Fair Elections/Campaign Finance  The Disclose Act is a matter of campaign honesty, by Chris Van Hollen and Mike Castle Mike Castle (R-DE) and  Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) make the case for DISCLOSE in this op-ed, list groups that have endorsed, mentions concerns about “a narrow exemption.” NRA exemption shows campaign disclosure bill's cynical, fatal falls, by Cleta Mitchell Cleta Mitchell is an election lawyer who sits on NRA board.  She expresses her opposition.   Even with NRA fix, DISCLOSE Act worth voting for, by Meredith McGehee Meredith makes her case for DISCLOSE.   Advantage, NRA: An obnoxious amendment to a valuable campaign finance bill Washington Post doesn’t like the NRA deal, but thinks the good outweighs the bad.

• “Exempting the NRA is obnoxious, but the alternative is even worse.”

  Campaign bill splits democrats, by Tory Newmyer  Assistant to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) still has work to do to pass DISCLOSE  Groups to Pelosi: Drop NRA exemption on campaign finance bill, by Michael J. Bailey 45 liberal groups oppose DISCLOSE.   Congress  Black Caucus defends Rep. Watt amid House ethics controversy, by Lauren Victoria Burke and Susan Crabtree The investigation of Representative Mel Watt (D-NC) by Office of Congressional Ethics isn’t going to calm things down between the Congressional Black Caucus and the OCE.

• “Mel Watt is above and beyond reproach” - Representative Marcia Fudge (D-OH)

  House unwilling to remove ethical cloud, by Jeff Flake Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) voted against the creation of the OCE and its continue existence has marred the "dignity of the institution."    Other  Governor Jan Brewer and the hypocrites of clean elections, by Sarah Fenske Public Campaign’s statement mentioned concerning issue the issue of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case in Arizona concerning matching funds for "clean" candidates.