GOP to FCC: Don't Take on Political Ad Disclosures

Citizen's United decision still dividing Congress

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Nothing divides Congress more than political advertising. More than a dozen GOP senators warned the Federal Communications Commission that the agency should avoid passing any new rules requiring the disclosure of those funding political ads.

The letter to all five FCC commissioners was in response to a Senate commerce oversight hearing last month during which Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) urged the commissioners to do in rulemaking what Congress failed to pass in a bill.

The letter, obtained by the Center for Public Integrity, was signed by more than a dozen GOP members of the Senate Commerce Committee, including ranking member John Thune (S.D.)

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