May 5, 2010 11:23AM # How the World of Campaign Finance Is Changing By [John Samples](https://www.cato.org/people/john-samples) --- SHARE Journalists are looking closely at the DISCLOSE bill, Congress’ response to *Citizens United*. [CQ](http://www.cqpolitics.com/frame-templates/print_template.html) says DISCLOSE will loosen independent spending by the parties on their candidates. Why is Congress liberalizing party spending? CQ explains: > According to one GOP attorney, opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision are realizing that they will have a difficult time challenging the constitutional right of outside groups to spend money, so this bill is a response to free up the parties to compete. Mark that. *Citizens United* has altered the incentives regarding speech. In the past, Congress tried to suppress speech to win elections. Now leaders must liberalize in order to compete for votes. ##### Related Tags [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).