Liberal efforts to enact one-sided reforms to campaign finance laws have failed again because the Senate is not prepared to trample on the First Amendment right of freedom of speech, Inhofe said. Citizens have a fundamental right to contribute to candidates and political parties of their choice.
Political parties have a right to communicate with voters.
Yet at the same time, it would have done nothing to regulate such spending by unions. The best campaign reform would be instant full disclosure of all political contributions, an absolute end to the use of compulsory union dues for political purposes, and the strict enforcement of existing laws, such as those prohibiting foreign and other illegal contributions and those banning the use of government property for political fundraising.