GOP filibustered accountability
Publication: Lincoln Journal Star (NE)
July 29, 2012
“With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.
It hasn’t happened, thanks to the GOP.
Last week Senate Republicans -- with Sen. Mike Johanns voting in lock-step -- refused to let the Disclose Act even come to a vote. They filibustered the measure to death.