{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://meng.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meng-blasts-sec-for-not-requiring-corporations-to-disclose-political", "Meng Blasts SEC for Not Requiring Corporations to Disclose Political Spending to Shareholders", "2013-12-04", "2013", "2013-12", "Democrat", "House", "NY", "Grace Meng", "M001188", "meng.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY) today blasted the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for removing a plan from its rulemaking agenda that would have required corporations to disclose their political spending to shareholders. Meng is the sponsor of legislation, the Corporate Politics Transparency Act (H.R. 2214), that would accomplish the same goal.\n\u00a0\n\u201cThe SEC\u2019s decision is extremely disappointing,\u201d said Meng. \u201cThe agency had a prime opportunity to address a problem caused by the Citizens United case. But instead of creating the transparency that should exist, the SEC is allowing corporate executives to be shielded from accountability.\u201d\n\u00a0\n\u201cWhile the SEC\u2019s decision is a setback, we will not stop our efforts to hold corporations accountable,\u201d added Meng. \u201cShareholders have a right to know how their money is being spent, and we will continue to keep up the fight.\u201d\n\u00a0\nMeng\u2019s bill, introduced last May, would require publicly-traded companies to inform shareholders of all the money they spend supporting or opposing candidates for federal, state and local office, including all independent expenditures, electioneering communications and political donations over $10,000 made to outside groups.\u00a0\n\u00a0\nThe Citizens United case was a Supreme Court decision in 2010 (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) which ruled that corporations have the same First Amendment rights as American citizens to independently spend unlimited amounts of money for or against candidates seeking public office.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://meng.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/meng-blasts-sec-for-not-requiring-corporations-to-disclose-political"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6183038242161274, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}