“NO” ON DISCLOSE ACT
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.
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
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