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&nbsp;===</p><div class="typex" id="type0" total="4" name="Organization" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; padding: 10px;" open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; outline: 0px;"><img class="typeimg " src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/usearch/img/og.gif" style="border: none; vertical-align: inherit; opacity: 0.6;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Organization<span class="dat_sum" style="font-size: 9px; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 5px;">(1 result)</span></a></div><div class="togdat" id="orgsdata0" style="padding: 10px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000064434" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Conservative Action Fund</a></li></ul></div></div><div class="typex" id="type1" total="4" name="PACs" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; padding: 10px;" open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><img class="typeimg " src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/usearch/img/p.gif" style="border: none; vertical-align: inherit; opacity: 0.6;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;PACs<span class="dat_sum" style="font-size: 9px; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 5px;">(1 result)</span></a></div><div class="togdat" id="orgsdata1" style="padding: 10px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00496505&cycle=2016" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Conservative Action Fund</a>&nbsp;2016</li></ul></div></div><div class="typex" id="type2" total="4" name="Outside Spending Group" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; padding: 10px;" open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><img class="typeimg " src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/usearch/img/o.gif" style="border: none; vertical-align: inherit; opacity: 0.6;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Outside Spending Group<span class="dat_sum" style="font-size: 9px; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 5px;">(1 result)</span></a></div><div class="togdat" id="orgsdata2" style="padding: 10px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=C00496505&cycle=2016" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Conservative Action Fund</a>&nbsp;2016</li></ul></div></div><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><a name="PACs" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: " open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" /><a name="Outside Spending Group" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: " open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" /><a name="Top Contributor to Member" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: " open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" /></p><div class="typex" id="type3" total="4" name="Top Contributor to Member" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; padding: 10px;" open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif"><div class="dat_type" style="font-weight: 700;"><a class="orgsshowhide" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; cursor: pointer; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;"><img class="typeimg " src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets2.opensecrets.org/usearch/img/m.gif" style="border: none; vertical-align: inherit; opacity: 0.6;" />&nbsp;&nbsp;Top Contributor to Member<span class="dat_sum" style="font-size: 9px; font-weight: 400; margin-left: 5px;">(1 result)</span></a></div><div class="togdat" id="orgsdata3" style="padding: 10px;"><ul style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px -0.1em; padding: 3px 0px 0px; list-style-position: inside;"><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2016&cid=N00030880" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); text-decoration: none;">Conservative Action Fund</a>&nbsp;to Trey Gowdy (R) in 2016</li></ul></div></div>

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</font></p><table class="datadisplay" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0.5em 0px 1em; padding: 0px; background: rgb(224, 230, 236); width: 908px; border: 0px;" open="Open" sans="Sans" helvetica="Helvetica" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><tbody><tr><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Contributor</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Occupation</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Date</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Amount</th><th style="padding: 3px; text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background: rgb(153, 153, 153);">Recipient</th></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">9/19/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$5,000</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Republican National Cmte</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">INFORMATION REQUESTED</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">9/19/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$5,000</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Trump, Donald</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">12/9/2014</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$1,000</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Paul, Rand</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$100</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">6/30/2015</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$42</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Stutzman, Marlin</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/8/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/8/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/8/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$25</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$10</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$10</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$10</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$5</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr><tr class="item_odd" style="background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);"><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">CONSERVATIVE ACTION FUND PAC
ALEXANDRIA,VA 22314</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;" /><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">3/14/2016</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">$5</td><td style="padding: 5px; vertical-align: middle;">Ward, Kelli</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"></p>

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Total direct contributions to Democrats: $0

