DISCLOSE Act Looks Dead

Fox News reports that "the DISCLOSE Act appears to stand no chance of passage this session" now that the Republican senators deemed most likely to support the bill, Maine's Olympia Snow and Susan Collins, have announced their opposition. The Democrats are yet another vote short on today's motion to proceed with debate because Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is attending a funeral. And to really rub it in, the AFL-CIO officially turned against the bill today:

William Samuel, director of the union's government affairs department, makes clear in a strongly-worded statement to members that though the AFL-CIO opposes the measure "reluctantly," it nevertheless feels the bill "imposes extraordinary new, costly, and impractical record-keeping and reporting obligations on thousands of labor (and other non-profit) organizations," adding that the bill "would disrupt the operation of thousands of organizations without any corresponding public benefit."

Previous coverage of the DISCLOSE Act here.

Update: The Democrats fell three votes shy of the 60 needed to advance the bill. The Center for Competitive Politics reacts.