PAT TOOMEY SUPPORTS ALLOWING SPECIAL INTERESTS AND CORPORATIONS TO BUY U.S. ELECTIONS

By Opposing The DISCLOSE Act, Toomey Sides With Special Interests And Against Pennsylvanians
 
Former Wall Street trader Pat Toomey continues his bad habit of standing up for the special interests by opposing the DISCLOSE Act, a landmark piece of legislation that requires corporations and organizations to disclose their role in political ads.  The DISCLOSE Act will restore transparency to political campaigns following the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which rolled back important campaign finance rules and effectively allows corporations, special interests, and even foreign nations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.  Due to Republican obstruction, the Senate won’t even be able to debate the legislation on the Senate floor this week.
     
“Time after time Pat Toomey chooses to stand up for the special interests and against Pennsylvania families,” DSCC National Press Secretary Deirdre Murphy said. “Voters have every right to know who is paying for the attack ads blanketing their television screens night after night.  Toomey might make his special interest backers happy with his positions, but he sure isn’t building any goodwill with Pennsylvania families.”

Pat Toomey has consistently opposed measures designed to help Main Street Pennsylvania.  Toomey opposed recent pro-consumer financial regulatory reform legislation and continues to oppose giving unemployed Pennsylvanians the help they need as they continue looking for jobs in this still recovering economy.
Toomey’s Club For Growth Issued Warning In Opposition To DISCLOSE Act. The Club For Growth, which Toomey led for years and stepped down from to concentrate on his Senate run urged Congress to reject the DISCLOSE Act. A web posting said: “This legislation proposes a regulatory thicket” on groups seeking to buy ads and all Congress members should vote no. [Club For Growth blog, 5/25/2010]