Obama's Looking to Take a Huge Step Against Money in Politics — Without Congress

[WhiteTara]

http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-looking-huge-step-against-152100289.html

Resigned to the fact that Washington is a place where cooperation is an impossibility, President Barack Obama is again wielding a weapon that he's become familiar with during the closing chapter of his presidency: executive actions. This time, he's taking aim at money in politics.

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that the Obama administration is seriously considering executive actions that would force contractors with the federal government to disclose their political contributions. The administration hopes that doing so would compel corporations who do business with the government to rethink how they exercise political influence.

There is no exact timeline for the "dark money" executive order, but the Times noted that talk of the order has grown louder both in and outside of the White House in recent weeks, and Obama's penchant for crafting policy outside of the conventional legislative process only appears to be growing.

Should Obama institute the proposed rules, the flow of campaign cash coming from federal contractors, which has drastically increased since the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling in 2010, would suddenly be thrust into public view. Citizens United made it legal for corporations and unions to pour unlimited sums of money into independent efforts to shape election outcomes.

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1. "and unions"

Should Obama institute the proposed rules, the flow of campaign cash coming from federal contractors, which has drastically increased since the Citizens United Supreme Court ruling in 2010, would suddenly be thrust into public view. Citizens United made it legal for corporations and unions to pour unlimited sums of money into independent efforts to shape election outcomes.

Ah, yes, the favorite canard of lazy and slanted journalists everywhere: "and unions"

[msongs]

2. so if I get a big rifle and hijack a federal building he's ok with that evidently nt

[KamaAina]

3. zOMFG!!1!11!!1! Obama's coming to take away our campaign contributions!1!!!11!11! WHARGARBLE!!1!!1!