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SENATE—Tuesday, July 17, 2012 11390 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 158, Pt. 8 July 17, 2012 SENATE—Tuesday, July 17, 2012 The Senate met at 10 a.m., and was DISCLOSE ACT OF 2012—MOTION TO nied his seat, and he reappointed him called to order by the Honorable CHRIS- PROCEED to the Senate. So he got to the U.S. TOPHER A. COONS, a Senator from the Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now move Senate by virtue of the shenanigans State of Delaware. to proceed to Calendar No. 446, S. 3369. that took place. Incensed Montana vot- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ers went on to pass the Corrupt Prac- PRAYER pore. The clerk will report. tices Act via a referendum. They voted The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- The legislative clerk read as follows: for it. Less than a decade later, Repub- fered the following prayer: Motion to proceed to S. 3369, a bill to lican President Theodore Roosevelt Let us pray. amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of reined in unlimited corporate giving to God of grace and glory, You have al- 1971 to provide for additional disclosure re- political candidates at the Federal ready blessed us this day. We pause quirements of corporations, labor organiza- level as well—not only in Montana but now to acknowledge that we borrow tions, super PACs, and other entities, and for at the Federal level. our heartbeats from You and that be- other purposes. This Nation has a long history of cur- cause of You we live and breathe and SCHEDULE tailing the corrupt influence of money move and have our being. Mr. REID. For the information of all in politics. But with the Citizens Continue to nourish and sustain this Senators, the time until 12:30 p.m. United decision, the Supreme Court of Nation during these difficult and dan- today will be divided and controlled be- our country erased a century of effort gerous days. Thank You for the brave tween the two leaders or their des- to protect the fairness and integrity of men and women in our Armed Forces ignees, with the Republicans control- American elections. That disastrous and the members of their families who ling the first 30 minutes and the major- decision opened the door for corpora- daily sacrifice to keep freedom’s flame ity the second 30 minutes. tions, anonymous billionaires, and for- burning. We will recess from 12:30 p.m. until eign interests to spend hundreds of mil- Lord, surround our lawmakers this 2:15 p.m. today to allow for our weekly lions of dollars influencing voters. day with Your spirit of reconciliation caucus meetings. For anyone who dismisses this that they may put aside that which Additionally, the time from 2:15 p.m. change as politics as usual, they should brings division and embrace that which until 3 p.m. will be equally divided and think again. During this year’s elec- engenders unity. May Your blessing controlled. At 3 p.m. there will be a tion, outside spending by GOP shell and benediction enable our Senators to cloture vote on the motion to proceed groups is expected to top $1 billion— work together in harmony and peace. to the DISCLOSE Act, which was de- that is billion with a ‘‘B.’’ The names We pray in Your merciful Name. bated last night and will be debated of these new front groups contain Amen. again this morning. words that are warm and fuzzy, such as ‘‘freedom’’ and ‘‘prosperity.’’ But make f THE DISCLOSE ACT Mr. President, the corrosive effect of no mistake, there is nothing free about PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE money on American politics isn’t a an election purchased by a handful of The Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. COONS product of the 21st century. More than billionaires for their own self-interest. Just one of those outside groups— led the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: 100 years ago, moneyed special inter- just one of them—backed by wealthy I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ests had already tested the integrity of oil interests, has promised to spend United States of America, and to the Repub- this country’s political system. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, In 1899, copper billionaire William $400 million on negative ads filled with indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Clark was elected to the U.S. Senate by half truths and distortions of President Obama’s record. By comparison, during f the Montana State legislature. The the 2008 election—less than 4 years APPOINTMENT OF ACTING contest was considered so blatantly ago—Senator JOHN MCCAIN’s Presi- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE swayed by bribery the Senate refused dential campaign spent $370 million to seat him. Here is how Clark fa- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The total. That was a huge amount of mously responded: clerk will please read a communication money in that day, but it is being to the Senate from the President pro I never bought a man who wasn’t for sale. dwarfed by these outside groups this tempore (Mr. INOUYE). We in Nevada have some connection year. So this year one group’s special The legislative clerk read the fol- with that name because Las Vegas is in interest money will dwarf the entire lowing letter: Clark County. Clark County was budget of the Republican nominee JOHN U.S. SENATE, formed in the early part of the 20th MCCAIN in the last Presidential elec- PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, century. The largest county in Amer- tion. Washington, DC, July 17, 2012. ica was Lincoln County and that was Democrats and the majority of Amer- To the Senate: divided between Lincoln and Clark icans believe these unlimited corporate Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, Counties, and this character, William special interest contributions should be of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Clark, is who that county was named appoint the Honorable CHRISTOPHER A. outlawed. But in the post-Citizens COONS, a Senator from the State of Dela- after. United world, the least we should do is ware, to perform the duties of the Chair. But after Clark made this remark, require groups spending millions on po- DANIEL K. INOUYE, and people realized he had blatantly litical attack ads to disclose the do- President pro tempore. swayed the State legislature by brib- nors. We owe it to the voters to let Mr. COONS thereupon assumed the ery, the U.S. Senate refused to seat them judge for themselves the attacks chair as Acting President pro tempore. him. He became a Senator anyway— and the motivation behind them. But f not for long, but he became a Senator. they can only do that if they know who As I have learned from people who is doing it. The DISCLOSE Act would RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY know a lot about Montana history, require political organizations of all LEADER Clark was very clever. The Governor of stripes, liberal and conservatives alike, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the State of Montana went to San to disclose donations in excess of pore. The majority leader is recog- Francisco, to the acting governor—the $10,000 if they will be used for campaign nized. lieutenant governor—after he was de- purposes. ● This ‘‘bullet’’ symbol identifies statements or insertions which are not spoken by a Member of the Senate on the floor. VerDate Sep 11 2014 15:00 Apr 28, 2017 Jkt 019102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\TEMP\BR12\S17JY2.000 S17JY2 rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with BOUND RECORD July 17, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE, Vol. 158, Pt. 8 11391 Safeguarding fair and transparent logical crusade. This morning, Ernst & You earn, we take is apparently the elections used to be an arena where Young is releasing a study which shows only thing they have. Democrats and Republicans could find that President Obama’s plan to raise Surely we can do better. I know we common ground. As far back as 1997, taxes on these businesses will result in can, and so do the American people. the Republican leader, our friend Sen- 710,000 fewer jobs. What a great idea: Mr. President, I yield the floor. ator MCCONNELL, said, ‘‘Disclosure is Let’s raise taxes on a million of our RESERVATION OF LEADERSHIP TIME the best disinfectant.’’ In fact, 14 Re- most successful small businesses and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- publicans now serving in the Senate eliminate 700,000 jobs in the middle of pore. Under the previous order the voted to support stronger disclosure the most tepid recovery in anybody’s leadership time is reserved. laws in the year 2000. Yet last night, memory. What a terrific idea. For ORDER OF BUSINESS those same 14 Republicans did an those who manage to keep their jobs, Under the previous order, the time about-face, and every one of my Repub- real aftertax wages would fall by an es- until 12:30 will be equally divided and lican colleagues voted to block the timated 1.8 percent, meaning living controlled between the two leaders or DISCLOSE Act. standards would decline as government their designees, with the Republicans It is obvious the Republican priority sucks more capital out of the economy. controlling the first 30 minutes and the is to protect a handful of anonymous The President’s proposal, in other majority controlling the second 30 min- billionaires—billionaires willing to words, is a recipe for economic stagna- utes. contribute hundreds of millions of dol- tion and decline—a recipe for economic The Senator from Alabama.
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