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<td>Republican Jewish Coalition</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $4,000,000</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $4,000,000</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $0</td>

<td>$8,000,000</td>

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<td>PhRMA</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $0</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $4,500,000</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;$300,000</td>

<td>$4,800,000</td>

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<td>American Justice Partnership</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $0</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $0</td>

<td>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $2,400,000</td>

<td>$2,400,000</td>

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<div>Jim Joseph, a tax partner at the law firm Arnold & Porter, noted that the identities of individuals and corporations who donate to the 501(c)(4) groups such as Crossroads GPS are still a mystery; those donors file tax returns that don't require them to disclose such contributions publicly. However, the forms filed by nonprofits, such as RJC, who give to the groups require them to list the grants.

And the information can be revealing. The&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://rjchq.org/About/bioslisting.aspx">board of RJC</a>&nbsp;is loaded with major Republican donors -- figures such as Las Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson, who, with his wife, gave $10 million in January to <b>Winning Our Future,</b> the super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich in the race for the GOP presidential nomination. Hedge fund executive Paul Singer gave $1 million to the super PAC that's played a key role in Mitt Romney's bid for the White House, <b>Restore Our Future, </b>while RJC's chairman, David Flaum, has given $100,000 to the same group. Yet another board member Lewis Eisenberg, an adviser to private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, has donated $25,000 to Restore Our Future. Lobbyist Wayne Berman, who also sits on RJC's board, has&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/bundlers.php?id=N00000286&cycle=2012">bundled $358,000</a>&nbsp;for Romney's campaign this cycle.

The&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://rjchq.org/About/missionstatement.aspx">mission statement</a>&nbsp;of RJC -- which is itself a (c)(4) group and can thus keep its donors' names private -- says that it is "committed to building a strong, effective and respected Jewish Republican voice in Washington and across the country."

RJC itself&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/recips.php?cmte=C90012063&cycle=2012">spent $24,000</a>&nbsp;attacking Democrat David Weprin in a special election in New York's 9th congressional district last year. The Republican, Bob Turner, won the seat in an upset. Several days ago, it began airing&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/at-odds-with-israel-still/2012/02/20/gIQAljskPR_blog.html">an ad critical</a>&nbsp;of President Obama's Israel policy. Tag line: "Call President Obama. Tell him not to slash funding for Israel's missile defense."</div>

