Some people who objected to the bill said they would have opposed passage even if it were flawless.
The American Civil Liberties Union, which opposed passage of the law, known as Proposition 69, said in the suit that the new requirement amounted to "unreasonable searches and seizures" and was unconstitutional.
Mr. Donaldson must also explain why, as head of the stock exchange in the early 1990's, he sought to dilute reporting obligations for foreign companies, and why he later opposed passage of an S.E.C. rule forcing companies to disclose information to all investors on a non-discriminatory basis.
Pawlenty opposed passage of the economic stimulus legislation early last year telling Bloomberg it was 'largely wasted' and 'misdirected.'".
He and the majority of the General Assembly opposed passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, and Bramlette protested the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau in the Commonwealth.
The NWSA opposed passage of the Fifteenth Amendment without changes to include female suffrage and, under Stanton's influence in particular, championed a number of women's issues that were deemed too radical by more conservative members of the suffrage movement.
They may have scored easy, even cynical, political points by opposing passage of a comprehensive and expensive health care bill.
Neither, it seems, do the people of New Hampshire, who already complain that their property taxes are among the highest in the country, and who continue to oppose passage of an income or sales tax.
The Automotive Service Association opposes passage of this bill, which the organization said would jeopardize relations between the association and automakers and limit the information available to what the government requires.
"We oppose any restrictions or conditions that would discourage Americans from exercising their constitutional right to enter the political fray or limit their commitment to their ideals," the document says, explaining why it opposes passage of the Disclose Act, which would end the use of secret donations fueling so many of this year's attack ads.
A coalition of environmental groups pledged yesterday to oppose passage of a referendum asking taxpayers to bail out counties for debts incurred in the building of incinerators because, the coalition said, location of the trash burners in low-income neighborhoods amounts to environmental racism.