Total direct contributions to Republicans: $11,807</caption><thead><tr role="row" class="tablesorter-headerRow"><th data-column="0" class="tablesorter-header tablesorter-headerUnSorted" tabindex="0" scope="col" role="columnheader" aria-disabled="false" aria-controls="tab1" unselectable="on" aria-sort="none" aria-label="Recipient: No sort applied, activate to apply an ascending sort" style=" font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 18px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); border-collapse: collapse; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(255, 255, 255) rgb(105, 105, 105); border-spacing: 1px; padding: 4px 20px 4px 4px; cursor: pointer; white-space: normal; -webkit-user-select: none; background-image: url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhFQAJAIAAACMtMP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAAVAAkAAAIXjI+AywnaYnhUMoqt3gZXPmVg94yJVQAAOw==); background-color: rgb(201, 201, 201); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">

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</th></tr></thead><tbody aria-live="polite" aria-relevant="all"><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Brown, Scott (R-NH)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Cassidy, Bill (R-LA)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$6,766</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Cruz, Ted (R-TX)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Ernst, Joni (R-IA)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Gardner, Cory (R-CO)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">McDaniel, Chris (R-MS)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$2,031</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$3,160</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">McFadden, Mike (R-MN)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Paul, Rand (R-KY)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Perdue, David (R-GA)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,776</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,785</td></tr><tr role="row" class="even"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">Sasse, Ben (R-NE)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$1,000</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239);">$0</td></tr><tr role="row" class="odd"><td nowrap="" style=" border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">Tillis, Thom (R-NC)</td><td class="number" style=" text-align: right; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; padding: 6px 3px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(247, 247, 247);">$1,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Does Backer know what he's talking about? Besides being the lead attorney for Shaun McCutcheon, over the last three election cycles he has overseen a proliferation of new PACs and helped organize what may be the largest-ever joint fundraising committee, in terms of the number of participants.&nbsp;</p>

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In the wake of the</font><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">&nbsp;</span><i style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">McCutcheon</i><font color="#212b4a" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">&nbsp;decision last week, donors still may give only a limited amount to a particular candidate or committee. But with the cap off on overall donations by individuals, critics of the ruling say we can expect a gaggle of new groups to pop up to harness the now limitless donation power of individual wealthy donors. And those PACs, along with candidates and party committees, can band together and create joint fundraising vehicles -- cooperative efforts to collect big checks from donors and then distribute the funds among the participants.</font><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="color: rgb(33, 43, 74); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">&nbsp;</span>

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<div>In an interview with OpenSecrets Blog this week, Backer, 36, said the whole idea is nonsense.</div>

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<div>"I assure you that anyone who thinks these super JFCs are going to proliferate is out of their freaking minds," Backer said.&nbsp;</div>

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<div>Backer has done his fair share of creating new PACs and joint fundraising committees, especially lately. According to OpenSecrets.org data, in 2010, Backer was the treasurer for four committees registered with the FEC. In 2012, the number was 18, and so far in 2014, he is listed as the treasurer for 38. And in many cases he's more than just a name on the paperwork; a number of the groups have paid his law firm, DB Capitol Strategies, for political and legal advice.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

Correspondingly, his firm's receipts have sharply increased: According to an OpenSecrets.org analysis of expenditure data, in 2010 DB Capitol Strategies was paid about $9,300 by federal committees; that increased to $167,648 in 2012, and so far in the 2014 cycle it has been paid $288,127.

One of Backer's most prominent projects has been the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00496505&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Conservative Action Fund</a>, which operates as both a traditional PAC and a super PAC, with two separate accounts and fundraising operations. On the PAC side, the group raised just $25,646 in 2012, but on the super PAC side, it raised $205,000 -- most of which ($185,000) was donated by Backer's star client, Shaun McCutcheon. McCutcheon also loaned an additional $121,620 to the group -- a loan Backer said he forgave. Conservative Action Fund reported making about<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/recips.php?cmte=Conservative+Action+Fund&cycle=2012" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">$134,000 in independent expenditures</a>, including some against a handful of Republicans.

