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Note this includes "Dark money" , used to refer to groups that can keep their donors anonymous. So the social welfare nonprofits, or 501c4s, and the trade associations, or 501c6s, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are dark money groups.  The IRS has different categories for nonprofits. A charity, for instance, is a 501c3 — not allowed to do much politicking, if any.

superpacs do have to disclose?

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4 25 email

Representative Summer Lee has introduced landmark legislation that would place a $5,000 per calendar year limit on contributions to super PACs in federal elections, effectively abolishing them. We worked closely with Representative Lee’s office in drafting this legislation. By passing it, we bring ourselves one step closer to a democracy of, by, and for the people.

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Republican candidates and lawmakers are facing great challenges in the areas of campaign fundraising. A new analysis is explaining how they are being out-fundraised by their Democratic counterparts. According to Axios' Lachlan Markay, the biggest financial difference centers on grassroots contributions.

Lachlan explained the bigger picture writing, "Inflation, Trump-induced donor fatigue, and other factors are impacting the GOP grassroots, prompting Republican candidates to rely more heavily on high-dollar donors."

However, while the average Republican candidate is facing challenges securing small-dollar donations, Lachlan noted the one Republican who isn't having that problem. He noted that former President Donald Trump is "seeing huge small-dollar fundraising success" and "has hoovered up more than $60 million from under-$200 donors this cycle."

READ MORE: [Far-right Arizona GOP candidates are bringing in big bucks ahead of the primary election

But, unfortunately for the Republican Party, Trump's massive haul isn't much of a benefit for the political party, collectively. Adding to that, he still isn't an official political candidate for any upcoming election. According to the report, only one Republican lawmaker is having substantial success with small-dollar donations: Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.)

So what's holding the Republican Party's campaign fundraising together? "High-dollar donors," according to Lachlan, are still their driving force.

"The GOP's high-dollar donors are keeping the money race competitive," he wrote. "And Republicans' national party committees are breaking fundraising records."

He noted, "Super PACs backing candidates such as Ohio's J.D. Vance and Arizona's Blake Masters are making up for some fundraising shortfalls. Others, such as Pennsylvania's Mehmet Oz, are pouring millions into their own campaigns."

READ MORE: Just 27 billionaires have spent $90 million to buy GOP congress: report

The top Republican super PACs are "the Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund"as they are "both out-raising their Democratic counterparts by substantial margins."

Lachlan concluded, "The GOP's fundraising problems — in addition to the elevation of flawed or extreme candidates — are contributing to fears of a Senate debacle in what should be a favorable political environment for Republicans."

READ MORE:**Report: this billionaire MAGA donor favors ‘hard-right candidates’ who traffic in wild ‘conspiracy theories’**

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rod graham

https://www.alternet.org/2022/04/how-inequality-is-imperling-democracy/

...Unionized jobs and jobs that pay solid middle-class wages are being replaced by “gig” jobs and low-paid service jobs. Meanwhile, wages for jobs in finance, law, medicine and information technology are booming.

This is the much-talked-about “hollowing out” of the middle class.

Second, the distance – measured by income, between rich and poor – is widening. A report from the Congressional Research Service on this issue makes it clear: “In 1975, the average income of households in the top fifth of income distribution was 10.3 times as large as average household income in the bottom fifth of the distribution; in 2019, average top incomes were 16.6 times as large as those at the bottom.”

Being in an upper-income household in the United States today means you are living a different life than poorer households.

In some respects, the above quote underestimatesthe degree of distance between rich and poor, especially in terms of wealth.

According to data from the Federal Reserve, at the end of 2021,the top 10 percent of American households controlled $99.20 trillion. The restof the households had wealth amounting to $42.98 trillion dollars.

It actually gets worse. If we look atjust the bottom half of American households, their wealth amounts to $3.73 trillion dollars.

Ok, so why does it matter?

Income inequality produces oligarchy.

Politics

Few people are so naive as to assume everyone has an equal say in who is elected and what legislation they put forth. We all know that while the vote cast by a working-class Joe or Jane is equal to the vote cast by a millionaire, the millionaire’s money influences who is elected and what legislation the elected decides to support.

But the extent to which money impacts politics is astounding.

Consider the current Alabama senate race.

According to OpenSecrets.org, Super PAC Alabama Conservatives Fund has spent $1.8 millionin support of Katie Britt’s 2022 bid.

Britt is one of several Republican contenders to replace the outgoing Senator Richard Shelby. The Alabama Conservatives Fund has released several campaign spots touting Britt’s conservative principles.

Harbert Management, an investment management firm, is thesuper PACs biggest investor, donating $250,000. The company’s CEO is Raymond J. Harbert, who is one of the richest people in Alabama.

So what do you think your direct donation of $50 does?

To be sure, small donations do add up. But when a candidate gets a $250,000 boost from a local, well-known millionaire, that has to play into the political calculus of that candidate.

As a side note, Britt is in the vein of Marjorie Taylor Green and Madison Cawthorne. She is pro-Christian, pro-life and anti-immigration. Indeed, the person who would have been the favorite in a pre-Trump universe, current US Rep. Moe Brooks, was called “woke” by Donald Trump who then rescinded his endorsement.

Accordingly, her Trumpist Christian nationalist bona fides have gained the favor of the Alabama Christian Conservatives super PAC to the tune of $1.2 million.

This spending by super PACs is all above board and expected. In this regard, Katie Britt’s campaign is not unique. Nor is the state of Alabama.

Nor are conservatives. What is unique is the growing gap between the rich and everyone else, and the growing ability for wealthy people working alone or in concert to bend politics to their will.

I zeroed in on Alabama to show in a more concrete way how money impacts politics. But there is no solace in zooming out.

It gets worse.

According to Public Citizen,25 people contributed half ($1.4 billion) of all individual super PAC contributions ($3 billion) since 2010....

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https://www.citizen.org/article/oligarch-overload/

no lnx no grafx,  jANUARY 15, 2020

Oligarch Overload

How Ultra-Rich Donors Have Flooded American Politics With Cash Since Citizens United

By ALAN ZIBEL

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Just 25 ultra-rich individual political donors, including numerous billionaires, have poured nearly $1.4 billion into super PACs in the decade since the U.S. Supreme Court opened the doors to a massive influx of big money in politics.

A Public Citizen analysis found that the political donations of these 25 people and their spouses amounted to nearly half of nearly $3 billion in total individual super PAC donations from 2010-2020, demonstrating the surging influence of mega-donors on American politics over the past decade.

Public Citizen also analyzed super PAC and campaign donations in more than 16,700 zip codes and found that the largest political donors in the top10 majority white zip codes gave $1.85 billion from 2010 through 2018, while the biggest political donors in the top 10 majority-minority zip codes gave $179 million in the same time period.

Super PACs are political action groups that can take unlimited donations and make unlimited election expenditures so long as they do not directly coordinate with candidates’ campaigns. Their growth of Super PACs comes in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision. That decision allowed unlimited contributions from corporations and wealthy individuals to influence elections. Individual donors are the primary funders of super PACs, which are required to disclose their donors, unlike “dark money” nonprofits, which are not required to do so.

Key Findings

Public Citizen’s analysis of Federal Election Commission data on more than 150,000 individual contributors to super PACs since 2020 found that:

Just 25 ultra-wealthy donors have made up nearly half (47 percent) of all contributions by individuals to super PACs since 2010, providing about $1.4 billion in super PAC contributions out of nearly $3 billion in super PAC contributions from individuals.

The five largest individual super PAC contributors donated a combined $838 million to super PACs, or 28 percent of all donations.

In the early years of the post-Citizens United era, the amount of money donated to outside spending groups was heavily tilted in favor of Republicans. But Democrats have become increasingly reliant on super PAC funding from hedge fund managers, bankers and other financial executives supplied. The financial industry represented 74% of funding for pro-Democrat outside spending efforts in the 2017-2018 cycle compared with 25% of funding for pro-Republican efforts, a 2019 Public Citizen analysis found. In the 2017-2018 cycle the top individual donors gave $359 million, or 52 percent, to outside spending groups benefiting Democrats and $312 million, or 45 percent, to benefiting Republicans.

Even before the rise of Super PACs and unlimited donations, low-income, majority-minority districts were highly under-represented among campaign contributions. The biggest donors traditionally have been highly concentrated in New York, Washington D.C., Chicago and other big cities.

For example, the top contributing zip code to presidential campaigns during the 2004 election cycle was 10021, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Contributors in that one exclusive zip code sent $4.2 million to presidential candidates that year, according to a report on donations of over $200 by Public Campaign, the Fannie Lou Hamer Project and the William C. Velasquez Institute. That one zip code provided more presidential campaign money than the 377 zip codes with the largest proportion of African Americans and the 365 zip codes with the largest proportion of Latino or Hispanic Americans, according to the report. Public Campaign also analyzed the 2000 and 2002 election cycles found that nearly 90 percent of $2 billion in contributions of more than $200 came from zip codes that were majority non-Hispanic white. By comparison, under 2 percent of all campaign funds came from majority Latino zip codes and 3 percent from majority African American zip codes.

Another released in 2016 by Demos, found that, among donors to presidential campaigns that year, 91 percent were white.White men made up nearly half of donors that year, even though they are only 35 percent of the adult population. Whites made up more than 90 percent of federal election donors in the 2012 and 2014 election cycles, and 94 percent of donors giving more than $5,000 in the 2014 election cycle. White men were 64 percent of Trump’s donors but only 33 percent of Hillary Clinton’s donors. Both candidates relied on the wealthy for funding: Clinton raised 42 percent of her money from millionaires, who represent 3 percent of the adult population, while Trump raised 27 percent from millionaires, the report found.

Taken together, this research highlights the extraordinary influence of the wealthiest, most powerful elements of American society on our campaign finance system. While the country has become more diverse over the past 15 years, the gap in political influence between majority-white areas remains extraordinary. In a new analysis, Public Citizen examined the geographic concentration of both individual and Super PAC donors from 2010-2018 and matched that data to U.S. Census demographic information. Even controlling for the much larger size the white population in America, households in majority-white zip codes donate far more money than black or Hispanic political donors.

Zip Code Analysis

The analysis of political donations from 16,752 zip codes found that from 2010 through 2018:

Political donors in the top 10 majority white zip codes for campaign donations gave $874 million to candidates, while the top 10 majority-white zip codes for super PAC donations gave $977 million, for a total of $1.85 billion.

