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Today, U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) sent the following letter to the five organizations that recently urged him to support the DISCLOSE Act, the campaign finance bill which recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives: 

Dear Members of the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause, Democracy 21, League of Women Voters, and Public Citizen:

Thank you for your letter in which you urge me to support the DISCLOSE Act.  As stated in your letter, my election to the U.S. Senate sent a message that the American people are tired of the politics-as-usual mentality, and want to restore real checks and balances in Washington.  Unfortunately, the DISCLOSE Act does not do enough to require transparency, accountability and fair play. Therefore, I cannot support the DISCLOSE Act. 

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