"broader disclosure" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used when referring to making information more widely available to the public. For example, "The government is introducing stricter regulations to ensure broader disclosure of financial information."
Other lawmakers are pushing for even broader disclosure requirements.
And it comes as Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is seeking more aggressive and independent enforcement of state ethics laws and broader disclosure of lawmakers' outside employment.
If the experiment yields new links to Holocaust depositors, the banks are likely to come under new pressure to allow broader disclosure of the information.
Mr. McCain said he was open to a suggestion made by Mr. Lott after the vote to negotiate an even broader disclosure amendment that could withstand House scrutiny.
But the best way to celebrate is for principled lawmakers to press for broader disclosure requirements and a ban on "soft money" to political parties this year.
They are also pushing for broader disclosure provisions, without the exceptions included in the proposed settlement, to ensure that Microsoft shares information about Windows with rivals.
Asked about the Ohio push for broader disclosures, Amy Emmert, a policy adviser with the American Petroleum Institute, noted that a "complex framework of laws" already governs oil and gas drilling activity.
Under the plan, companies with assets of at least $10 million that also file broader disclosures with the Securities and Exchange Commission would be required each year to provide the I.R.S. with information about tax transactions that might be challenged by the agency.
Republican leaders retorted that Democrats were hypocrites for opposing broad disclosure requirements they have been demanding.
Two years ago, Congress came within a single Republican vote in the Senate of following the Supreme Court's advice to require broad disclosure of campaign finance donors.
Opponents of reform know that an overly broad disclosure requirement might scare off lawmakers concerned about violating rights protected by the Constitution.