Political donors in 10 majority-minority zip codes for campaign donations gave $111 million to candidates, while the top 10 majority minority zip codes for super PAC donations gave $68 million, for a total of $179 million.

Political donors in all 15,411 majority-white zip codes analyzed gave about $7 billion, or $84 per household, to political campaigns and nearly $2.8 billion, or $33 per household, to super PACs.

Political donors in all 1,341 majority-minority zip codes analyzed gave $352 million, or $28 per household, to political campaigns and more than $100 million, or $8 per household, to super PACs.

Top Super PAC Contribution Zip Codes, Majority NonHispanic White

ZIP CITY STATE SUPERPAC  2010-2018 HOUSEHOLDS MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME NON HISPANIC WHITE

89109 Las Vegas NV $197,587,825 3972 $46,875 52.5%

10022 New York NY $169,620,382 17873 $133,208 83.4%

20036 Washington DC $111,941,268 4171 $80,977 72.8%

89145 Las Vegas NV $100,494,072 9614 $56,424 63.3%

20005 Washington DC $94,261,730 8172 $94,506 56.2%

10019 New York NY $76,129,783 24512 $99,063 64.5%

60614 Chicago IL $69,166,610 33591 $100,116 81.6%

60045 Lake Forest IL $63,766,938 7317 $176,108 91.7%

10010 New York NY $47,066,514 15972 $115,084 68.9%

60611 Chicago IL $46,645,483 20487 $96,040 75.8%

90067 Los Angeles CA $37,893,657 1342 $123,889 75.8%

10075 New York NY $35,791,129 11373 $129,594 83.3%

60603 Chicago IL $32,543,403 563 $140,114 58.6%

33301 Fort Lauderdale FL $28,862,211 7571 $85,219 78.9%

20003 Washington DC $26,136,608 12394 $118,607 68.4%

60606 Chicago IL $26,088,582 1979 $139,179 69.8%

33401 West Palm Beach FL $25,567,700 11221 $46,571 52.8%

72201 Little Rock AR $24,354,750 602 $69,118 74.6%

75219 Dallas TX $22,859,204 13990 $67,311 67.0%

82922 Bondurant WY $22,855,000 107 $83,510 100.0%

68131 Omaha NE $21,963,200 5495 $35,630 58.8%

11733 East Setauket NY $21,451,162 5613 $147,330 85.9%

10573 Port Chester NY $21,089,472 12360 $76,097 51.4%

30327 Atlanta GA $19,583,097 9333 $148,480 85.3%

75225 Dallas TX $18,602,724 8846 $173,828 92.6%

Source: Public Citizen analysis of 2010-2018 data from Maplight (campaign contributions over $200 ) Federal Election Commission (Super PAC contributions)

Top Campaign Contribution Zip Codes, Majority NonHispanic White

ZIP CITY STATE INDIVIDUAL 2010-2018 HOUSEHOLDS MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME NON HISPANIC WHITE

20005 Washington DC $232,095,563 8172 $94,506 56.2%

20004 Washington DC $163,742,226 1163 $144,583 73.1%

20036 Washington DC $138,287,162 4171 $80,977 72.8%

22314 Alexandria VA $111,721,751 17096 $122,689 76.8%

20003 Washington DC $65,782,614 12394 $118,607 68.4%

60611 Chicago IL $36,245,855 20487 $96,040 75.8%

22102 McLean VA $34,087,905 10400 $114,310 63.4%

22209 Arlington VA $32,156,215 7183 $106,424 65.2%

10021 New York NY $30,571,736 24912 $123,842 81.5%

10024 New York NY $30,285,758 28418 $126,107 80.0%

10022 New York NY $29,777,216 17873 $133,208 83.4%

10023 New York NY $29,235,762 33133 $123,951 76.2%

22202 Arlington VA $29,180,947 12940 $107,760 66.3%

20007 Washington DC $28,163,907 11885 $123,154 77.6%

22042 Falls Church VA $27,349,046 12190 $103,119 55.5%

22101 McLean VA $25,627,953 10457 $190,009 79.7%

20815 Chevy Chase MD $24,162,785 12953 $150,313 80.7%

19103 Philadelphia PA $23,982,924 14496 $70,638 75.5%

20016 Washington DC $23,628,056 13757 $140,545 80.0%

10128 New York NY $22,860,145 31644 $111,937 74.0%

22203 Arlington VA $22,694,110 11736 $104,171 67.8%

20008 Washington DC $22,071,823 15611 $120,342 75.3%

20814 Bethesda MD $20,750,965 12925 $120,632 75.1%

10028 New York NY $19,444,641 26435 $119,203 84.7%

10065 New York NY $19,323,942 15878 $124,322 85.0%

Source: Public Citizen analysis of 2010-2018 data from Maplight (campaign contributions over

$200 ) Federal Election Commission (Super PAC contributions)

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actblue vs > gop funders

https://www.alternet.org/2020/07/the-gops-reliance-on-mega-donors-is-backfiring/

aha: kind of scary that a superpac (which is spozed to be indep?) is throwing around its wt as if it's a legit org, not a effing slush fund of dark $ whose main purpose is to give cover to funder and cand on neg attack ads (often right before election when cannot be countered/debunked?)

one wonders if this is local tv stations stading up for democracy and free speech, or their refusal to play ref, or more darkly, they just want the massive ad revenue flowing from dark money superpacs

OMG

https://www.alternet.org/2020/03/read-the-letter-trumps-campaign-sent-to-tv-stations-threatening-the-fcc-could-pull-their-licenses-over-coronavirus-ad/

no lnx

Read the letter Trump’s campaign sent to TV stations threatening the FCC could pull their licenses over coronavirus

Written by David Badash / The New Civil Rights Movement March 26, 2020

Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s official Super PAC, America First Action, tried to get TV stations in key battleground states to stop airing an anti-Trump ad that focuses on his horrific mismanagement of the coronavirus crisis. The TV stations refused to pull the ad, placed by the pro-Biden Super PAC Priorities USA (PUSA), which rightly noted that the pro-Trump Super PAC did not even have standing to make the demand.

So President Trump’s official campaign stepped in to do what his Super PAC could not.

Attorneys for the Donald J. Trump for President campaign sent a Cease and Desist letter to those TV stations demanding they stop airing the anti-Trump ad.

Not only did they make that demand, but they threatened that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which the President controls in that he appoints its commissioners, could pull their broadcast licenses if they did not comply.

The letter reads in part: “your station has an obligation to cease and desist from airing [the ad] immediately to comply with FCC licensing requirements, to serve the public interest, and to avoid costly and time-consuming litigation.”

It also says “we formally demand that your station refuse to continue airing it to meet your responsibilities not to broadcast false information,” which is ironic given the number of falsehoods and lies Trump tells on a daily basis which are often broadcast by news networks.

It adds, “your station has a responsibility to ‘protect the public from false, misleading or deceptive advertising,’” and threatens that  “your failure to remove this deceptive ad … could put your station’s license in jeopardy.”

This is the ad the Trump campaign claims is “patently false, misleading, and deceptive,” says he did not call the coronavirus a “hoax,” and essentially claims the ad says he did.

Trump refused to take the threat of the coronavirus seriously, now he won’t take responsibility as his administration has been totally unprepared for this crisis. pic.twitter.com/Jdh1GY9HHS

— Priorities USA (@prioritiesUSA) March 23, 2020

The letter can be read on the Trump campaign’s website.

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https://www.alternet.org/2019/10/not-how-we-defeat-trump-says-sanders-campaign-after-biden-opens-door-to-super-pacs/

no lnx

‘Not how we defeat Trump,’ says Sanders campaign after Biden opens door to super PACs

Written by Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams October 25, 2019

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s 2020 Democratic presidential campaign on Thursday announced that they would accept support from super PACs, a reversal of a stance that had lasted through the primary season and is shared by his top rivals.

In response to the news, Faiz Shakir, campaign manager for the democratic presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), sounded a note of disappointment.

“The former Vice President has been unable to generate grassroots support, and now his campaign is endorsing an effort to buy the primary through a super PAC that can rake in unlimited cash from billionaires and corporations,” said Shakir.

As Common Dreams reported Thursday, plans are underway by Biden allies to start a super PAC for the beleaguered front-runner. Biden has struggled to raise money; a CNN report Thursday showed the former vice president has less than $9 million cash on hand. Sanders has $33.7 million.

Biden deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield told NBC in a statement Thursday afternoon after the CNN story broke that the campaign was still oppposed to super PACs—at least ideologically. She left the door open to accepting their support due to fears of running against President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election match-up.

“Until we have these badly needed reforms, we will see more than a billion dollars in spending by Trump and his allies to re-elect this corrupt president,” said Bedingfield. “And let’s be clear: Donald Trump has decided that the general election has already begun.”

Bedingfield did not explain why Biden would need a super PAC in the primary, where he will not face Trump. Instead, the Biden aide focused on the future.

“In this time of crisis in our politics, it is not surprising that those who are dedicated to defeating Donald Trump are organizing in every way permitted by current law to bring an end to his disastrous presidency,” said Bedingfield. “Nothing changes unless we defeat Donald Trump.”

Shakir, in his statement, strongly disagreed with that interpretation of how to defeat the Republican incumbent. Super PACs, said Shakir, are a recipe for disaster.

“That’s not how we defeat Trump,” said Shakir. “It’s a recipe to maintain a corrupt political system which enriches wealthy donors and leaves the working class behind.”

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From Free Speech for People:An amicus brief recently submitted in Lieu v. FEC includes peer-reviewed research demonstrating that large contributions to Super PACs create an appearance of corruption. Their research consisted of two “vignette-based experiments” in which people were recruited to serve as mock jurors and determine whether various campaign finance fact patterns met the standard for quid pro quo corruption under federal bribery statutes. Read more. 

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Understanding the tax code:

What is a 501(c)(4) vs. a 501(c)(6) vs. an LLC?

The main vehicles through which dark money enters elections are three groups that

are often identified by their corporate structure and/or associated section of the U.S.

tax code.

First, “social welfare” organizations, which are organized under Section 501(c)(4) of the

tax code. By law, these organizations must be “operated exclusively for the promotion

of social welfare.”

Second, trade associations, which are organized under Section 501(c)(6) of the tax code.

This section encompasses business leagues, chambers of commerce, real estate boards,

boards of trade and professional football leagues.

