“NO” ON DISCLOSE ACT

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The Club for Growth opposes the DISCLOSE Act and urges all Senators to vote NO on cloture on the motion to proceed. A vote is likely to occur soon. The results of this vote will be included in the Club for Growth Foundation’s 2022 congressional scorecard.

The Disclose Act would create new and additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities. The DISCLOSE Act’s fundamental purpose is to enable cancel culture and the intimidation of Americans exercising their right to free speech through political giving and campaign contributions. How? The bill requires the identification of every beneficial owner of the covered organization by name and current residential or business street address – a road map for even more political retribution, threats, and violence. The bill would result in less political activity, which will empower the entrenched ruling class led by incumbent Senators and Representatives that have held public office for decades, as well as an incumbent president.

Citizens United was a 2010 landmark decision from the Supreme Court which decided the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act’s prohibition of all independent expenditures by corporations and unions violated the First Amendment’s protected right of free speech. The decision allowed for the creation of so-called Super PACs – AKA- Independent Expenditure Committees, which are highly regulated by the Federal Election Commission. Super PACs are already required to report donors publicly. But these existing disclosure requirements are not enough for those that wake up every day with the mission to kill political speech. From the COVID pandemic to cancel culture, the radical left wants to punish free speech in America – an inherent right endowed to all Americans through our creator.

To be clear, Club for Growth does not oppose restrictions on foreign nationals interfering in American elections. Club for Growth supports the prohibition of foreign money in Federal elections. But it is already illegal for any American candidate to accept or solicit a campaign contribution from a foreign national.

Finally, the authors of this legislation understand some provisions are very likely going to be deemed unconstitutional so they included a severability clause allowing for the remainder of the Act to not be affected by the holding. Congress should not pass unconstitutional legislation.

Club for Growth Foundation’s Congressional Scorecard for the 117th Congress provides a comprehensive rating of how well or how poorly each member of Congress supports pro-growth, free-market policies and will be distributed to the public.

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Vote Results

Club Position

No

Required for Majority

1/2

Vote Results

Cloture Motion Rejected

Vote Number

346

Vote Date

September 22, 2022

Vote Counts

YEAs:

49

NAYs:

49

Not Voting:

2

Name

State

Party

Vote Position

Tammy Baldwin

WI

D

A

Mike Crapo

ID

R

A

John Barrasso

WY

R

N

Marsha Blackburn

TN

R

N

Roy Blunt

MO

R

N

John Boozman

AR

R

N

Mike Braun

IN

R

N

Richard Burr

NC

R

N

Shelley Moore Capito

WV

R

N

Bill Cassidy

LA

R

N

Susan Collins

ME

R

N

John Cornyn

TX

R

N

Tom Cotton

AR

R

N

Kevin Cramer

ND

R

N

Ted Cruz

TX

R

N

Steve Daines

MT

R

N

Joni Ernst

IA

R

N

Deb Fischer

NE

R

N

Lindsey Graham

SC

R

N

Chuck Grassley

IA

R

N

Bill Hagerty

TN

R

N

Josh Hawley

MO

R

N

John Hoeven

ND

R

N

Cindy Hyde-Smith

MS

R

N

James Inhofe

OK

R

N

Ron Johnson

WI

R

N

John Kennedy

LA

R

N

James Lankford

OK

R

N

Mike Lee

UT

R

N

Cynthia Lummis

WY

R

N

Roger Marshall

KS

R

N

Mitch McConnell

KY

R

N

Jerry Moran

KS

R

N

Lisa Murkowski

AK

R

N

Rand Paul

KY

R

N

Rob Portman

OH

R

N

Jim Risch

ID

R

N

Mitt Romney

UT

R

N

Mike Rounds

SD

R

N

Marco Rubio

FL

R

N

Ben Sasse

NE

R

N

Tim Scott

SC

R

N

Rick Scott

FL

R

N

Richard Shelby

AL

R

N

Dan Sullivan

AK

R

N

John Thune

SD

R

N

Thom Tillis

NC

R

N

Pat Toomey

PA

R

N

Tommy Tuberville

AL

R

N

Roger Wicker

MS

R

N

Todd Young

IN

R

N

Michael Bennet

CO

D

Y

Richard Blumenthal

CT

D

Y

Cory Booker

NJ

D

Y

Sherrod Brown

OH

D

Y

Maria Cantwell

WA

D

Y

Benjamin Cardin

MD

D

Y

Thomas Carper

DE

D

Y

Bob Casey

PA

D

Y

Christopher Coons

DE

D

Y

Catherine Cortez Masto

NV

D

Y

Tammy Duckworth

IL

D

Y

Richard Durbin

IL

D

Y

Dianne Feinstein

CA

D

Y

Kirsten Gillibrand

NY

D

Y

Maggie Hassan

NH

D

Y

Martin Heinrich

NM

D

Y

John Hickenlooper

CO

D

Y

Mazie Hirono

HI

D

Y

Tim Kaine

VA

D

Y

Mark Kelly

AZ

D

Y

Angus King

ME

I

Y

Amy Klobuchar

MN

D

Y

Patrick Leahy

VT

D

Y

Ben Lujan

NM

D

Y

Joe Manchin

WV

D

Y

Edward Markey

MA

D

Y

Robert Menendez

NJ

D

Y

Jeff Merkley

OR

D

Y

Christopher Murphy

CT

D

Y

Patty Murray

WA

D

Y

Thomas Ossoff

GA

D

Y

Alex Padilla

CA

D

Y

Gary Peters

MI

D

Y

Jack Reed

RI

D

Y

Jacky Rosen

NV

D

Y

Bernie Sanders

VT

I

Y

Brian Schatz

HI

D

Y

Chuck Schumer

NY

D

Y

Jeanne Shaheen

NH

D

Y

Kyrsten Sinema

AZ

D

Y

Tina Smith

MN

D

Y

Debbie Stabenow

MI

D

Y

Jon Tester

MT

D

Y

Chris Van Hollen

MD

D

Y

Mark Warner

VA

D

Y

Raphael Warnock

GA

D

Y

Elizabeth Warren

MA

D

Y

Sheldon Whitehouse

RI

D

Y

Ron Wyden

OR

D

Y

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