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08-17-2010, 08:31 AM
Senate Democrats plan to bring up a campaign finance measure once again, according to the bill's supporters who hope to win cloture by wooing key GOP senators.
The DISCLOSE Act, which could not clear Senate hurdles when it came up just before the Aug. recess, will head back to the floor for a vote when the Senate returns next month, according to spokespeople for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the bill's lead sponsor.
Senate Democrats and their reform-advocate allies are targeting Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass., Olympia Snowe, R-Maine and Susan Collins, R-Maine, all of whom voted against cloture last month. The three GOPers said the bill was rushed in an attempt to influence the '10 midterms on Dems' behalf.
Now, though, reform advocates believe they have removed that most significant objection all three Republicans had. If the measure is passed in late September or early October, it would not go into effect until after the midterms.
"The negotiation that we hope will be able to break the filibuster is the mere fact that this will no longer apply to the 2010 elections," said Craig Holman, a top lobbyist at Public Citizen, which backs the bill. "It will only apply to 2012 and beyond, and we hope that will be enough to make Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Scott Brown vote to end the filibuster."
Link (http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0810/081610cdpm1.htm)
The DISCLOSE Act, which could not clear Senate hurdles when it came up just before the Aug. recess, will head back to the floor for a vote when the Senate returns next month, according to spokespeople for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the bill's lead sponsor.
Senate Democrats and their reform-advocate allies are targeting Sens. Scott Brown, R-Mass., Olympia Snowe, R-Maine and Susan Collins, R-Maine, all of whom voted against cloture last month. The three GOPers said the bill was rushed in an attempt to influence the '10 midterms on Dems' behalf.
Now, though, reform advocates believe they have removed that most significant objection all three Republicans had. If the measure is passed in late September or early October, it would not go into effect until after the midterms.
"The negotiation that we hope will be able to break the filibuster is the mere fact that this will no longer apply to the 2010 elections," said Craig Holman, a top lobbyist at Public Citizen, which backs the bill. "It will only apply to 2012 and beyond, and we hope that will be enough to make Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins and Scott Brown vote to end the filibuster."
Link (http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0810/081610cdpm1.htm)