Sunlight Foundation

For the past few days, we’ve worked really hard to understand the objections raised by Senate Republicans to the DISCLOSE Act, common-sense legislation that would have brought a ray or two of sunlight to the dark world of political contributions in the post-Citizens United age. But after considering the arguments put forward on how the bill would impose restrictions on free speech, intimidate big-time donors into silence, etc., we came to a simple conclusion. We don’t buy it – and neither should you.