Third, limited liability companies (LLCs) may also be a source of political dark money.

In most states, it’s easy to identify the actual human beings who are behind an LLC.

But in some states — most notably Delaware and Wyoming — public records need

not identify any living, breathing people associated with an LLC, making them

tantamount to black boxes.

These three types of organizations may buy political advertisements or donate to

other groups, such as super PACs,that may also buy political ads. 

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https://sunlightfoundation.com/**2015/10/**30/the-difference-between-super-pacs-and-dark-money-groups/

r an investigative report by The Washington Post revealed several super PACs acting in support of his campaign, Donald Trump acted swiftly, condemning the activities of the super PACs and ordering his attorneys to send cease and desist letters to several groups.

This action, as well as the placement of television ads by a dark money group supporting Marco Rubio, has triggered a debate within the Republican party about the impact of money in the election, with both Trump and fellow GOP hopeful Jeb Bush taking swings at each other about the influence of dark money in the election.

We were glad to hear candidates having a spirited discussion about the role of money in the 2016 election cycle. However, a lot of the headlines mentioned Trump rejecting “dark money” in particular. (Probably because the title of his press release was “Donald J. Trump Calls On All Presidential Candidates to Return Dark Money Sent to Super PACs.”)

We reached out to the Trump Campaign for clarification; what exactly did Trump mean when he used the term dark money? Press contact Hope Hicks confirmed that Trump means all money given to super PACs in particular; however, like other political action committees, super PACs do have to file regular financial disclosure forms with the Federal Election Commission, including the source of donations and the amounts given. That’s why we generally refer to super PAC funds as “unlimited money.”

Here’s the huge caveat: Because super PACs are permitted to accept money from entities that do not have to make the sources of their funding public, such as 501(c)(4) groups, it’s possible for them to keep the names of actual donors hidden from the public. We call this “dead-end disclosure.”

Since campaign finance can be a complicated issue, we thought we would do a quick 101 for super PACs versus dark money for the 2016 election cycle.

Here are some of the key characteristics of unlimited money from super PACs, also referred to as “independent expenditure groups.”

• No limit on the dollar amount of contributions
• Do disclose donors
• Cannot coordinate with or donate money to candidates
• Federal Election Commission has jurisdiction over these organizations
• In election years, file reports on donors either monthly or quarterly, as well as reports on independent expenditures within either 24 or 48 hours (based upon the date and amount of the expenditure); in nonelection years, file reports on donors monthly or semi-annually, as well as reports on independent expenditures within either 24 or 48 hours (based upon the date and amount of the expenditure)

Here’s an example of a super PAC disclosure form from the FEC, Karl Rove’s American Crossroads. Note how each donor is listed out with specific details:

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http://freespeechforpeople.org/

superpacs

https://freespeechforpeople.org/speechnow-v-fec-case-created-super-pacs-challenge/

SpeechNow v. FEC – The Case that Created Super PACs, and Our Challenge

Posted on January 27 2018 by Ron Fein

January 27 marks the eighth anniversary of oral argument in the case that created super PACs. Contrary to popular belief, super PACs were not created by the Supreme Court in Citizens United,but rather by a subsequent lower court decision called SpeechNow v. FEC,argued on January 27, 2010 (just six days after the Citizens Uniteddecision).

As we explained in 2015, there are significant cracks in the legal foundation that created super PACs, and several converging developments in election law, constitutional law and even criminal law suggest the end may be in sight.

As a matter of practical reality, empirical research shows that top donors to super PACs are generally the same people as top donors to candidates and political parties, with ample opportunities to exchange super PAC contributions for political favors in a quid pro quo corruption scheme, whether or not the super PAC “coordinates” its media purchases with the campaign. In fact, a federal judge recently went out of his way to reaffirm in a criminal bribery case that contributions to super PACs can be part of bribes, notwithstanding Citizens United, although he found that the particular facts of that case didn’t support a bribery charge.

As a matter of legal doctrine, as explained in a forthcoming article by a group of pre-eminent constitutional scholars, SpeechNowsimply misapplied Citizens United: “In Citizens United the Supreme Court struck down limits on a political group’s expenditureswhile the issue in SpeechNow was the validity of limiting contributions to a political group.”

 That distinction between limits on expenditures versus limits on contributions is critical because since Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court has recognized different standards of scrutiny for limits on contributions and limits on expenditures. Unfortunately, then-Attorney General Eric Holder decided not to appeal SpeechNowto the Supreme Court, on the (clearly mistaken in retrospect) theory that the SpeechNowdecision would “affect only a small subset of federally regulated contributions.” Now, there’s good reason to think that Chief Justice Roberts and/or Justice Kennedy would be willing to overrule SpeechNoweven if they are not prepared to retreat on Citizens United.

So how do we do it? Learn more about Lieu v.FEC, our federal lawsuit challenging SpeechNow(covered here in the Washington Post), and about our legislative efforts in St. Petersburg, Florida, Massachusetts, and elsewhere to challenge super PACs.

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:{In January 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations could spend unlimited amounts of dough on political activities, so long as it’s done independent of a party or candidate. (As an aside, we’d like you to know that you can contribute as much as you want to the ProPublica snack cache. We would never be influenced by money, or pretzels, but I know investigative reporters on full stomachs are more likely to investigate that thing you are sure is important but that everybody else thinks is lame. Just saying.)

One of the concerns about the so-called “Citizens United” ruling was that foreign corporations would find ways to influence elections. And now they have. Japanese corporation Nintendo has ensured 30-and-under voting will be nonexistent at polling stations that don’t harbor a Pokemon. But also possibly of interest: }:An investigation by The Intercept found that California-based investment company (it’s really hard to tell what it invests in beyond real estate) American Pacific International Capital Inc., owned by a Chinese couple, found a way to contribute $1.3 million to the Jeb Bush Super PAC Right to Rise USA. But, actually, so? That alone isn’t really the interesting part. Your three Ws:

What is the interesting part?

Well, according to The Intercept, that the contribution may well have violated the law, which bars foreign owners from any involvement in the political donation decision-making of their U.S.-based companies. According to a memo obtained by The Intercept, the Chinese owners were following a strategy laid out for them by a politically powerful American lawyer. (The lawyer told The Intercept that his memo was meant “to ensure compliance with the law.”) But actually, that’s still not the most interesting part.

What, for goodness sake, is the most interesting part?

To me, the most interesting part is how one of the Chinese owners — Gordon Tang — offered an Intercept reporter 200,000 dollars (not sure what country’s dollars he meant) if she didn’t mention unverified claims on Chinese-language websites that accused him of criminal activity. (It’s also interesting that the reporter recorded the convo.)

What’s most important, though?

Overall, the multi-part Intercept investigation is basically the first, published, step-by-step account of how the Citizens United ruling allows foreign-owned businesses to use domestic companies or subsidiaries to attempt to influence the American political process. Am I worried about that? I dunno, there’s a Pokemon under my desk, so I can’t pay attention right now.

They Said It

“I don’t even know why you want to be a reporter, reporters make so little money.” — Gordon Tang, to the reporter he offered money. I’m sure she hadn’t thought of that.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/update-fec-looking-at-super-pac-that-hyped-penny-stock

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http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/gop-billionaires-cant-seem-to-buy-this-election.html

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Rove’s 2012 crash is having profound effects on the 2016 Republican primary. To begin with, George W. Bush’s Brain is no longer considered much of a brain. “I gave Rove $500,000. What did I get for it? Nothing!” Langone told me. Two of Rove’s most generous 2012 funders, Texas billionaires Bob Perry and Harold Simmons, have since passed away, and their heirs have turned off the cash spigot. “Everyone is still shocked Romney lost,” says Simmons’s widow, Annette. “I haven’t committed at all.”

So far this year, Crossroads has raised just $784,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Rove insists he’s still a player. “We’ll be involved in the Senate races,” he told me. “Depending on who the presidential nominee is, we may be involved in that, but that’s a long way off.” What Rove is not is anywhere near the center of the Republican Party. “But for his perch on Fox News, Karl would be in political Siberia,” says a top Republican strategist. “The going joke is that he must have a picture of Roger Ailes in his underwear to keep his contract.”

It’s not just that Rove is personally marginalized. Donors have awakened to the realization that topflight consultants can earn millions from campaigns regardless of whether they win. “It bothers a lot of people that politics has become a cottage industry. Everyone is taking a piece of this and a slice of that,” says California winemaker John Jordan, a former Rove donor. “Crossroads treated me like a child with these investor conference calls where they wouldn’t tell you what was really going on. They offered platitudes and a newsletter.”

Working under the assumption that they can support a campaign better themselves, donors are building their own organizations, staffed by operatives who report to them. “A lot of people who felt betrayed in 2012 set out to build political structures,” says Kellyanne Conway, president of the pro–Ted Cruz super-pac Keep the Promise I, which is backed by hedge-fund billionaire Robert Mercer. Mercer is a prime example of the new breed of activist donor. This presidential cycle, he has donated more than $30 million to a quartet of pro-Cruz super-pacs. A computer scientist by training, Mercer is also part owner of a political data firm called Cambridge Analytica, which boasts on its website that it employs “psychographic profiling” to recruit voters. As a result, Mercer’s pacs have shunned the traditional strategy of saturation TV coverage. Instead, Mercer is focused on targeted radio buys, digital outreach, and field organizing.

The savviest GOP candidates have capitalized on this shift. In fact, Cruz’s campaign fund-raising apparatus seems designed to let donors roll up their sleeves. Cruz contributors can specify how they want their money spent, much in the way universities allow benefactors to earmark their donations for a new science wing or aquatics center. “If you’re a donor, you can say, ‘I want to see this money used for Iowa,’ ” one strategist told me. “It’s a way to entice donors. They look at it like fantasy football.”

The new billionaire-backed operations style themselves as models of superior sophistication. During the last Republican primary, Sheldon Adelson bankrolled Newt Gingrich’s campaign essentially by writing blank checks with little or no oversight. Compare that to the super-pac funded by Chicago Cubs owner Joe Ricketts, who has his own political staff and demands accountability. “I’m used to saying the Ricketts’ spend their super-pac money like it’s their own money — because it is,” the family’s political adviser, Brian Baker, told me.

