The Democrats won a very narrow victory on Thursday in the United States House of Representatives when they passed their clearly unconstitutional "DISCLOSE Act" H.R. 5175. Considering the fact that the Democrats overwhelmingly control the House of Representatives -- as they do the United States Senate -- the 219-206 vote was close indeed.

It is quite obvious, the 36 Democrats who voted against the "DISCLOSE Act" and against their Democrat leadership are hearing the footsteps of the American voters. Only two liberal Republicans, Mike Castle, running for governor of Delaware and the freshman from Louisiana, Ahn "Joseph" Cao, voted for this First Amendment-stifling legislation.

Nancy Pelosi had a hard time getting "moderate" Democrats to vote for the bill, so she carved out a special sweet-heart deal for the National Rifle Association, exempting them from the bill's campaign finance reporting regulations. Her left-wingers got angry over that, so she carved out more exemptions -- as she did for most of the country's unions -- for other Democrat-favored groups. And that is how she won her narrow victory. 

Because Pelosi is in danger of losing control of the House of Representatives and her leadership position, the Democrats needed to put Republican candidates at a clear disadvantage in this November's elections, before the United States Supreme Court has time to strike down this patently unconstitutional bill.

As Friday's "The Washington Post" reported: "Democrats believe that pushing to curb corporate spending on elections is a political winner for them that will put Republicans in a difficult position." And Pelosi's political operatives in the House, led by the Democrat campaign committee chairman, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, made sure that the unions -- which give about 95% of their funding and campaign support to the Democrats -- were protected from the onerous regulations in the bill. The president gave his endorsement of the legislation this week to try to push the bill to victory.

Unfortunately for these cynical Democrats, there is a major obstacle looming ahead. There are 41 Senate Republicans, who, if they stick together, can ensure this bill does not see the light of day, i.e. a vote on the Senate floor. This will be a clear test for the Senate Republican leadership as to how serious they are in wanting to control the Senate once again and offer commonsense solutions to America's problems. Americans need to contact both of their Senators to urge them to vote against the "DISCLOSE Act."