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<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=88b19b19-5258-47de-bb38-fb481b1bbff2"> Adelson,&nbsp; Sheldon&nbsp; G. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=88b19b19-5258-47de-bb38-fb481b1bbff2"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=2489948c-1f74-44ea-8c1a-4a5cb082d6a8"> Altman,&nbsp; Jeffrey&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=2489948c-1f74-44ea-8c1a-4a5cb082d6a8"> - General Counsel</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=faa6b0b2-f3d3-4510-88ff-46653b75e9ec"> Berman,&nbsp; Wayne&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=faa6b0b2-f3d3-4510-88ff-46653b75e9ec"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=1f5be780-b786-4261-aea8-565fe39ffbd3"> Bialkin,&nbsp; Ken&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=1f5be780-b786-4261-aea8-565fe39ffbd3"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=7832f0bc-988f-4187-a4b0-56c19e81b834"> Bloom,&nbsp; Ronald&nbsp; H. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=7832f0bc-988f-4187-a4b0-56c19e81b834"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0232e093-afd9-492d-8525-6da114b6641d"> Bolten,&nbsp; Josh&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0232e093-afd9-492d-8525-6da114b6641d"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=fcae6e22-c891-4f2d-a030-71feb9d152ed"> Broidy,&nbsp; Elliott&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=fcae6e22-c891-4f2d-a030-71feb9d152ed"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=cccd1129-7047-4099-9d65-04e0f1642a28"> Brooks,&nbsp; Matthew&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=cccd1129-7047-4099-9d65-04e0f1642a28"> - Executive Director</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=f7f71e08-0276-441e-866d-b5523eb74a10"> Chaltiel,&nbsp; Victor&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=f7f71e08-0276-441e-866d-b5523eb74a10"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=6f9cbff1-993b-4380-b073-6c776499fd28"> Coleman,&nbsp; Norm&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=6f9cbff1-993b-4380-b073-6c776499fd28"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4061208c-f64a-4188-aa28-8157a23c09fb"> Eisenberg,&nbsp; Lewis M.&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4061208c-f64a-4188-aa28-8157a23c09fb"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=e9fc08d1-2969-4f70-9f16-bfe74075cec4"> Epstein,&nbsp; Michael&nbsp; David </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=e9fc08d1-2969-4f70-9f16-bfe74075cec4"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=48999077-fe6e-45a1-8882-ae6c09c48b37"> Feingold,&nbsp; Jeffrey&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=48999077-fe6e-45a1-8882-ae6c09c48b37"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0a34cc02-6682-4bd0-b198-960de9d1ea1d"> Flaum,&nbsp; David M.&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0a34cc02-6682-4bd0-b198-960de9d1ea1d"> - National Chairman, Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=57992ad8-40d2-4b11-90a9-3646910d4955"> Fleischer,&nbsp; Ari&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=57992ad8-40d2-4b11-90a9-3646910d4955"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=55406d58-a016-43a6-ae47-672a724890e9"> Fox,&nbsp; Richard J.&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=55406d58-a016-43a6-ae47-672a724890e9"> - Former Chairman, Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=91758f93-efb6-4c61-ad9a-eebf6e5e85cf"> Fox,&nbsp; Sam&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=91758f93-efb6-4c61-ad9a-eebf6e5e85cf"> - Former Chairman, Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=666ba206-904e-4091-8e2b-d307b45ed2e3"> Friedman,&nbsp; Steven&nbsp; L. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=666ba206-904e-4091-8e2b-d307b45ed2e3"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=97370360-df02-48e2-8a0b-205f71b267e3"> Frum,&nbsp; David&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=97370360-df02-48e2-8a0b-205f71b267e3"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=ba71d4c1-70aa-4aeb-bd15-f943033d8b1b"> Geiderman,&nbsp; Joel&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=ba71d4c1-70aa-4aeb-bd15-f943033d8b1b"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=e8f9296e-c2d8-4079-a28f-2e747d1c396f"> Goldman,&nbsp; Marc&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=e8f9296e-c2d8-4079-a28f-2e747d1c396f"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=097dacb3-71b9-437b-984b-7fe1688c676e"> Gunter,&nbsp; Jeffrey&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=097dacb3-71b9-437b-984b-7fe1688c676e"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=695693d1-e604-484c-ac04-166013ede479"> Halpern,&nbsp; Cheryl&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=695693d1-e604-484c-ac04-166013ede479"> - Former Chairman, Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=627d3f73-3cb9-4fc1-a1da-593ee53a05a2"> Heideman,&nbsp; Phyllis&nbsp; Greenberg </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=627d3f73-3cb9-4fc1-a1da-593ee53a05a2"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=aa9499fd-b1cc-4d99-a644-60b4b1bd52fa"> Hoppenstein,&nbsp; Joel&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=aa9499fd-b1cc-4d99-a644-60b4b1bd52fa"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=44c257ee-a92a-4c55-9214-5eb480e3f3d3"> Isakowitz,&nbsp; Mark&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=44c257ee-a92a-4c55-9214-5eb480e3f3d3"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=17ff6636-a3a9-47f2-8921-e400d8166ffb"> Kamins,&nbsp; Sheldon&nbsp; (Shelly) </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=17ff6636-a3a9-47f2-8921-e400d8166ffb"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d78642ed-127f-4ffa-b92b-00ee828abd68"> Karlinsky,&nbsp; Fred&nbsp; E. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d78642ed-127f-4ffa-b92b-00ee828abd68"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=1194eef1-9b18-4c56-8ca0-fa880748da41"> Klein,&nbsp; George&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=1194eef1-9b18-4c56-8ca0-fa880748da41"> - Former Chairman, Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=170f152e-fe20-4e5b-93ef-11ee740d8e7d"> Lauer,&nbsp; Eliot&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=170f152e-fe20-4e5b-93ef-11ee740d8e7d"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d797b9b1-9d0f-48b6-b7c7-fbb67724378a"> Levine,&nbsp; Larry&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d797b9b1-9d0f-48b6-b7c7-fbb67724378a"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=c5f328aa-c92d-4e39-a0fb-1cb065813997"> Lezell,&nbsp; Mark&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=c5f328aa-c92d-4e39-a0fb-1cb065813997"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=5e95714f-33cf-4beb-8cb6-47786068e5bb"> Lingle,&nbsp; Linda&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=5e95714f-33cf-4beb-8cb6-47786068e5bb"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=332270ee-cb12-4120-8c1a-359fc46709a3"> Lipschultz,&nbsp; Marc&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=332270ee-cb12-4120-8c1a-359fc46709a3"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=abc0dcb6-6757-4cd1-86b9-6a7dca0b3ce1"> Mack,&nbsp; Earle&nbsp; I. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=abc0dcb6-6757-4cd1-86b9-6a7dca0b3ce1"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=5f9427fb-8670-4ba0-bb74-91b1f3d948be"> Marcus,&nbsp; Bernard&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=5f9427fb-8670-4ba0-bb74-91b1f3d948be"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=8ce0e8cd-3ee2-4daf-ae78-86f66c6d5cdd"> Mehlman,&nbsp; Ken&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=8ce0e8cd-3ee2-4daf-ae78-86f66c6d5cdd"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=8c5000a6-dd8a-4630-a842-44e75b4c0e67"> Miller,&nbsp; Alan&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=8c5000a6-dd8a-4630-a842-44e75b4c0e67"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0ae9bf82-50e7-4329-b760-c7bf274a61ef"> Mizel,&nbsp; Larry&nbsp; A. </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0ae9bf82-50e7-4329-b760-c7bf274a61ef"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=938ffe5f-6551-41e3-bdaa-42ab86bf722d"> Offit,&nbsp; Morris&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=938ffe5f-6551-41e3-bdaa-42ab86bf722d"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=428ad731-4575-47e0-a335-c11297aae0ec"> Plotkin,&nbsp; Ronald&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=428ad731-4575-47e0-a335-c11297aae0ec"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=2fb2fa53-d2bb-42c9-b07f-6037e59ab45e"> Rosen,&nbsp; J. Philip&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=2fb2fa53-d2bb-42c9-b07f-6037e59ab45e"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=12aeec66-a2ec-4032-9fdb-d15d054611bd"> Rosenwald,&nbsp; Lindsay&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=12aeec66-a2ec-4032-9fdb-d15d054611bd"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=20a8066a-8eca-4ad1-8166-4652afcdad87"> Ross,&nbsp; Adam&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=20a8066a-8eca-4ad1-8166-4652afcdad87"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=067b06fb-3c08-419d-af54-4653732a1008"> Sager,&nbsp; Alan&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=067b06fb-3c08-419d-af54-4653732a1008"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=923eb0bf-d59c-446f-b407-d39ddaed423a"> Sambol,&nbsp; Richard&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=923eb0bf-d59c-446f-b407-d39ddaed423a"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=b35750b6-ece7-4ecb-b7be-76f971e23147"> Sands,&nbsp; Leonard&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=b35750b6-ece7-4ecb-b7be-76f971e23147"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0fb2678c-a08f-47b2-abdc-cf691c529c70"> Selig,&nbsp; Martin&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=0fb2678c-a08f-47b2-abdc-cf691c529c70"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=96920766-54a2-486f-9ba3-1ca6e7c4d1e5"> Sembler,&nbsp; Mel&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=96920766-54a2-486f-9ba3-1ca6e7c4d1e5"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4b660aaf-4e0c-4015-91e9-4ffd56a9dceb"> Sembler,&nbsp; Brent&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4b660aaf-4e0c-4015-91e9-4ffd56a9dceb"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=7d624d3c-fe1e-4034-98eb-ca77e1c8ddf2"> Sembler-Kamins,&nbsp; Diane&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=7d624d3c-fe1e-4034-98eb-ca77e1c8ddf2"> - Board of Directors, National Women's Committee Chair</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=eb7ef97a-1ba3-44fc-ab04-26ef5beade33"> Shapiro,&nbsp; Florence&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=eb7ef97a-1ba3-44fc-ab04-26ef5beade33"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=a820cd44-33f5-4ef9-8307-08cfbdc568d9"> Sherman,&nbsp; Richard&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=a820cd44-33f5-4ef9-8307-08cfbdc568d9"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=34637fcb-0a4b-4eea-9655-9b7d62477f6c"> Siegel,&nbsp; Mark&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=34637fcb-0a4b-4eea-9655-9b7d62477f6c"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=6f555277-bc16-477d-a2f3-0d9347ba6759"> Singer,&nbsp; Paul&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=6f555277-bc16-477d-a2f3-0d9347ba6759"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4b23b7b5-fff5-4532-9ca2-e519ca3c191f"> Stern,&nbsp; Walter&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4b23b7b5-fff5-4532-9ca2-e519ca3c191f"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=3c2b44e7-9f72-4108-b71b-70dfc7714df4"> Tessler,&nbsp; Allen&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=3c2b44e7-9f72-4108-b71b-70dfc7714df4"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d5f0a2d4-6098-417b-94aa-22613474f4e7"> Weiser,&nbsp; Ronald&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=d5f0a2d4-6098-417b-94aa-22613474f4e7"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=eb0d54e7-45b1-42e2-be2d-dd45400561ed"> Wine,&nbsp; Bradley&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=eb0d54e7-45b1-42e2-be2d-dd45400561ed"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