Or look at the network being built byElliott Management founder Paul Singer. In 2014, Singer created the American Opportunity Alliance, a group of roughly 40 Republican financiers who gather regularly for secret meetings with candidates. This fall, Singer threw his weight behind Marco Rubioand urged his members to do the same. In the general election, Singer will be a player with America Rising, the opposition-research firm headed by Romney’s dark-arts wizard Matt Rhoades. Instead of funding TV ads, Rhoades’s group offers Singer more predictable returns: It is narrowly focused on digging up dirt on Democrats, for example by sending video trackers to events in order to build a library of unflattering material.

It’s all about retaining control. In October, billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced he was launching a $150 million super-pac to lobby for corporate tax reform. “At the risk of being immodest, we have one of the best records on Wall Street. And I like doing things myself,” he told me. “Too many cooks spoil the soup.”

John Jordan now supports Republican candidates through his own super-pac, which applies the lessons he’s learned from winemaking. He, too, is backing Marco Rubio. “I know really well how to sell things. I make my own ads,” Jordan said. “The quality of ads produced by most of the ad-makers is just so bad that they’re ineffective. Have you looked at Jeb’s ads? They’re terrible! It’s unforgivable.”

Perhaps Bush is the perfect case study: The candidate who has underperformed the most is the one with a 2012-style campaign, who steered all his major donors into one super-pac. That organization, Right to Rise USA, is run by the grizzled strategist Mike Murphy, who succeeded in bundling a $100 million war chest and is now finding himself on the receiving end of donor backlash. Last month, for instance, a group of major Bush supporters held a conference call to vent about Murphy after he outlined his strategy in an interview to Bloomberg Politics. “These guys got rip-shit,” said one person briefed on the call.

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Rubio's main backer, Paul Singer, uses his American Opportunity Alliance super PAC to fund "digging up dirt on Democrats, for example by sending video trackers to events in order to build a library of unflattering material."

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if any type of group is in vogue, it’s the “single-candidate” committee, according to FEC data, and that means a boon for conservative groups in terms of sheer spending power. Of the 40 organizations that have spent the most so far in the 2016 cycle — a list that includes political nonprofits, super PACs and business associations — more than half are dedicated to one candidate and one race. The same is true of the top 20 biggest spenders, which includes 11 single-candidate groups.

The rise of single-candidate operations gives conservative organizations an edge in a presidential race marked by a large crop of Republican presidential candidates. Of the 20 biggest spenders, just one has a liberal viewpoint: the establishment-Democrat-backing Senate Majority PAC.

In 2013, back when single-candidate groups spent just under $2.7 million before September, 14 of the top 20 biggest spenders had supported liberal candidates or opposed conservative ones.

The super PAC supporting Chris Christie, America Leads, is at the head of the pack in terms of spending this time around, having laid out $4.7 million to support the New Jersey governor’s bid for the GOP nomination. Right to Rise, the super PAC that had raised more than any other as of mid-year — four times more than all super PACs combined at this point in 2012 — has reported spending $2 million to backJeb Bush, the former governor of Florida. But Right to Rise reportedly is shelling out a whopping $24 million for ads in Iowa and New Hampshire that began running last week; that money is just beginning to show up in FEC reports.

Democrats know how far they’re down, and essentially admitted to the FEC two weeks ago that though they deem some of Republicans’ tactics legally questionable, they’ll do the same if given the green light.

Meanwhile, as of mid-September 2015, groups with the single-candidate designation have spent $16.2 million. That’s more than 55 times as much as the 2012 generation spent at this point and outpaces 2014’s single-candidate super PACs by $14 million. Single candidate groups would go on to spend $269 million by the end of the 2012 cycle, and $62.6 million in 2014.

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Having yet to spend even 6 percent of what they have reported raising, single-candidate groups have cash stockpiled for ad buys, voter calls and mailers, regardless of the course Democrats choose.

“Dark money” advantages

Republican advantages may go beyond sheer numbers. In “America Next,” Gov.Bobby Jindal (R-La.) has the backing of the first single-candidate “dark money” group to report spending to FEC this cycle. This 501(c)(4) social welfare organization, which can accept unlimited donations without revealing donors’ names, is one of several functioning almost as de facto arms of the campaigns themselves, continuing a trend that began only in 2014.

While Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, have single-candidate super PACsproviding them big-money firepower this cycle from sources that are disclosed to the public, they have not yet taken the step of incorporating single-candidate dark money organizations into the mix. That’s not to say that liberal dark money groups are entirely silent: Planned Parenthood has reported spending $74,057 attacking Clinton’s opponents.

America Next has already helped Jindal in a least a couple of ways: The group bought $340,537 in television ads explicitly supporting Jindal’s candidacy for president after months of paying Jindal’s travel bills as he jetted around the country giving policy speeches before declaring himself a candidate.

Most of the Republican candidates, like Jindal, are backed by politically active nonprofits set up to provide donors an anonymous avenue to support a candidate, and some — in particular the pro-Rubio Conservative Solutions Project — havespent heavily on ads supporting their candidate. By framing its support for Rubio as issue ads, though, Conservative Solutions has avoided having to report that spending to the FEC.

But for some of the multi-candidate “dark money” groups, even their FEC-reported spending is higher than in 2014. Americans for Prosperity, for example, never reported spending to the FEC before May of an election year. But as of Sept. 21, more than a full year before the 2016 election, the group has spent $1.6 million, according to its reports to the agency, making it the fifth-highest-ranking outside spending group so far this cycle.

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misc outrages 7/15

Republican Jeb Bush gave a speech on Monday about the need to reform Washington from the inside out—by limiting when ex-congressmen can lobby Congress. Excuse me, but how does that fly from the candidate who raised 88 percent of his campaign cash from the penultimate insiders: people donating $2,700, the legal maximum? (Bernie got 2 percent from them).

Nonetheless, a rash of supposedly progressive democracy groups took Bush at his word and praised his proposal that no one in Congress should be allowed to lobby for six years. “A positive step,” said Every Voice’s Adam Smith. Could be “substantive,” said the Center for Responsive Politics. “Strong,” said Common Cause’s Miles Rappoport.

Despite all the “we need to know more” caveats accompanying these comments, it is upside down to believe that the Bush dynasty’s latest heir is about to decouple party insiders from lucrative post-office lobbying. That's because a big part of his nomination strategy is based on getting hundreds of Republican National Convention votes from those same insiders who are Republican delegates.

You don't bite the hand that feeds you, when party bosses and incumbents hold 437 of the 1,235 non-pledged votes needed for the Republican nomination. Want another reality check on the sentiments of these GOP insiders?

This week, House Republicans attached fine print to an unrelated bill that would ban the White House from issuing an order to require federal contractors and non-profits (the loophole that created Super PACS) to reveal their political donations and donors.Many of those GOPers were elected after Republican state legislatures gerrymandered districts and adopted a range of newly restrictive voting laws—in the same spirit as Scott Walker’s just-announced plan to destroy Wisconsin’s election oversight board. They favor gaming the rules, doing whatever it takes to win and cashing out.

The WaPo noted there was some resistence to Jeb’s lobbying reforms in the beltway. No kidding.

This week's news provided an additional counterpoint underscoring why reversing decades of economic policies creating America’s inequality quagmire is so hard. Tuesday was the fifth anniversary of the Dodd-Frank reform law,which was passed to rein in Wall Street excess after 2008’s global financial meltdown.

The White House issued a long release touting the law’s stronger consumer protections, which have stopped commercial banks from gouging customers. It’s collected and paid back $10.1 billion to 17 million people, it said, and tried to make financial institutions more transparent and curb excess risk. The GOP has not fought the law like Obamacare; instead it's blocked one-third of its rules from taking effect, complaining all along that it would harm the economy.  

Meanwhile, outsized CEO pay—the most easily understood indice of greed—is still sky high. Two high-profile Wall Streeters, Goldman-Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon—just joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires. So the financial reform law, imperfect as it may be and hated by the GOP, has not exactly been bad for Wall Street's elite.

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m gold wapo 7/15

The 2016 presidential contenders are stretching the latitude they have to work with their independent allies more than candidates in recent elections ever dared, taking advantage of a narrowly drawn rule that separates campaigns from outside groups.

For the first time, nearly every top presidential hopeful has a personalized super PAC that can raise unlimited sums and is run by close associates or former aides. Many also are being boosted by non­profits, which do not have to disclose their donors.

The boldness of the candidates has elevated the importance of wealthy donors to even greater heights than in the last White House contest, when super PACs and nonprofits reported spending more than $1 billion on federal races. Although they are not supposed to coordinate directly with their independent allies, candidates are finding creative ways to work in concert with them.

Before former Florida governor Jeb Bush (R) announced his bid in mid-June, the Right to Rise super PAC filmed footage of him that the group plans to use in ads. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign is collaborating directly with Correct the Record, a super PAC providing the Democratic hopeful’s team with opposition research.

Top advisers to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) have been positioned at two big-money groups as they await his presidential announcement next week. GOP candidate Carly Fiorina has gone even further, outsourcing core functions such as rapid response and event preparation to her allied super PAC, the aptly named ­CARLY for America.

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The widespread cooperation — which many campaign finance ­experts say stretches the legal boundaries — indicates that candidates and their advisers have little fear that they will face serious scrutiny from law enforcement, despite the Justice Department’s successful prosecution this year of a Virginia campaign operative for illegal coordination.

[Graphic: The 2016 presidential contenders and their big-money backers]

One main reason: Under Federal Election Commission rules, there is no wall dividing candidates and independent groups. In practice, it’s more like a one-way mirror — with a telephone on each side for occasional calls.

“The rules of affiliation are just about as porous as they can be, and it amounts to a joke that there’s no coordination between these individual super PACs and the candidates,” said Rep. David E. Price (D-N.C.), who has sponsored legislation that would put stricter limits in place.

A close reading of FEC regulations reveals that campaigns can do more than just publicly signal their needs to independent groups, a practice thatflourished in the 2014 midterms.

Operatives on both sides can talk to one another directly, as long as they do not discuss candidate strategy. According to an FEC rule, an independent group also can confer with a campaign until this fall about “issue ads” featuring a candidate. Some election-law lawyers think that a super PAC could share its entire paid media plan, as long as the candidate’s team does not respond.

But those who defend the current system say that broader rules could infringe on rights to free speech.

“Every discussion you have cannot trigger illegal coordination,” said Lee E. Goodman, a Republican appointee to the FEC.

“I understand some people look at relationships between candidates and independent spenders and sense that those relationships are too cozy,” he added. “Yet the courts have said that you cannot prohibit friendships and knowledge of each other.”

