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Pros And Cons Of The Disclosure Act Of 2010

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The Disclose Act of 2010, was one of the most polarizing pieces of legislation to be debated during the 111th Congress controlled by Democrats. Regardless of its polarizing nature, the act was able to pass the House, where it then was halted in the Senate due to the filibuster. The failure to pass S.3628 the Disclosure Act of 2010 in the Senate displays how much polarization can inhibit Congress, as well as the severity of the institutional frameworks that protect minority parties in the Senate. The Disclose Act of 2010 were pieces of legislation introduced by Democrats into both the House and Senate after the decision of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission 558 U.S. 310, which ruled that “under the First Amendment corporate funding …show more content…

At the time of this resolution Democrats controlled the House 257 to 178(U.S House of Representatives): meaning that Democrats also controlled the rules committee (Sinclair 24). This control allows them to determine what amendments make it to the floor, and prohibit any amendments that delay or shift focus away from the legislation. This tactic of using the rules strategically for political gain was first coined by Democrats in the 1980s (Sinclair 32). Before coming to a vote the House agreed on amendments from Representatives Ackerman (D-NY-5), Kucinich (D-OH-10), Pascrell (D-NJ-8), and Murphy(D-PA-8): amendments strategically all introduced by Democrats. Of these three none offered substantive change to the bill. Instead, these were only technical amendments that altered phrasing of the legislation. Finally after agreeing on amendments the House put the Bill to a vote, and it passed 219 yeas to 206 naes. Of the yas only two Republican House members voted in favor of the bill, and these were only the two sponsoring the bill, therefore making it quite partisan. Yet, there were also 35 Democrats who opposed the legislation. Among them were even 3 cosponsors of the bill Maxine Waters(D-CA-35) Donna Edwards (D-MD-4), Carolyn McCarthy, (D-NY-4), and Yvette Clarke

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The latter half of the compromise was derisively called the "Cornhusker Kickback" and was repealed in the subsequent reconciliation amendment bill. On December 23, the Senate voted 60–39 to end debate on the bill: a cloture vote to end the filibuster. The bill then passed, also 60–39, on December 24, 2009, with all Democrats and two independents voting for it, and all Republicans against (except Jim Bunning, who did not vote).The bill was endorsed by the AMA and AARP. Several weeks later, on January 19, 2010, Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown was elected to the Senate in a special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy, having campaigned on giving the Republican minority the 41st vote needed to sustain Republican filibusters. The special election became significant to the reform debate because of its effects on the legislative process.

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The majority of the Senate and the House of Representatives is Republican, and they would never let this get passed. First, the bill would be introduced into the right committee, and that committee has to pass the bill before it can even make it to the floor for a vote. The committee chairman is the senator who is in charge of a committee, and the chairman is a member of the majority party, which is Republican. Also, all of the committees are made up of the majority party being the majority of the committees. Sa a Democrat senator would have to persuade a Republican majority committee to pass the bill so it can go to the floor of the senate.

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Many are against the new bill because it would result in dangerous investing and lending that lead to the economy to its 2008 crisis. Many Democrats also this that Dodd-Frank is the kind of law that this economy needs to keep large financial companies on a leash and restricting them from making the same mistakes that resulted in the downfall of 2008. However, many supported to derail Dodd-Frank think it had many of the small town midsized banks under due to the Federal Reserve treating them like the bigshot banks when they obviously weren’t. These banks claimed that they were put under too much supervisory and are angered by legislation punishing them for Wall Street’s mistakes.

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Johnson and the Radical Republicans fought fiercely over Reconstruction. The main source of conflict between President Johnson and the Radical Republicans in Congress was caused by their belief that Johnson was a Southern sympathizer who would undermine Congress' plans for Reconstruction. Johnson wanted to let the Confederate states back into the Union if a certain number of them would swear allegiance to the U.S. He was for allowing states’ rights and did not want to give any rights or citizenship to African-Americans. Johnson seemed to move slowly on Reconstruction efforts.

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The bill was introduced by a Senator whose name is Tom Harkin. Harkin thought that the military would be the best place to start this act.

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