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Exhibit 913

Congressional Record, 16 July 2012, S5003 et seq. (Sen. Schumer on the DISCLOSE Act)

Exhibit 913 ยท Floor statement

Congressional Record, 16 July 2012, S5003 et seq. (Sen. Schumer on the DISCLOSE Act)

I hope my colleagues will join us in this modest measure, which doesn't even limit how much people can give but simply says they have to disclose; they have to tell they are giving.

Majority sponsor's stated reasons for S. 3369.

Source
U.S. Senate
Date
16 July 2012
Quoted from
S5003-S5044 (speech preceding Merkley remarks)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2012-07-16/html/CREC-2012-07-16-pt1-PgS5003-3.htm
Accessed
2026-11-10
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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.