Democrats have made the so-called 'DISCLOSE Act' a major priority this year and Senator Sherrod Brown is among its staunchest supporters in the Senate. He says corporations and their vast wealth are drowning out individual voices.
Sen. Sherrod Brown: Should any large corporation, should they have the same free speech right as individual Americans? I don't think so.
Brown: We know that the American people think that corporations have too much power in this institution, yet this court case without the disclose act is going to enhance that power that corporations already have.
The legislation passed in the house with almost no Republican backing. In fact the GOP already blocked it once in the Senate. New York Democrat Chuck Schumer explains why supporters there are trying again this week. He says people should know which corporations are behind the ads they see on television.
Sen. Chuck Schumer: Turn on your television in Cleveland, or in Philadelphia, or in California, or in Seattle, or in Milwaukee and you know it's happening. But we don't know who because they don't have to disclose.
Critics accuse Democrats of playing politics with the issue and trying to rig the system to their advantage.