President Obama is a big fan of the DISCLOSE act, which is an attempt to force donors to political campaigns and campaign commercials to reveal their identities. However, the bill as written specifically excludes certain groups – particularly unions – from disclosure, and the legislation failed to pass in even a Democrat-controlled congress. Now, President Obama is trying to implement portions of the bill anyway.

When congress failed to pass DISCLOSE, President Obama went to the Federal Elections Commission and tried to get them to implement it anyway by executive order. The FEC opposed this plan and that effort failed. Hans Spakovsky at Pajamas Media explains what the president is doing now: