the clerk: nomination, kevin mcnulty of new jersey to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be 30 minutes of debate equally divided in the usual form. mr. leahy: mr. president, i know also today we'll be debating on the disclose act. when you read the horror stories of secret money going into campaigns if we can't restrict the amount of money, at least let's know where it comes from. it's bad enough the supreme court says corporations people as though electing general eisenhower as president, we could now elect general electric as president or electing yahoos like millard filmore as vice president, we could elect yahoo as vice president. but the secret money, there should be only one secret thing. there should be only one secret thing in an election. that should be your secret ballot. that should be as you know secretly who you vote for. it should be disclosed only if you want. but as far as who is paying the bills to elect, we ought to know, the american people ought to know who is paying the bills, how much and wh

the senate will proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of kevin mcnulty to be united states district judge for the district of new jersey. at 5:30 there will be two roll call votes, the first on confirmation of the mcnulty confirmation. then a cloture on the motion to proceed to the disclose act. mr. president, i'm told h.r. 6079 is at the desk and is due for a second reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for seakd time. the clerk: h.r. 6079 an act to repeal the be patient protection and affordable care act and health care-related provisions and health care reconciliation act of 2010. mr. reid: i now object to further proceedings to this national now. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be played on the calendar under rule 14. mr. reid: mr. president, thomas jefferson one of our great presidents, once said -- quote -- "the end of democracy will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed corporations." campaign finance reforms protections that we have in place and have had for