{"id":5475,"date":"2016-06-09T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-democrats-to-release-a-policy-agenda\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:31","slug":"senate-democrats-to-release-a-policy-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-democrats-to-release-a-policy-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Democrats to Release a Policy Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moving into general-election mode, Senate Democrats on Thursday will begin rolling out a policy agenda meant to answer, at least in part, Republican plans coming out of the House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A Better Way,&rdquo; the name of the Republican proposals&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party.html?_r=0\">announced by<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/06\/04\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-paul-ryan-republican-party.html?_r=0\">Speaker Paul D. Ryan<\/a>, will vie with &ldquo;We the People,&rdquo; the title of the Democrats&rsquo; plan.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Senators Chuck Schumer of New York, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, Tom Udall of New Mexico and Jeff Merkley of Oregon, the Democrats&rsquo; package will include Senate bills &mdash; likely to never see the light of day on the floor under Republican control &mdash; that would hit campaign contributions, lobbying laws and other accountability issues.<\/p>\n<p>One measure would require organizations spending money in elections, including &ldquo;<a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/reference\/timestopics\/subjects\/c\/campaign_finance\/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier\" title=\"More articles about Super PACs.\">super PACs<\/a>,&rdquo; to disclose donors who give $10,000 or more during an election cycle. Another would require all candidates for federal office to report campaign contributions over $1,000 to the Federal Election Commission within 48 hours. The Democrats would also seek a permanent ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, a major change from the current two-year prohibition.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats plan to take their message on the road this summer, highlighting Republican opposition and generally painting the conservative party as being in bed with special interests.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Billions of dollars in dark money are swamping our elections, empowering the special interests, undermining our democracy, and dragging Congress to a halt,&rdquo; Mr. Schumer said in an email. &ldquo;Getting the undisclosed money out of politics and reforming our lobbying rules will create a healthier democracy and a Congress that can actually get things done for the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moving into general-election mode, Senate Democrats on Thursday will begin rolling out a policy agenda meant to answer, at least in part, Republican plans coming out of the House. &ldquo;A Better Way,&rdquo; the name of the Republican proposals&nbsp;announced bySpeaker Paul D. 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