1. G backers note the Ethics Commission already enforces campaign finance and lobbyist disclosure laws. 2. Anonymity can still be enjoyed by those who require it, without utterly destroying useful disclosure laws. 3. A polluted lake and a hazardous cosmetic demonstrate the need for strengthening federal chemical disclosure laws. 4. A spokesman for Philip Morris, which is leading the battle against the disclosure law, could not be reached for comment. 5. Advocates of campaign finance reform easily mustered the votes Wednesday to defeat a House Republican bill they said would undermine disclosure laws governing independent political groups. 6. Advocates of tougher campaign finance disclosure laws called the measure a cynical attempt to punch holes in a reform bill that took Congress seven years to pass. 7. Agencies routinely underfinance their information offices, and suffer no penalties for defying the disclosure law. 8. Bovespa also wants to change dividend distribution and disclosure laws to make regulations compatible with other exchanges. 9. Brown, through a spokesman, said he was in full compliance with state and local disclosure law. 10. But anti-smoking activists say they are prepared to make their case for the disclosure law no matter how the judge rules. |
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