Newsmax reports on the reaction of the American Conservative Union to the latest campaign finance bill filed in the Senate.
The American Conservative Union Thursday called for the Senate to reject
a bipartisan campaign finance bill introduced this week, saying it
“infringes on freedom, privacy, and free speech” and “inhibits political
discourse.”
The legislation was introduce Tuesday by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron
Wyden and Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The two wrote in a Dec. 27 Washington Post
piece that the bill’s intent would be to prevent the American people
being from “forced to suffer through another election cycle filled with
anonymous sleaze and innuendo.”
Murkowski is a new believer to campaign finance “reforms” after her near death experience in her last Alaska race. The Senate seat that she believes belongs to her family name was actually competitive where she was **gasp** challenged in the primary and general election.
At the Huffington Post, Murkowski was quoted as saying:
We’ve all had to go through an election,” Murkowski said. “Some of us
have been the beneficiary of some of this independent expenditure
activity. Some of us have been on the receiving end of some pretty
directed campaigns.”
She was on the receiving end. That sort of challenge to incumbency must stop!!
The ACU response?
The American Conservative Union Thursday called for the Senate to reject
a bipartisan campaign finance bill introduced this week, saying it
“infringes on freedom, privacy, and free speech” and “inhibits political
discourse.”
The legislation was introduce Tuesday by Oregon Democratic Sen. Ron
Wyden and Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski. The two wrote in a Dec. 27 Washington Post
piece that the bill’s intent would be to prevent the American people
being from “forced to suffer through another election cycle filled with
anonymous sleaze and innuendo.”
A press release from the ACU, however, said the bill “deprives every
American citizen of the rights to support causes of their choice without
fear of retribution from their bosses, neighbors, or government
officials.”
Chairman Al Cardenas said every time government tries to solve a problem
that doesn’t exist it makes matters worse. “ The McCain/Feingold bill
promised to do away with large sums of money in politics, but the
opposite occurred,” Cardenas said in the release.