Exhibit 912

Congressional Record, 16 July 2012, S4985-S4988 (Sen. McConnell on the DISCLOSE Act)

Exhibit 912 · Floor statement

Congressional Record, 16 July 2012, S4985-S4988 (Sen. McConnell on the DISCLOSE Act)

After Citizens United, Democrats realized they could not shut up their critics so they decided to go after the microphone instead by trying to scare off the funders.

Minority leader's stated reasons for opposing S. 3369: privacy and harassment of donors, union exemption, and prioritization.

Source: U.S. Senate
Date: 16 July 2012
Quoted from: S4987
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2012-07-16/html/CREC-2012-07-16-pt1-PgS4985-8.htm
Accessed: 2026-11-10
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-5.13: Primary record The Senate failed to reach cloture on the DISCLOSE Act on 27 July 2010 (57 to 41), 23 September 2010 (59 to 39), 16 July 2012 (51 to 44), 17 July 2012 (53 to 45) and 22 September 2022 (49 to 49). In each vote every Republican voting voted nay, and every Democrat and independent voting voted yea except one Democrat in July 2010 and one in July 2012.