[Why super PACs have moved from sideshow to center stage for presidential hopefuls]

But many experts say that the limited-coordination rules are emblematic of an outdated, incoherent and often contradictory campaign finance framework.

“We’re at this transitional point where the way money is raised and spent and the costs of campaigns have changed so dramatically,” said Bob Bauer, a prominent campaign finance lawyer who served as White House counsel for President Obama. “The problem isn’t that the law isn’t being enforced — the problem is that we need to rethink the whole thing from the ground up.”

Political strategists on both sides of the aisle agree, saying that navigating the complex legal thickets is increasingly difficult.“If you talk to three lawyers, you are likely to get three different answers,” said Phil Cox, executive director of America Leads, a super PAC supporting Chris Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey. “The system makes no sense. It’s crying out for reform. We need to put the power back in the hands of the candidates and their campaigns, not the outside groups.”

At the moment, though, an overhaul of campaign finance has little bipartisan support in Congress. And members of the long-polarized FEC appear more divided than ever. A discussion at a recent public meeting about stricter regulations devolved into hostile barbs.

The public is left with the sense that no one is following the rules, said Ellen L. Weintraub, one of the Democrats on the FEC.

“There is this basic notion that super PACs are supposed to be separate from the candidates,” she said. “They look at what’s going on, and they say: ‘This doesn’t look separate. Where are the lines?’ ”

A sweeping boundary was drawn by the Supreme Court in its seminal 1976Buckley v. Valeo decision, which said that political activity by outside groups must be done “totally independently” of candidates and parties. A similar standard was set in the 2002 ­McCain-Feingold Act, which said that independent expenditures cannot be made “in cooperation, consultation, or concert” with a candidate.

But in practice, defining coordination has not been easy. The FEC wrestled mightily with where to draw the lines, issuing regulations that were challenged repeatedly in the courts.

A set of FEC rules approved in 2010 prohibits a campaign from coordinating with an independent group on a paid communication. The agency laid outspecific tests to determine whether a campaign has illegally shared internal strategy used to guide an independent group’s advertising.

But the rules do not ban coordination in general — much less conversations between each side.

[Republican operative sentenced to 2 years in landmark election case]

Bobby Burchfield, a Republican campaign finance lawyer, said that the clarity of current regulation helps avoid the kind of intrusive investigations into groups, such as the Christian Coalition, that the FEC once pursued. “That had the effect of suppressing and chilling political activity,” he said.

Now, there’s plenty of room to maneuver. Although a campaign cannot share private strategy with a super PAC, it can give a campaign information about its plans, as long the group is not sharing something of value that could be considered a contribution.

The FEC also has given candidates its blessing to appear at super PAC fundraisers, as long as they do not solicit more than $5,000 — a decision that came in response to a query from two Democratic super PACs in 2011.

Taken together, critics say, the narrow rules offer far too many opportunities for candidates and their well-funded outside allies to work in agreement.

The FEC “couldn’t imagine how bold people would be,” said Larry Noble, senior counsel at the Campaign Legal Center, which supports tougher restrictions.

Right to Rise, the super PAC run by longtime Bush adviser Mike Murphy, is set to serve as a massive external ad operation bolstering the former governor’s campaign. Murphy told donors in a recent conference call that before Bush announced his candidacy, the super PAC filmed footage of him that the group plans to use in digital and TV spots, according to an account in BuzzFeed.

“One of the new ideas that, you know, the governor had — he’s such an innovator — is we’re going to be the first super PAC to really be able to do just positive advertising,” Murphy said.

Paul Lindsay, a spokesman for Right to Rise, said that Murphy was referring to “Governor Bush’s historical preference for positive advertising, which was consistent in his previous elections and is no secret.”

Clinton’s campaign is working closely with Correct the Record, a liberal rapid-response group that refashioned itself as a super PAC this year. The group says it can coordinate directly with the campaign under a 2006 FEC rule that made content posted free online off-limits to regulation.

[How a super PAC plans to coordinate directly with Hillary Clinton’s campaign]

Correct the Record has more than 20 staffers and plans to disseminate much of its research on its Web site and through social media.

Any nonpublic information of value that it shares with the Clinton staff will be purchased, according to a campaign official.

Already, partisan critics have pounced, filing complaints with the FEC alleging that the pro-Bush and pro-Clinton super PACs are engaged in illegal coordination.

But if the agency launches an investigation, it would be a first. Since 2010, the FEC has yet to open an investigation into alleged illegal super PAC coordination, closing 29 such complaints. In 28 of those cases, the agency’s general counsel did not recommend pursuing the matters, according to Goodman of the FEC.

“We could capture all of this stuff if we had real rules,” said Fred Wertheimer, a longtime advocate of reducing the influence of big money on politics. “For all practical purposes, there are no prohibitions against coordination.”

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http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/03/26/451808/two-year-anniversary-of-speechnoworg-v-fec-ruling/

 Two years ago today, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in theSpeechnow.org v. FEC which allowed for the creation of independent-expenditure only committees, commonly known as Super PACs. Combined with the unlimited corporate expenditures enabled by the Supreme Court’s earlier Citizens United decision, this case brought the campaign finance system to where it is now: more than $80 million spent already this cycle by Super PACs and more than two-thirds of their funding coming from just 46 rich donors.

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OS 6/14

Senate Majority PAC   $18,043,601 Liberal $28,316,315

Club for Growth Action   $5,394,277 Conservative $6,211,925

House Majority PAC   $4,077,440 Liberal $15,194,581

American Crossroads   $3,861,365 Conservative $11,068,972

Independence USA PAC   $2,970,014 Liberal $6,197,700

Ending Spending Fund   $2,796,483 Conservative $3,696,929

Kentuckians for Strong Leadership supports McConnell $2,448,318 Conservative $3,329,645

Put Alaska First PAC supports Begich $2,293,811 Liberal $790,500

Values Are Vital opposes Radel $2,138,031 Conservative $2,112,000

Senate Conservatives Action   $2,108,298 Conservative $2,366,182

Mississippi Conservatives supports Cochran $1,812,148 Conservative $2,162,143

Service Employees International Union   $1,727,059 Liberal $2,598,861

Women Vote!   $1,544,809 Liberal $2,623,741

Freedomworks for America   $1,364,265 Conservative $2,582,922

National Assn of Realtors   $1,355,950 $4,157,787

Americans For Common Sense supports Zeldin $1,330,496 Conservative $867,025

Americans for Progressive Action supports Gomez $1,326,826 Conservative $1,701,311

Liberty & Leadership Fund supports Benacquisto $1,117,981 Conservative $549,569

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund   $1,097,470 Conservative $9,857,176

CE Action Cmte   $1,077,013 Liberal $1,972,892

Government Integrity Fund Action Network   $1,047,880 Conservative $1,055,000

Citizens for a Working America PAC   $1,031,000 Conservative $1,035,000

League of Conservation Voters   $799,744 Liberal $1,844,867

American Unity PAC   $714,208 Conservative $3,429,015

American Principles Fund   $634,983 Conservative $968,824

Defending Main Street   $606,818 Conservative $876,773

Mobilization Project supports Booker $532,445 Liberal $577,564

New Republican PAC   $507,078 Conservative $1,146,099

Southern Conservatives Fund supports Kingston $492,000 Conservative $0

American Dental Assn   $465,679 $153,500

Americas PAC   $406,898 Conservative $450,000

Special Operations for America   $373,738 Conservative $1,951,594

New York 2014   $372,266 Conservative $410,000

Freedom Pioneers Action Network   $345,293 Conservative $60,216

Building a Better PA   $342,500 Liberal $0

Now or Never PAC   $293,326 Conservative $5,621

American Heartland PAC supports Ernst $246,503 Conservative $205,000

New Hampshire Priorities supports Innis $226,475 Conservative $174,025

US Jobs Council   $215,500 Conservative $210,000

Grow NC Strong supports Tillis $199,410 Conservative $224,010

American Commitment Action Fund   $191,087 Conservative $205,227

West Main Street Values supports Graham $178,107 Conservative $422,471

Patriot Prosperity PAC   $176,987 Conservative $28

Keep Conservatives United   $173,071 Conservative $153,750

Spirit of Democracy America   $152,392 Conservative $181,375

Pure PAC opposes Peters $151,503 Conservative $155,000

Alaska's Energy / America's Values supports Sullivan $151,482 Conservative $155,100

Ninety Nine Percent supports Lynch $149,855 Liberal $255,250

NextGen Climate Action Cmte   $145,684 Liberal $16,882,175

Planned Parenthood Votes   $144,420 Liberal $2,632,745

Madison Action Fund   $134,807 Conservative $175,450

Working for Us PAC   $123,358 Liberal $0

Democracy Values Fund supports Turner $121,836 Conservative $135,000

Faith Family Freedom Fund   $107,387 Conservative $19,268

A Bright Future   $106,750 $109,980

Responsible Leadership For America supports Jorgensen $106,634 Conservative $195,575

America's Next Generation   $106,132 Conservative $740,003

Progressive Kick   $105,210 Liberal $277,439

Hometown Freedom Action Network   $90,000 Conservative $0

Cmte for a Better Massachusetts supports Gomez $83,326 Conservative $95,700

Big Sky Freedom Fund supports Stapleton $83,090 Conservative $90,000

Freedom Frontier Action Network supports Mooney $82,253 Conservative $90,065

Women Speak Out PAC   $80,681 Conservative $450,015

American Jobs Council   $76,623 Conservative $85,100

Ensuring a Conservative Nebraska supports Osborn $70,900 Conservative $100,000

Empower Nebraska   $67,080 Conservative $106,225

Kansans for Responsible Government   $63,367 $0

Our Voice PAC   $62,559 Conservative $186,149

New Prosperity Foundation   $53,000 Conservative $189,026

Women Lead PAC   $50,784 $208,469

Committee to Elect a Progressive Congress supports Sciortino $49,473 Liberal $57,500

