In the wake of accounting scandals at companies such as WorldCom and Enron, there was enormous pressure to reform regulatory oversight of the accounting industry. But the bill to that effect in the Senate also opened the way for other changes unrelated to the corporate scandals in the news. This amendment was proposed by McConnell (R-KY), and it would have required unions with more than $200,000 in annual receipts to report this money in the same way publicly traded companies are required to do. The amendment also laid out penalties for non-compliance. Progressives opposed this effort to undercut union autonomy, and supported a motion by Sarbanes (D-MD) to table (kill) the bill. This motion to table passed, 55-43, and McConnell's amendment fell.