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S. 3369DISCLOSE Act of 2012
- Sponsor
- Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]
- Cosponsors
- 40 · 39 Democrats · 1 Independent
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Latest action
- Jul 24, 2012 · Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
- IntroducedJul 10, 2012
- Passed the SenateNot yet reached
- Passed the HouseNot yet reached
- Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
- Became lawNot yet reached
Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2012 or DISCLOSE Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to redefine the term "independent expenditure" as an expenditure by a person that, when taken as a whole, expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate, taking into account whether the communication involved mentions a candidacy, a political party, or a challenger to a candidate, or takes a position on a candidate's character, qualifications, or fitness for office.
Expands the period during which certain communications are treated as electioneering communications.
Prescribes disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and certain other entities, including a political committee with an account established for the purpose of accepting donations or contributions that do not comply with the contribution limits or source prohibitions under FECA (but only with respect to such accounts).
Repeals the prohibition against political contributions by individuals age 17 or younger.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 3369 as introduced in Senate on Jul 10, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
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Jul 16, 2012Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 17, 2012
Senate Jul 16, 2012 · the primary vote
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.3369
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
51 Yea 44 Nay 5 not voting
Party-line vote 1 of 95 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat.
How the chamber split
DemocratsIndependentsOtherRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
Showing 100 of 100 members
- DAkakaHI · DemocraticYea
- RAlexanderTN · RepublicanNay
- RAyotteNH · RepublicanNay
- RJohn BarrassoWY · RepublicanNay
- DBaucusMT · DemocraticYea
- DBegichAK · DemocraticYea
- DMichael F. BennetCO · DemocraticYea
- DBingamanNM · DemocraticYea
- DRichard BlumenthalCT · DemocraticYea
- RBluntMO · RepublicanNay
- RJohn BoozmanAR · RepublicanNay
- DBoxerCA · DemocraticYea
- RBrownMA · RepublicanNay
- DBrownOH · DemocraticYea
- RBurrNC · RepublicanNay
- DMaria CantwellWA · DemocraticYea
- DCardinMD · DemocraticYea
- DCarperDE · DemocraticYea
- DCaseyPA · DemocraticYea
- RChamblissGA · RepublicanNay
- RCoatsIN · RepublicanNay
- RCoburnOK · RepublicanNay
- RCochranMS · RepublicanNay
- RSusan M. CollinsME · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- DConradND · DemocraticYea
- DChristopher A. CoonsDE · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- RCorkerTN · RepublicanNay
- RJohn CornynTX · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RMike CrapoID · RepublicanNay
- RDeMintSC · RepublicanNay
- DRichard J. DurbinIL · DemocraticYea
- REnziWY · RepublicanNay
- DFeinsteinCA · DemocraticYea
- DFrankenMN · DemocraticYea
- DKirsten E. GillibrandNY · DemocraticYea
- RGrahamSC · RepublicanNay
- RChuck GrassleyIA · RepublicanNay
- DHaganNC · DemocraticYea
- DHarkinIA · DemocraticYea
- RHatchUT · RepublicanNay
- RHellerNV · RepublicanNot voting
- RJohn HoevenND · RepublicanNay
- RHutchisonTX · RepublicanNay
- RInhofeOK · RepublicanNay
- DInouyeHI · DemocraticYea
- RIsaksonGA · RepublicanNay
- RJohannsNE · RepublicanNay
- DJohnsonSD · DemocraticYea
- RRon JohnsonWI · RepublicanNay
- DKerryMA · DemocraticYea
- RKirkIL · RepublicanNot voting
- DAmy KlobucharMN · DemocraticYea
- DKohlWI · DemocraticYea
- RKylAZ · RepublicanNay
- DLandrieuLA · DemocraticNot voting
- DLautenbergNJ · DemocraticYea
- DLeahyVT · DemocraticYea
- RMike LeeUT · RepublicanNay
- DLevinMI · DemocraticYea
- OLiebermanCT · Other partyYea
- RLugarIN · RepublicanNay
- DManchinWV · DemocraticYea
- RMcCainAZ · RepublicanNay
- DMcCaskillMO · DemocraticYea
- RMitch McConnellKY · RepublicanNay
- DMenendezNJ · DemocraticYea
- DJeff MerkleyOR · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DMikulskiMD · DemocraticYea
- RJerry MoranKS · RepublicanNay
- RLisa MurkowskiAK · RepublicanNot voting
- DPatty MurrayWA · DemocraticYea
- DNelsonFL · DemocraticYea
- DNelsonNE · DemocraticYea
- RRand PaulKY · RepublicanNay
- RPortmanOH · RepublicanNay
- DPryorAR · DemocraticYea
- DJack ReedRI · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DReidNV · DemocraticBroke with party (Democratic majority)Nay
- RJames E. RischID · RepublicanRunning in 2026Nay
- RRobertsKS · RepublicanNay
- DRockefellerWV · DemocraticYea
- RRubioFL · RepublicanNay
- IBernard SandersVT · IndependentYea
- DCharles E. SchumerNY · DemocraticYea
- RSessionsAL · RepublicanNay
- DJeanne ShaheenNH · DemocraticYea
- RShelbyAL · RepublicanNay
- RSnoweME · RepublicanNay
- DStabenowMI · DemocraticYea
- DTesterMT · DemocraticYea
- RJohn ThuneSD · RepublicanNay
- RToomeyPA · RepublicanNay
- DUdallCO · DemocraticYea
- DUdallNM · DemocraticYea
- RVitterLA · RepublicanNay
- DMark R. WarnerVA · DemocraticRunning in 2026Yea
- DWebbVA · DemocraticYea
- DSheldon WhitehouseRI · DemocraticYea
- RRoger F. WickerMS · RepublicanNot voting
- DRon WydenOR · DemocraticYea
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 3369 and vote against it. 8 signed when it was filed.