Civic Innovation USA   $48,944 $116,373

Principled Conservatives of Colorado   $48,511 Conservative $0

CREDO Mobile Super PAC   $44,318 Liberal $386,748

Leadership America PAC   $43,823 Liberal $68,795

New Hampshire PAC to Save America   $41,366 Conservative $0

Working for Working Americans   $40,819 Liberal $4,580,208

Vote to Reduce Debt   $40,000 Conservative $0

LetsAllVote.org   $39,860 Conservative $0

AFL-CIO Workers' Voices PAC   $37,591 Liberal $5,241,249

Concerned American Voters   $35,024 Conservative $1,000

Conservatives Acting Together PAC   $33,254 Conservative $22,950

Blue America PAC IE Cmte   $32,547 Liberal $12,020

Progressive USA   $32,381 Liberal $46,572

America's Liberty PAC   $32,091 Conservative $275,089

Campaign for American Values   $28,517 Conservative $167,787

Republican Super PAC   $20,736 Conservative $31,000

Antelope Valley Taxpayers Assn   $20,622 $0

National Right to Life Victory Fund   $16,020 Conservative $399,645

South Forward IE PAC   $16,003 Liberal $53,612

Opportunity Alliance PAC   $15,000 $0

Conservative Strikeforce Super PAC supports Smith $12,294 Conservative $16,407

Coastal Conservative Fund   $11,925 Conservative $30,000

Carolina Patriot Alliance   $11,500 Conservative $20,000

Environmental Majority   $9,121 Liberal $70,931

NEA Advocacy Fund   $8,874 Liberal $5,319,546

Gem State Prosperity Fund supports Simpson $8,700 Conservative $108,000

Human Action Super PAC supports Paul $8,388 Conservative $15,148

Citizens for Responsible Leadership supports Matheny $8,182 Conservative $0

18-29 PAC   $7,000 Conservative $15,022

If He Votes Like That in Salem opposes Conger $6,860 Conservative $106,000

New House Independent Expenditure Cmte   $6,771 Liberal $34,628

Prescription for America's Future   $6,425 Conservative $5,000

CatholicVote.org   $5,836 Conservative $70,845

Revive America PAC   $5,300 Conservative $148,134

America 360 Cmte   $5,000 Conservative $0

We Deserve Better   $3,900 Conservative $0

FedUp PAC   $3,900 Conservative $0

Cowboy PAC supports Cheney $3,590 Conservative $38,500

Our America Inc   $715 Conservative $3,000

United Mine Workers of America Power PAC   $374 Liberal $0

Courage Campaign Super PAC   $120 Liberal $22,745

Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes   $50 Liberal $5,280

Coalition for Kentucky Job Creation   $0 $0

Preserve the Constitution PAC   $0 $0

Time for Hillary   $0 Liberal $0

Campaigning For Justice   $0 $0

Game Changer PAC   $0 $0

A Kinda Sorta Better America Soon   $0 $0

Wolfheel PAC supports Hagan $0 Liberal $0

Term Limits March   $0 $0

DGA Action Individual   $0 Liberal $0

Bitcoin Voters PAC   $0 $0

Christians for   $0 Conservative $0

Free Market Victory Fund   $0 $0

Prokids PAC   $0 $0

Right Turn Hawaii   $0 Conservative $0

Cmte to Elect 51   $0 Conservative $0

Americans in Action   $0 $0

Victory California   $0 $0

Go Mississippi   $0 Conservative $0

Gulf Coast Conservatives   $0 Conservative $0

Carolinians for Common Sense Solutions   $0 $0

We Vote Project   $0 $0

Mallot-One Alaska PAC   $0 $0

Voices for Our Generation   $0 $0

Heartland Campaign Fund opposes Franken $0 Liberal $0

America for Technocratic Action   $0 $0

Worker's Voice (OPEIU)   $0 Liberal $0

Georgia Women Vote! supports Nunn $0 Liberal $0

Fund for Economic Prosperity Action   $0 Conservative $0

Impact America Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Unitas Inc   $0 $0

For Our America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Ocean Majority PAC   $0 $0

North Carolina Golden Crescent Fund   $0 $0

Young Conservatives of America   $0 Conservative $0

Enough is Enough PAC   $0 $0

Jayhawk - Wildcat Fund- Action Network   $0 $0

Montanans for Limited Government   $0 Conservative $35,000

Detroit Forward-Federal   $0 $0

American Opportunity PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Urban Prosperity   $0 $0

Climate Hawks Vote   $0 $0

Jobs for Harlem   $0 $100

Just Say No To Hillary PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Dick Morris' Just Say no to Hillary PAC   $0 Conservative $0

West Virginians for Results   $0 $0

True Louisiana Leadership PAC   $0 $0

Capitalist PAC   $0 $0

Majority Rules PAC   $0 $0

Women for a Strong America   $0 $0

R2BNation Super PAC   $0 $0

Big Data PAC   $0 $0

Empower Central Valley   $0 Conservative $0

Families for Liberty   $0 $0

10 ^ 9+   $0 $0

1911 United   $0 Liberal $20,808

420PAC.ORG   $0 $0

50 State Strategy   $0 Liberal $6,757

77 Million Republicans Fund   $0 $441

9-9-9 FUND   $0 Conservative $0

A Cantor Out of Tune   $0 $0

A Promise to Our Children   $0 Conservative $0

A Responsible Future   $0 $0

A Super PAC for Hire   $0 $40

Abamcis Securing the Second Amendment for America   $0 $0

Abbey Road   $0 $0

Abolish Recalls   $0 $0

Accomplish Our Mission   $0 Conservative $0

Accountability 2010   $0 Liberal $0

Accountability Coalition   $0 $0

Accountability Project   $0 $0

Action4Liberty   $0 Conservative $13,691

Adelante Boricua   $0 $0

Advancing Freedom Action Network   $0 $25,000

Advancing International Relations   $0 $0

Affordable Health Care for America   $0 $0

African American Super PAC   $0 $0

Agnst Americans/do not Recycle/Misspell Bengazi   $0 $0

Akyumen Society   $0 $0

Alabama Democratic Majority   $0 $18,599

Alabama Horse Assn   $0 $0

Alaska Horse Assn   $0 $0

Alaska SalmonPAC   $0 $0

Alaskans Standing Together   $0 Conservative $0

All Citizens for Mississippi supports Cochran $0 Conservative $0

Allete Inc   $0 $38,834

Alliance for A Better Minnesota   $0 Liberal $0

Alliance for the Next Generation   $0 $7,500

America 365   $0 $0

America Forever   $0 $0

America Friendship   $0 $0

America Matters   $0 $0

America on the Move   $0 Conservative $0

America Shining   $0 Liberal $10

America Unleashed Super PAC   $0 Conservative $50,000

America Votes Action Fund   $0 Liberal $420,725

America's Families First Action Fund   $0 Liberal $0

America's Road Ahead Fund   $0 Conservative $21,940

America's Shared Values   $0 $2,560

America's Super PAC/Eliminatn/America's Super PACs   $0 $0

American Alliance for Africa   $0 $0

American Bridge 21st Century   $0 Liberal $8,547,456

American Citizens of Modest Means   $0 $0

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American Conservative Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

American Conservative Union Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

American Crosswords   $0 $0

American Dreams for Economic Development Super PAC   $0 $0

American Electoral College Super PAC   $0 $0

American Federation of Govt Employees   $0 Liberal $496,093

American Foundations Cmte   $0 Conservative $82,500

American Freedom Super PAC   $0 $0

American Horse Assn   $0 $0

American Human Rights Defense Super PAC   $0 $0

American Jobs & Growth Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

American Latino Alliance   $0 $0

American LeadHERship PAC   $0 $117,991

American League of Charitable Organizations   $0 $0

American Legacy Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

American Liberty PAC   $0 $87,820

American Middle Class Causes Super PAC   $0 $0

American Nurses Assn   $0 Liberal $0

American People Today   $0 $0

American Principles Super PAC   $0 Conservative $25

American Priorities Joint Fundraising Committee   $0 Liberal $0

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American Sunrise   $0 Liberal $1,177

American Tiger PAC   $0 $0

American Tomorrow   $0 $0

American Values   $0 Liberal $0

American Values Coalition   $0 Liberal $500

American Veto   $0 $0

American Way Foundation Cmte   $0 $0

American Wild Horse & Burro Assn   $0 $0

American Working Families   $0 Liberal $1,237,988

Americans for a Greater Voice   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Future   $0 Liberal $330,100

Americans for a Better Prosperity Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Tomorrow Period   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Tomorrow Today   $0 Liberal $0

Americans for a Good Presidential Choice Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for a Strong National Defense   $0 $0

Americans for a Stronger Economy PAC   $0 $0

Americans for Accountability in Leadership   $0 Conservative $2,146

Americans for Affordable Housing   $0 $0

Americans for America   $0 $0

Americans for America PAC   $0 $750

Americans for Cannabis Reform   $0 $0

Americans for Conservative Leadership   $0 $0

Americans for Excellence in Public Education   $0 $0

Americans for Fairness & Security PAC   $0 $4,355

Americans for Flat & Fair Tax Equality   $0 $0

Americans for Freedom & Progress   $0 $0

Americans for Gary Johnson   $0 $0

Americans for Growth, Opportunity & Prosperity   $0 Conservative $21,500

Americans for Liberty   $0 $1,137

Americans for Logic   $0 $0

Americans for Marco Rubio Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Americans for More Rhombus   $0 $0

Americans for New Leadership   $0 Conservative $0

Americans for New Leadership in America Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for Posterity   $0 $0

Americans for Prison Reform   $0 $0

Americans for Real Change   $0 $0

Americans for Responsible Solutions   $0 $15,042,992

Americans for Rick Perry   $0 Conservative $380

Americans for Solutions   $0 $0

Americans for Tax Reform PAC   $0 Conservative $87,950

Americans for the Conservation of Liberty   $0 $0

Americans for the Protection of Life   $0 Conservative $100

Americans for the Win Tomorrow   $0 $0

Americans United for a Stronger Economy   $0 $0

Americans Wanting Truth in Politics   $0 Conservative $0

AmericaRisingPAC.org   $0 $820,114

Amigos PAC   $0 $0

AntiSuperPAC   $0 $0

Arguemax.com   $0 Conservative $0

Arizona Grassroots Action PAC   $0 Conservative $50,000

Arizona Horse Assn   $0 $0

Arizonans for Jobs   $0 Conservative $240

Arkansas Horizon supports Cotton $0 Conservative $98,000

Arkansas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Article II Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Asian American Super PAC   $0 $0

Asian Americans for Peace & Prosperity   $0 $0

Autism Super PAC   $0 $0

Battleground Texas   $0 $3,114,151

Bearded Entrepreneurs for Advacement/Resp Democ   $0 $52

Bears for a Bearable Tomorrow   $0 $0

Because We Can PAC   $0 $0

Believe in America   $0 $0

Benghazi Truth PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Better Tomorrow   $0 $0

