This bill was a last, desperate attempt to gin the mid term elections in the Democrats favor. There were no committee hearings, among other things. Hell, even the ACLU opposed this bill. While the American Civil Liberties Union supports the disclosure of large contributions to candidates as long as the disclosure does not have a chilling effect on political participation, it urged senators to vote against the DISCLOSE Act because it would fail to improve the integrity of political campaigns in any substantial way while significantly harming the speech and associational rights of Americans. http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/senate-rejects-disclose-act