DISCLOSE vote will wait for high-dollar fundraiser

National Right to Life called early this evening to say that Harry Reid was going to slip in a vote on DISCLOSE tomorrow or Wednesday.  Anything to muzzle us and skew the elections!  I didn't send out an email because I thought we would simply thank Senator Brown after the vote. The following just arrived. I guess you can laugh or gag.  Keep up your great work!  Anne     POLITICO Ben Smith September 21, 2010 http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/DISCLOSE_vote_will_wait_for_highdollar_fundraiser.html Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just scheduled a vote on the DISCLOSE Act, which would force donors to publish their involvement in political ad campaigns, for Thursday. Why not tomorrow, you might ask? Because there are no votes in the Senate scheduled for tomorrow. And that may be, in part, because there's something else going on tomorrow: A big New York fundraiser for the Senate Democrats. "I would be honored if you would join me for a very special reception with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 in New York. We have a limited numbers of tickets available to our general reception. If you would like to join us, please contact ...[redacted]@dscc.org." The event has prices raising up to $15,200, but a mere $2,500 contributed or raised buys you access to a "VIP reception with members of Congress."  The money goes to the House Senate Victory Fund, which splits its receipts between the DSCC and the DCCC. "An individual can contribute as much as $60,800 per calendar year to the House Senate Victory Fund," the invitation helpfully notes. (These donations will, it's worth noting, be disclosed.) And then, it's back to D.C. to get all that big money out of politics. The source who sent this puts it in the you-can't-make-this-up category.     DONATIONS - WE NEED AND APPRECIATE THEM!  THANK YOU!   For more information about the Pro-Life cause in Massachusetts or to get involved please visit our   website at masscitizensforlife.org.