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ABC News reports:
Senate Republicans voted Thursday to block the consideration of a bill to promptly require organizations that spend money on elections to promptly disclose the identities of donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle.
The body failed to invoke cloture on the measure, in a 49-49 vote. Every Republican present voted against the measure, while every Democrat voted for it.
McConnell, a longtime opponent of campaign finance restrictions, dismissed the bill as a “liberal pet priority” that he said would give “unelected federal bureaucrats vastly more power over private citizens’ First Amendment rights and political activism.”
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49-49: Senate blocked the Democrats’ campaign finance disclosure bill from advancing along party lines. 60 votes were needed. Senators Baldwin (D-WI) and Crapo (R-ID) did not vote. pic.twitter.com/k7VXBwH4Xn
— Craig Caplan (@CraigCaplan) September 22, 2022
In a procedural vote Thursday morning, the Senate failed to advance the Disclose Act on a 49-49 vote along party lines.
At least 60 votes would have been required for the Senate to end debate on the bill and advance it. https://t.co/7odeRhirDb
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 22, 2022