Require disclosure of political spending

Whitehouse supports disclosure laws for political spending that reveal the sources of funding behind influence campaigns. He says these laws should address the effects of the Citizens United decision and prevent billionaires from anonymously influencing government. He describes this as work he is leading in the Senate.

Context: The passage does not specify the disclosure requirements or legislative mechanism.

In their own words

I’m leading the charge in the Senate for disclosure laws

The source

Sheldon Whitehouse: Standing Up to Special Interests The American people are fed up with dark money influence campaigns that allow billionaires and big corporations to blockade progress on essential needs like solving climate change, enacti

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