Bipartisanship is Good PAC   $0 $0

Bitcoin Super PAC   $0 $100

Black Men Vote   $0 Liberal $0

Blue Pelican PAC supports Landrieu $0 Liberal $10,010

Blue South   $0 Liberal $55

Blue South Project Super PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Blue States Victory Super PAC   $0 $0

Bluegrass Rural PAC   $0 Liberal $5,240

Bluegrass Votes   $0 $0

Blyth America   $0 $0

Brady Bunch PAC   $0 Liberal $0

BRAT PAC   $0 $0

Brighter Future Fund   $0 Conservative $100

Bringin' Sexy PAC   $0 $0

Bucket Tea Party   $0 Liberal $0

Build the Keystone Pipeline   $0 Conservative $0

Building a Better Bluegrass   $0 $0

Business Owners for Obama   $0 $30

CADET   $0 $0

Cain Connections PAC   $0 Conservative $89,219

Cal Voters for Honest Government supports Baca $0 Liberal $5,100

California Assn of Physician Groups   $0 $1,802

California Conservative PAC   $0 Conservative $0

California for Liberty   $0 $20

California Horse Assn   $0 $0

California Republican Assembly   $0 Conservative $0

Californians for a Stronger America   $0 Conservative $0

Californians for Water Conservation   $0 $0

Californians/Fiscally Conservative Ldshp   $0 Conservative $1

Cambodian-Americans PAC   $0 $0

Campaign for Primary Accountability   $0 $41,166

Carmen's List   $0 Liberal $0

Carolina Conservatives United   $0 Conservative $0

Cascadia PAC   $0 $0

Catholics for Common Sense   $0 $0

Cats For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

CAUSE PAC   $0 Liberal $0

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Central Valley PAC   $0 $500

ChallengeDC   $0 Conservative $0

Champions for Change   $0 Conservative $7,575

Character Counts   $0 Conservative $0

China Watch   $0 $0

Choose Your Movement   $0 $0

Christian Super PAC   $0 $0

Christianity in Action   $0 $0

Christians for a Change   $0 Liberal $500

Christine PAC   $0 Conservative $89,351

Citizen Legislature Act   $0 $0

Citizens Advancing Oklahoma   $0 $0

Citizens Against Super PACs   $0 $0

Citizens Alliance for Better Candidates   $0 $0

Citizens Benighted   $0 $0

Citizens for America's Future   $0 $20

Citizens for Better Cities   $0 $23,458

Citizens for Conservative Leadership   $0 Conservative $255,000

Citizens for Economic & National Security   $0 Conservative $0

Citizens for Ethics in Government   $0 Liberal $277

Citizens for Good Government   $0 $540

Citizens for Immigration Justice   $0 $0

Citizens for Prosperity & Good Government   $0 Conservative $0

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Citizens for Strength & Security   $0 Liberal $0

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Citizens to Save America   $0 $7,308

Citizens United for Educaiton   $0 $3,950

Citizens United Super PAC   $0 Conservative $1,500

Civil Liberties Assault Fund   $0 $12,515

Civil Liberty United   $0 $0

CleanSlateNow.org   $0 $24,571

Clear the Way   $0 $0

Cmte for a New Start in the Right Direction   $0 $67

Committee for Economic Growth & Social Justice   $0 $278,409

Cmte for Justice & Fairness   $0 Liberal $0

Cmte for the Re-Election of the President   $0 $0

Committee to Protect America's Allies   $0 $0

Coalition for American Values   $0 Conservative $1,720

Coalition for Women's Economic Development   $0 $0

Coalition of Americans for Political Equality   $0 Conservative $0

College Students for a Better America   $0 $0

Colorado Future Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Colorado Horse Assn   $0 $0

Common Sense Conservative Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Common Sense For Americans PAC   $0 $0

Communications Workers of America   $0 Liberal $550,000

Community Coalition   $0 $0

Concerned Taxpayers of America   $0 Conservative $2,500

Concerned Voters for the Arts   $0 $0

Congressional Leadership Fund   $0 Conservative $1,319,028

Connecticut Horse Assn   $0 $0

Connecticut Taxpayers Alliance   $0 $0

Connecticut's Future PAC   $0 Liberal $5,292

Conservative Action Cmte   $0 Conservative $1,470

Conservative Action Network   $0 Conservative $1,669

Conservative Media Action Cmte   $0 Conservative $36

Conservative Renewal   $0 Conservative $2,550

Conservative Solutions PAC   $0 Conservative $10,100

Conservative Values Project   $0 Conservative $4,199

Conservative Victory Project   $0 Conservative $18,673

Conservative Warchest PAC   $0 Conservative $7,050

Conservatives for Coal   $0 Conservative $0

Conservatives for Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Constitutional PAC   $0 $0

Cooperative of American Physicians   $0 $2,005,348

Core Values PAC   $0 $0

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Crossroads Generation   $0 Conservative $52,836

Crush Graham Cracker PAC   $0 Liberal $2,694

CT Black Republicans & Conservatives   $0 Conservative $0

Damian Palmer & Jack Pilgrim for a Better America   $0 $0

Davis Advisory Group   $0 $0

Defeat Hillary Super PAC   $0 $0

Defend Our Homes   $0 Liberal $0

Defenders of the Republic   $0 $1,243

Defenders of Wildlife Action Cmte   $0 Liberal $350

Defending Our Values   $0 $0

Delaware Horse Assn   $0 $0

Delta Diamond PAC supports Pryor $0 Liberal $3,000

Democracy Demands   $0 $0

Democracy Stewards   $0 $0

Democrats Against the Re-Election of Barack Obama   $0 $0

Democrats Unlimited   $0 $0

Detroiters Vote   $0 $150

DGA Action   $0 Liberal $10,028,192

Direct Selling Empowers Americans   $0 $0

Disabled Citizens United   $0 $0

Disassembly Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

DogPAC   $0 Liberal $1,496

Don't Drink the Tea Party   $0 $0

Downtown for Democracy   $0 Liberal $0

Draft Bernie   $0 Liberal $3,538

Draft Ted Cruz for President   $0 Conservative $27,656

Dread Scott Super PAC   $0 $0

Eastgate Victory   $0 $36,949

Economic Innovation Action Fund   $0 Liberal $0

Economic Strategy Group   $0 $0

Elect a New Congress   $0 $19,200

Emergency Cmte for Israel   $0 Conservative $0

Emerges.Com PAC   $0 $1,600

Empower Citizens Network   $0 Conservative $50,900

Empower Iowa   $0 Conservative $0

EmpowerMN.org   $0 Conservative $18,136

EmpowerWI.org   $0 Conservative $5,010

End Gridlock PAC   $0 $675,005

End the Gridlock   $0 Liberal $9,058

Endorse Liberty   $0 Conservative $25

Energize PAC   $0 $0

Engage Nevada Action   $0 $25,000

Environment America Action Fund   $0 Liberal $35,500

Environment Colorado Action Cmte   $0 Liberal $0

Environmental Action PAC   $0 $134,329

Equality for All   $0 $0

Excellence in Government PAC   $0 $520

Export USA Now   $0 $0

Exposing Marxists PAC   $0 $0

Extremely R Republicans   $0 $0

Fair Share Action   $0 Liberal $11,088

Farm Bureau PAC   $0 Conservative $450

Fat Old Man PAC   $0 $0

Faux News Super PAC   $0 $0

Fight for the Dream   $0 Conservative $0

Fight for Tomorrow   $0 $376,013

FightBigotry.com   $0 $0

Fightin' 9th PAC   $0 $0

First in Science PAC   $0 $0

FirstPAC for Political Freedom   $0 $1,837

Fiscal Advocacy Fund   $0 $100

Fix America Super PAC   $0 $0

Florida Horse Assn   $0 $0

Flyover Super PAC   $0 $0

Forest Landowners Super PAC   $0 $0

Forward Massachusetts   $0 $0

Forward United Campaign Cmte   $0 $0

Foundation for a Greater America   $0 $23,159

Fraternity for All Super PAC   $0 $0

Free Enterprise Leadership Initiative   $0 $199

Freedom & Liberty PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom & Opportunity PAC   $0 Conservative $4,089

Freedom Born Fund   $0 Conservative $317

Freedom Fund for America's Future   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Fund of North America   $0 $5,908

Freedom of Web   $0 $0

Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Partners Action Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Path Action Network   $0 Conservative $106

Freedom Plains Action Network   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Trail Action Network   $0 Conservative $65

Freedom's Frontier supports Treadwell $0 Conservative $800

Friends for a Democratic White House   $0 Liberal $0

Friends for Democracy in Libya   $0 $0

Friends of the Majority   $0 Conservative $0

Friends of Traditional Banking   $0 $70,390

Friends United   $0 Liberal $0

Full Time America   $0 $0

Fund for Louisiana's Future supports Vitter $0 Conservative $1,667,073

Fund for Positive Liberty   $0 $10

Garden State Liberty   $0 $3,133

Gates of Learning   $0 $0

Geaux PAC   $0 $130

General Elector   $0 $0

Genesis 1213   $0 $0

Georgia Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Georgia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Georgians Together supports Nunn $0 Liberal $40,000

Get Out The Vote PAC - (GOTV PAC)   $0 $0

Global Democratic PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Global Grand Challenges   $0 $0

Go Forward America Super PAC   $0 $0

Goal WestPAC   $0 $70,944

Grand Old Principles   $0 $0

Grassroots Action PAC   $0 $0

Grassroots for Liberty   $0 Conservative $0

Great American Super PAC   $0 $0

Great Lakes Super PAC   $0 $0

Green Home Relief   $0 $0

Grow PAC   $0 Conservative $2,891

Grow WV   $0 $0

Guardians of Democracy   $0 $0

Gulfstream America Super PAC   $0 $0

Hall & Oates Fans for America   $0 $0

Haphak America   $0 $795

HappyPAC   $0 $39

Hardworking Americans Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Harrison County WV Victory Fund   $0 $0

