Tag: political spending disclosure

House aims to stop SEC from requiring political spending disclosure — companies increasingly “volunteer” spending information

by Cydney Posner It may seem early to you to be thinking about Christmas, but not to Congress.  In fact, it’s just that time of year again when Congress uses annual appropriations bills as a Christmas tree for all of its favorite ornaments.  In this year’s financial services spending bill, […]

Former SEC Chairs and Commissioners to Chair Mary Jo White: failure to mandate political spending disclosure is “inexplicable”

by Cydney Posner Today, two former SEC Chairs and one former Commissioner delivered  a letter  to SEC Chair Mary Jo White politely berating (well, maybe not so politely) her failure to take action on the 2011 rulemaking petition to require disclosure of the use of corporate resources for political activities.