In the ongoing battle over
public disclosure of political spending, Democratic Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is launching a lawsuit against telecommunications giant Qualcomm to have a look at their political spending.
Then again, at the end of 2015, Congress slowed possible reform by forbidding the Securities and Exchange Commission from implementing a rule in 2016 to require more robust
corporate disclosure of political spending.
Clinton also will lay out other aspects of a campaign finance plan that she had previously announced, including pushing for federal legislation to require
disclosure of political spending and promoting a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that requires publicly traded companies to inform shareholders of their political spending.