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ParticleGrl
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No they didn't. They tried to do it to corporations while exempting unions, because unions usually give money to Democrats
This simply is not true. The Disclose Act as originally written did not include exemptions. By the time it passed the house, it did have exemptions, but not for unions. Instead the exemptions were 501c4 organizations with lots of members. These are things like the NRA, the Humane Society, the AARP, etc. This exemption was put in place to appease the NRA, a special interest more associated with republicans than democrats.
Trade unions are generally 501c5 organizations, and were not excluded under the law that passed the house.
It is the wrong way to go about it if it will only apply to one form of entity (corporations) that get government money.
Some information is always better than none. Asking for government contractors to disclose this information doesn't obviously hurt either party- contractors overwhelmingly give to the appropriations committees that decide on the contracts, which are made up fo democrats and republicans.
Keep in mind that ITS NOT ALL CORPORATIONS. Its ONLY government contractors.
I don't know if entities that give money but get nothing in return from the government should have to be public.
They already are if they give directly to a candidate. The only issue is funneling money through intermediaries to hide the source of funds.