Campaign reform advocates supported a political disclosure proposal by House...
Campaign reform advocates supported a political disclosure proposal by House Communications Subcommittee Ranking Member Anna Eshoo, D-Calif., that’s been challenged by broadcasters. Eshoo offered the proposal as an amendment to FCC reform legislation (HR-3309) for a floor vote Tuesday. (See…
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separate report in this issue.) The amendment would require that public inspection files of a broadcast licensee, cable operator or satellite broadcaster identify any donor who contributed $10,000 or more to political programming sponsors during the two-year period preceding a request to purchase programming time. The Campaign Legal Center, the Sunlight Foundation and five other campaign reform advocacy groups supported the plan in a letter to House members Tuesday. “This measure would help to ensure that viewers have access to information about the donors funding ads being run to influence their votes,” they wrote.