The<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00520825" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">TeaParty.Net Leadership Fund</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>has been, by far, Backer's biggest client, paying his firm more than $167,000 over the last two cycles. The organization, a hybrid that is part PAC and part super PAC, has raised more than $3.8 million so far in the 2014 cycle, and is an excellent example of how Backer's many groups serve multiple purposes. The group has spent $238,000 against Speaker of the House<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003675&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Boehner</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(R-Ohio) and has also transferred more than $138,000 to other organizations -- including $40,000 to the In Defense of Free Speech Joint Fundraising Committee, which lists another lawyer at Backer's firm as treasurer.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>

In Defense of Free Speech passed the money on to the Senate campaigns of<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00033085&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ted Cruz</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(R-Texas),<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003389&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Mitch McConnell</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(R-Ky.) and, interestingly,<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00024852&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">John Cornyn</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>(R-Texas) -- the opponent of another client of Backer's, Rep.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00005918&cycle=2014" style=" background-color: transparent; color: rgb(62, 114, 181); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Steve Stockman</a>. The only other contributor to In Defense of Free Speech JFC was a PAC, also run by Backer, called Unum E Pluribus, which lists the same address as the TeaParty.Net Leadership Fund.

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Still another of Backer's committees, Freshman Hold 'Em PAC, was possibly the largest congressional JFC of the last election cycle. It raised $202,000 and distributed about $192,000 to at least 31 different candidates. And, Backer says, it was a huge hassle.

<div>"You have a layer of complexity that is astronomical," he said.</div>

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<div>Each candidate or committee has to be wrangled into signing forms, lawyers have to be herded and there's endless administrative work. Was his super JFC worth it?

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<div>"No, I don't think so, not from my perspective," Backer said. "No, it was absolutely not worth it."</div>

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<div>According to expenditure reports, Backer's firm has been paid just $17,000 by Freshmen Hold 'Em.&nbsp;</div>

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<div>Backer said he, for one, wouldn't be getting involved with this kind of work.</div>

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<div>"I wouldn't do this. I would refuse this kind of work," he said. "The burdens involved and the technical problems involved are not worth it."

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<b style=" font-weight: bold;">Losing the personal touch?</b>

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<div>Backer added that the biggest reason he thinks super JFCs won't take off is that, while they may be an efficient way to extract money from a single donor, from the donor's perspective, they are impersonal and don't offer any advantages -- an assertion that has many skeptics.</div>

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<div>"For the donors, they really prefer to cut the vast number of checks," he said. "For them, it's not about giving money, it's about building a relationship. You're not going to get any face time, they're not going to hear your story." Individual donors want to feel gratitude from the candidate -- legal, "completely non-corrupting gratitude," Backer hastened to note.

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<div>Backer dismissed the idea of a single donor who wants to give a multi-million dollar check to a joint fundraising committee.</div>

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<div>"If there's a donor who wants to cut a multi-million dollar check they won't get anything out of it," he said. "If I had that kind of money to screw around with, I'd much rather give to the candidates and then spend the rest of it on independent expenditures."</div>

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<div>But that perspective makes a big assumption that critics say just isn't likely: that the checks will be solicited only by representatives of the JFC, not any of the participants. A member of Congress participating in a JFC could solicit a major donor he or she has a connection with, accepting the maximum contribution for his or her own campaign and steering the rest to party committees or the campaign committees of other members, suggested Paul S. Ryan, senior counsel for the Campaign Legal Center.</div>

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<div>The strongest current of money transfers won't be from the top down -- a large donor giving to a faceless JFC run by party honchos and attorneys who then distribute it outwards -- it will be from the bottom up, Ryan predicted.&nbsp;</div>

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<div>"It's about the individual who happens to be a candidate and their career trajectory in their own party," he said. "You build your position in the party by making rain for the party, and the striking down of aggregate limits will allow aspiring party leaders to make rain in a much bigger way."

And party leaders will have exponentially more power to solicit six- and seven-digit checks. Donors may be flattered or annoyed if the Speaker of the House or the Senate Majority Leader makes the ask, but many certainly will consider the opportunity to make such an impression on someone who wields considerable power.

"The check won't be given to some lawyer who represents the JFC, you can hand it to the member who asked you for it," Ryan said.

Backer may be among the first to know who's right.

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