WH Working on Executive Order That Critics Say Will Stifle Political Speech

Monday, April 25, 2011
By Fred Lucas


President Obama and Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat. (AP Photo)

Washington (CNSNews.com) – In what the White House calls a push for transparency, a pending executive order would require companies doing business with the federal government to disclose political contributions to independent groups, but would not place the same requirement on public employee unions or federal grant recipients that typically donate to Democrats.

Entitled the “Disclosure of Political Spending By Government Contractors,â€