5 of the US Senate to approve a final vote and 49 Republicans voted against it, so the bill failed.

The bill would also expand existing prohibitions on foreign money, attempts to cover the influence of foreign money, and required reporting on political advertising, including donors who contributed the most money to the organization in the last year.

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“Sunlight is the best disinfectant when it comes to the people’s business. We ought to always push for the greatest transparency possible, especially when it involves those trying to influence policy in our country on behalf of a foreign power,” Grassley said in a press release.

But that call for transparency didn’t translate to voting for dark money disclosures.

...https://iowastartingline.com/2022/09/26/chuck-grassley-voted-against-getting-dark-money-out-of-politics

Hypocrite says "what?"