The National Association of Business Political Action Committees is mounting an effort to oppose an "anti-corruption" bill proposed by House Democrats, saying the legislation represents a threat to free speech, the news site Vox reported.

NABPAC members met Jan. 29 to discuss the bill's impact. House Democrats have made the legislation their first priority in the new Congress. Among other things, the proposed law would require super PACs to make their donors public, enact new lobbying registration requirements for foreign agents, set up nonpartisan redistricting commissions to end gerrymandering and create national automatic voter registration, according to Vox.

Even if it passes the House, the bill is expected to make no progress in the Senate given Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) opposes it. Still, that hasn't stopped some conservative activist organizations from sounding the alarm about the legislation.

"While (Democrats) cloak the bill in terms of ‘restoring democracy' and ‘preventing corruption,' the legislation has one goal: to protect incumbents, at the expense of the First Amendment, federalism, and individual voter integrity," the Conservative Action Project said in a memo. http://bit.ly/2sUu1WK

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