<div class="blogLIContainer"><strong> <a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4e3164e4-389b-4a69-a845-71f51e86ba5d"> Zeidman,&nbsp; Fred&nbsp; </a></strong><a href="http://rjchq.org/About/biodetail.aspx?id=4e3164e4-389b-4a69-a845-71f51e86ba5d"> - Board of Directors</a></div>

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<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">The GOP nonprofits --<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=American+Action+Network&cycle=2010">American Action Network</a>, which spent $26 million on ads in the 2010 mid-term elections;</span><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C90011719">Crossroads<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">GPS</span></a>, which spent $16 million; and the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/detail.php?cmte=American+Future+Fund&cycle=2010">American Future Fund</a>, which laid out $9.6 million -- are all organized under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. They and the individuals who run them have strong ties to some of the same political networks, research by<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><i><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/02/www.opensecrets.org/news">OpenSecrets Blog</a></i><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>shows.

One of the previously unreported donor groups, according to forms filed by nonprofit groups with the Internal Revenue Service, is the<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Republican Jewish Coalition, which gave $4 million in 2010 to Crossroads GPS -- perhaps the most well-known of the outside spending groups that were running ads in the 2010 cycle, with ties to GOP strategist Karl Rove.</span>

Crossroads GPS<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a target="blank" href="http://www.crossroadsgps.org/category/news/">launched several ads</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>critical of President Obama as well as of Missouri Democratic Sen.<span style=" background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00027694&cycle=2012">Claire McCaskill</a></span><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>just this month. In December, it spent $1.1 million spent on ads eviscerating<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a target="blank" href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/Crossroads_GPS_Ads_Montana_Missouri_Massachusetts_Nebraska-210909-1.html">four Democratic Senate candidates</a>, including McCaskill and two other incumbents. The super PAC American Crossroads -- of which Crossroads GPS is an offshoot with a different corporate form -- has raised<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php?cycle=2012">more than $23 million</a><span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>in this cycle and has said it plans a major ad barrage against Obama.

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RJC also shares two board members with American Action: Fred Malek, a former Nixon administration official, and former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman, who is American Action's<a target="_blank" href="http://americanactionnetwork.org/about">&nbsp;board chairman.</a>

For all the talk about super PACs this election season -- their influence in keeping some candidates afloat, their ability to accept unlimited contributions from almost any source, the handful of millionaires and billionaires who are their primary funders -- they are not at the top of transparency advocates' list of horrors. That's because super PACs have to disclose their donors to the public.&nbsp;

But 501(c)(4) groups can keep their donors hidden from public view, leaving voters in the dark about who is behind them and the millions they spend on advertisements promoting or attacking candidates. While they are supposed to function as social welfare groups, they can get involved in politics as long as they limit their political activity to less than half of their operations. But "social welfare" is loosely defined, and the groups have thus far escaped much scrutiny by the IRS.</div>

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