Here is a Washington riddle for you: How do you know when Democrats are worried that this election cycle might be bad for them? When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pushes for a vote on limiting free speech. Once again the beleaguered Majority Leader, fearful the word "Majority" will be removed from his title if his party does poorly this November, is pushing for a vote on the Obama/Pelosi/Reid version of campaign finance.
The bill purports to be even handed in its treatment of political players, but the reality is that it is designed to give labor unions a pass. And the bill's structural favoritism of labor unions is no surprise. From 2005 to 2011, labor unions spent $4.4 billion supporting liberal candidates and causes, including pushing for same-sex marriage and unrestricted abortion. In 2011 the AFL -CIO alone spent $316 million, which is an enormous figure, especially considering that 2011 was a nonelection year. In short, Reid and President Obama's claims of "unfairness in the system" are largely bogus claims in an effort to further create a system that favors them.
At least twice the current Supreme Court has called similar legislation unconstitutional; however that matters little to Reid. The First Amendment still matters to FRC Action, which is why we will be scoring the cloture vote on S.3369 when it comes up for a vote next week. Please call your Senators and ask them to oppose this effort to quiet the voices of millions of Americans.
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