ACTION ALERT - STOP HR 5175 - The DISCLOSE Act

http://RestoreTheRepublic.com | http://RealityReport.tv | A new bill is about the change the face of politics forever. The "Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act" or the DISCLOSE Act, should be renamed the "Stifling Grassroots Political Support and Removing Political Privacy Bill". This act affects ALL people and organizations. The bill, Sponsored by Maryland Representative Chris Van Hollen has moved out of committee and currently has 114 Cosponsors. It is on its way to the House floor for a vote.

HR 5175, is written to ensure freedom groups cannot rally their members in the upcoming elections by placing erroneous report in mandates on them and by forcing them to disclose their membership rosters and donor lists. These mandates apply to individuals and groups which make independent donations or promote their favored candidate outside the realm of the official campaigns, namely Grassroots activism.

HR 5175 Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

Title I, Section 103 of the bill defines "contributions" as: ;

- any payments by any person (except a candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or a political committee of a political party) for "coordinated communications"

What are "coordinated communications"? Section 103 clarifies:

- a publicly distributed or disseminated communication referring to a clearly identified candidate for federal office which is made during a specified election period in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or a political committee of a political party; - any communication that republishes, disseminates, or distributes, in whole or in part, any broadcast or any written, graphic, or other form of campaign material prepared by a candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or their agents.

So, Title one changes the terms of a contribution to mean a donation by the average American, or political grassroots supporter to an unaffiliated organization who intends to act on merely a suggestion of a candidate.

Title 2: Subtitle A, Sec. 201

Revises the definition of "independent expenditure" in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to mean:

- an expenditure that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy.

- Requires any person making "independent expenditures" exceeding $10,000 must file a report electronically within 24 hours or if you make an "independent expenditure" over $1,000 less than 20 days before an election.

Meaning if you or your organization pay for a billboard, take out an ad or promote your own on-line web campaign for or against a candidate that exceeds $10,000 or $1000 20 days before a campaign, you will have to file a report with the FEC within 24 hours.

Title III: Sec. 301

- Requires organizations to disclose to shareholders, members, or donors information on disbursements for campaign-related activity.

- Requires organizations that maintain an Internet site to post a hyperlink from its homepage to the location on the FEC website containing information required to be reported with respect to public independent expenditures, including disbursements for electioneering communications.

What this means is the Government wants to create a list of all people who donate to all organizations who support political campaigns so they can post it on the FEC website, then the organization has to link to the respective information, on the FEC website, from their site.

This will be an excellent way to build a list and keep track of political opponents for future targeting and harassment. HR 5175 only creates one more list, alongside the other lists the government keeps like the terrorist watch list and the no-fly list.

So, what do we need to do? It's time to rally the troops and TAKE ACTION! Please urge your congressman to vote against HR 5175. http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

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[jgehb]

I would like to know why the president has exempted UNIONS? They put alot of money into the pockets of Mr. Obama and his party for re-election, but that couldn't be the reason for exemption ... yeah right.

[jgehb]

No worries ... we have a president who blatantly goes outside the boundaries accorded him by the Constitution by issuing executive orders to get his way when it cannot be accomplished constitutionally through the branches (LEGISLATIVE) of our government. This has been the ongoing behavior of Mr. Obama ... take matters into his own hands to do what he wants and be damned to the Constitution. He knows what he is doing ... it is pure corruption and he should be impeached.

[jdaman343434]

wtf weith the song ?

[FreeMattC81]

All of you that think this is about transparancy are either dense, blind, or just plain stupid. This bill is about silencing conservative groups during election time, silencing opposition to Obama during elections. Why do you think labor unions are expempt? because they support democrats thats why. The NRA is exempt as a bribe for them to back off. This is all about protecting democrat incumbants in November not transparancy. The bill is unconstitutional and must be stopped.

[energyparticle]

Maybe there is something I missing, but most of this bill I agree with. Will have to do more research. I have always supported public campaign financing, it is how we ran Ron Paul's campaign in 08.

[edmctigue]

Doesn't having the link on the web site let me go and see who it is that is actually paying for that misleading ad?

[flintstone9812]

@veradinx As for the NRA, they hate the bill but they wanted to see to it they would have the right to do advertising prior to the November election. Why is that so important? Without their exclusion, the NRA would have to list every member and that would place them on a list of confirmed gun owners. The government, and others who might harass gun owners, has no business knowing who has guns. It might have meant NO pro gun groups could place political ads.

[flintstone9812]

As for the NRA, they hate the bill but they wanted to see to it they would have the right to do advertising prior to the November election. Why is that so important? By the provisions of the original bill, the NRA would have to list every member and that would place them on a list of confirmed gun owners. The government, and others who might harass gun owners, has no business knowing who has guns. Without the exclusion the NRA would have been betraying the anonymity of its members.

[flintstone9812]

At first I thought this was going to be a good thing. Preventing large, wealthy corps. and individuals from "buying" an election by saturation advertising.

I still can't figure why someone would spend millions of dollars to win a job that only pays a $100,000 per year.

But anything that makes it easier for government officials to monitor opponents is BAD NEWS.

[noyouaintgettingit]

Don't get me wrong though Nancy Pelosi is a bitch and a hypocrite and a liar