Activists demand U.S. SEC rule to make companies reveal political spending

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of activists stood outside of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Washington headquarters on Thursday to scold the regulator for failing to advance a rule requiring companies to disclose their political contributions. In an hour-long press conference on the SEC’s doorstep, the Corporate Reform Coalition said that more than a million comments in support of a corporate political spending disclosure rule have been sent to the SEC, a number they called “record breaking.” More on Reuters here.