House Passes Bill Requiring Disclosure of Political-Ad Funding

The U.S. House, responding to a U.S. Supreme Court decision, approved legislation yesterday requiring groups that air political advertisements to disclose who paid for them.

The measure, passed 219-206, was spurred by the court’s decision in January that overturned a decades-old ban on companies using general-treasury money to run campaign ads supporting or opposing a candidate. The ruling, in effect, lifted such limits on union spending.