Mr. T Posted July 5, 2010 Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 "Now the NRA are the big defenders of the Second Amendment of the Constitution, the right to bear arms. But yet they think it's all right to throw everybody else under the table so they can get a special deal, while requiring everyone else to comply with all the rules outlined in this bill, and frankly, I think it's disappointing." -- House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), June 24, 2010 Friday, June 25, 2010 Well, if there were any doubt as to what greased the skids for the DISCLOSE Act's final passage... the quote above hits the nail on the head. Speaking on the House floor, Rep. Boehner blasted the horse-trading that occurred behind the scenes -- noting that certain groups were made exempt from the legislation in order to convince them to drop their opposition to H.R. 5175. Republican Dan Lungren of California called it an "auction behind closed doors." Some groups won, Lungren said, others lost. Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) vilified the bill because of its ambiguity. He said that since the Federal Election Commission won't issue regulations to implement the bill before the election, people will have to guess at what the new election law is. That's because the government won’t be able to tell people what the law actually is... and if you guess wrong, you go to jail or get prosecuted. Harper tagged liberals for trying to rush this bill (with all of its ambiguities) for immediate implementation so that Democrats can gag their opponents in the upcoming election. Why else, Harper asked, won't Pelosi and company delay the implementation of the bill until the 2012 elections? Another irony with the whole process surrounding this legislation is that while the bill is called the DISCLOSE Act, liberal Democrats did not reveal (until a couple of hours before the Rules Committee Vote) that an amendment had been inserted at the last minute to exempt labor unions from the requirements of the bill. By the way, many of these requirements would make it much more difficult for GOA to hold legislators accountable during an election year. The DISCLOSE Act (H.R. 5175) passed narrowly by a 219-206 vote. You can see how your Representative voted by going to: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll391.xml GOA thanks all its activists for their hard work on this bill. Don't be discouraged, it is MUCH harder for us to kill legislation in that chamber. The fact that we came so close -- only 7 votes needed to switch -- means that we probably have the muscle to kill this in the Senate! ACTION: Please urge your Senator to oppose the Disclose Act (H.R. 5175 and S. 3295). You can use the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center to send your Senators the pre-written e-mail message below. ----- Pre-written letter ----- Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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