Think Progress: The Supreme Court’s Citizen United decision has created a flood of television ad spending — hundreds of millions of dollars — by outside groups, corporations and individuals. The Justices who voted for the decision and its supporters argue that disclosure is all voters need to make informed decisions. But yesterday, a panel of House Republicans moved to keep much of this spending in the dark. A new FCC guideline that would have forced the nation’s top television stations to list the funders behind political advertisements online.
But the House Appropriations financial services subcommittee voted along party lines to prohibit the FCC from implementing their proposal to add another layer of transparency to the political ad process. Committee Chair Hal Rogers (R-KY) argued that fiscal matters are private and should remain that way, according to the LA Times
They're supposed to be working on behalf of the people. Instead they're working to hide their corruption. And they're being pretty blatant about it. Let's be clear: Democrats are trying to pass public policy that makes our government less corrupt. The Republicans are working to make government more corrupt. That's not spin. It's not hyperbole. It's just the way it is. This is just more evidence of that.
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