Hawaii Horse Assn   $0 $0

Heart of America PAC   $0 Liberal $5,013

Heartland Project   $0 $0

Heartland Resurgence   $0 $0

Hillary 2016   $0 Liberal $2,000

Hillary Project   $0 $0

HillaryClintonSuperPAC   $0 $0

HillaryFTW   $0 $0

HillaryPAC   $0 Liberal $3,692

Hispanic Leadership Fund Action   $0 Conservative $0

Hispanic Vote   $0 Conservative $0

Hitch a Wang Bang Noodle 911 Night Long   $0 $0

Homeowners Super PAC   $0 $0

Humane United Group Super PAC   $0 $0

Humans for Earth's Rights   $0 $0

HungerPAC   $0 $0

Hunter Defense Fund   $0 $543,091

I'm a Good Dog PAC   $0 $0

icPurple   $0 $797

Idaho Horse Assn   $0 $0

Idaho's Youth   $0 $0

Illinois Horse Assn   $0 $0

Immigration911   $0 Conservative $25,200

Impact Super PAC   $0 $0

Improving Life in the Americas & Caribbean   $0 $0

In God We Trust   $0 $0

In God We Trust Super PAC   $0 $0

In Our Mother's Name   $0 $1

Inaction is Apathy   $0 $0

Independence Virginia PAC   $0 Conservative $9,416

Independent Leadership For New Hampshire PAC   $0 $0

Independent Source   $0 Liberal $0

Independent Voices PAC   $0 $0

Independents for Williamson supports Williamson $0 $0

Indiana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Indiana Republican Assembly Super PAC   $0 Conservative $29,344

Integrity Matters PAC   $0 $0

Intl Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees   $0 Liberal $185,220

Iowa Horse Assn   $0 $0

Ipso Facto   $0 $0

It's Now or Never   $0 Conservative $0

JAN PAC   $0 Conservative $274,837

Javelin PAC   $0 $0

Jewish Council for Education & Research   $0 Liberal $1,327

Jobs for America's Future PAC   $0 $0

Joe Six PAC   $0 $0

Bolton for America Super PAC   $0 Conservative $1,300,535

Just Drink the Koolaid   $0 $0

Just the Facts PAC   $0 $0

Kansas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Keeping USA Strong   $0 $0

Kentucky Horse Assn   $0 $0

KIMPAC   $0 $0

King of IL   $0 $0

KTADA PAC   $0 $0

LA Forward   $0 $5,000

Ladies First Super PAC   $0 $0

Lantern Project   $0 Liberal $0

Larry & Charmaine's Excellent Best Ever Super PAC   $0 $0

Latino Alliance Network   $0 $0

Latino American Super PAC   $0 $0

Latino District Defense Fund   $0 $0

Latino Empowerment PAC   $0 $0

Latino Values   $0 $0

Latinos For 2020   $0 $0

Leader of the PAC   $0 $0

Leaders for Families   $0 Conservative $0

Leadership America PAC/Louisiana   $0 Liberal $0

Leadership America PAC/North Carolina   $0 Liberal $0

Leadership Matters   $0 $0

Leadership Oregon Can Trust supports Wehby $0 Conservative $0

Legalize Marijuana Super PAC.org   $0 $0

LetOurPresidentLead.com   $0 Liberal $0

LGBT Super PAC   $0 $0

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Libertas Institute   $0 $0

Liberty & Action Fund   $0 $857

Liberty Action PAC   $0 Conservative $72,957

Liberty for Everyone Super PAC   $0 $0

Liberty in Pink   $0 $0

Liberty or Death   $0 $0

Liberty Principles PAC   $0 Conservative $1,787,478

Liberty Through Grassroots Efforts   $0 $0

Liberty4Florida   $0 Conservative $300,000

LIFE CAUSE   $0 $0

Life PAC   $0 $0

Lincoln Club of Orange County IE Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Live & Let Love   $0 $0

Live Free or Die PAC   $0 $0

Local Voices   $0 Liberal $13,139

Loud PAC   $0 $0

Louisiana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Louisiana Prosperity Fund   $0 Liberal $0

Louisiana Truth PAC   $0 Liberal $29,665

Lunch Pail Republicans   $0 Conservative $8,000

M-Pack Super PAC   $0 Liberal $7,600

Madam Hillary 2016   $0 Liberal $0

Madison PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Madison Tea Party   $0 $0

Maine Horse Assn   $0 $0

Majority Action   $0 Liberal $100

Majority Project   $0 $0

Make America Strong & Secure   $0 $0

Make Education Affordable   $0 $0

Make Us Great Again   $0 Conservative $0

MarijuanaIsMedicine   $0 $0

Maryland Horse Assn   $0 $0

Marylanders for Better Americans in Maryland   $0 $0

Massachusetts Horse Assn   $0 $0

Matthew 25 Network   $0 Liberal $0

Mayday PAC   $0 $0

MCBlackPAC   $0 $0

Media for America PAC   $0 $0

Media Fund   $0 $0

Medicinal Cannabis Super PAC   $0 $57,690

Men Against Prostitution & Trafficking   $0 $0

MI 2014   $0 $0

Michigan Horse Assn   $0 $0

Michigan Pipe Trade Assn   $0 $107,425

Middle Class Super PAC   $0 $0

Middle of the PAC   $0 $0

Middle Resolution   $0 Conservative $4,615

Millenials for America   $0 $0

Millennials for Freedom   $0 $0

Millennials in Action   $0 $0

Millennials Rising   $0 $0

Milwaukeeans For A Better Tomorrow Tomorrow   $0 $0

Minnesota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Mission: Equality & Democracy   $0 $0

Mississippi Horse Assn   $0 $0

Missouri Horse Assn   $0 $0

Moderately Speaking   $0 $0

Monstah PAC   $0 $50

Montana Growth Foundation   $0 Conservative $2,696

Montana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Montana Solutions   $0 Conservative $23,000

More Women in Congress Super PAC   $0 $0

Morning in America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Morningstar Coalition   $0 $0

Moving Americans Forward   $0 $0

Moving Arizona Forward   $0 Liberal $0

Moving Ohio Forward Action Fund   $0 Liberal $12,843

Munoz Group   $0 $5,770

Music PAC   $0 $0

Muslim American Vote   $0 $0

My America   $0 Liberal $8,314

My Cat Xavier for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

National Draft Ben Carson for President Cmte   $0 $3,875,863

National Hispanic American Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

National Horizon   $0 Conservative $0

National Nurses United   $0 Liberal $55,300

National Republican Victory Fund   $0 Conservative $4,957

National Security for America   $0 $0

Nebraska Horse Assn   $0 $0

NEO Common Sense   $0 $0

Nevada Horse Assn   $0 $0

New America Cmte   $0 $0

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New Directions for America   $0 Liberal $0

New Hampshire Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Independent Party   $0 $0

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New Jersey Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Jersey Republican Pro-Life Coalition   $0 Conservative $3,078

New Majority for Massachusetts   $0 $0

New Mexico Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Opportunities PAC   $0 $0

New Power PAC   $0 Liberal $668

New Virginia PAC   $0 Conservative $0

New Voice New Vision NoVa   $0 $0

New York Horse Assn   $0 $0

New York Progress   $0 $0

No 2 Sides PAC   $0 $0

No Fools Allowed Super PAC   $0 $0

No More Timeline Pages   $0 $0

No More Wimpouts   $0 $0

No Negotiations PAC   $0 Conservative $0

NonConformists United   $0 $0

North Carolina Horse Assn   $0 $0

North Carolina Women Vote! supports Hagan $0 Liberal $10,000

North Central WV Tea Party   $0 Conservative $0

North Dakota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Northeast for Workers & Economic Development   $0 $0

Occupy Obamacare   $0 Conservative $0

Occupy Politics   $0 Liberal $0

Ohio Families United   $0 Liberal $38,014

Ohio Horse Assn   $0 $0

Ohio State Tea Party   $0 Conservative $0

Ohioans for Opportunity   $0 Conservative $0

Oil Field Union Local 5150   $0 $0

Oklahoma Forward   $0 Liberal $0

Oklahoma Horse Assn   $0 $0

OKPAC   $0 $0

One America Fund   $0 Conservative $0

One Tax Initiative   $0 $0

One Voice of Many Independent Expenditure PAC   $0 $200

Opportunity for All   $0 $0

Oregon Horse Assn   $0 $0

Organizing for Progress   $0 $2,020

Our Country Our Voice   $0 $0

Our Destiny PAC   $0 Conservative $0

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PA Victory Fund   $0 $0

PAC Your Bong   $0 $0

Painters & Allied Trades District Council 50   $0 Liberal $0

Palmetto Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Parents for a Brighter Future   $0 $0

Pass the Torch   $0 $455

Patriot Majority   $0 Liberal $65,250

Patriot Next Super PAC   $0 $0

Patriots Against Tax Tyrants   $0 Conservative $0

Patriots for a Better America   $0 $690

Patriots for Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Patriots Fund   $0 Conservative $80

Peaceful Americans Against War Violence   $0 $0

Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Pennsylvania Horse Assn   $0 $0

Pennsylvania Prosperity   $0 $0

People's Majority   $0 Conservative $75,270

People's Super PAC   $0 $0

Pep Rally   $0 $0

Playoff PAC   $0 $0

Pledge 26 - Americans for Safe Schools   $0 $0

Polish American Leadership PAC   $0 $141,290

Political Action Cartoons   $0 $0

Political Progress   $0 $0

Political Super PAC   $0 $0

Politics Reimagined   $0 $50,617

Positive Volition   $0 $0

Preserve America's Future   $0 $25,168

Pride of America   $0 $0

Principled Leadership Fund   $0 $51,300

Priorities USA Action   $0 Liberal $360,199

Pro-Jobs Pro-Kentucky   $0 $0

Progress Connecticut   $0 Liberal $220

Progress for American Indians Blacks & Hispanics   $0 $0

Progress for Washington   $0 Liberal $0

Progress Kentucky   $0 $14,718

Progressing Our Liberties   $0 $116

Prog Ctzns United Changing Am's Marijuana Policies   $0 $100

Progressive Colorado PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Progressive Independent Cmte   $0 Liberal $0

Progressives for Prosperity   $0 Liberal $0

ProgressOhio   $0 Liberal $0

Project 51   $0 $10,100

ProjectXXAct   $0 $450

Proper Role of Government Action Fund   $0 Conservative $2,353

Prosperity First   $0 Conservative $612

Prosperity for Michigan   $0 Conservative $0

Prosperity USA   $0 $0

Protect Alaska's Future   $0 $0

Protect America Today   $0 Conservative $10,623

Protect Our Schools Fund   $0 Conservative $2,000

Protect the Harvest PAC   $0 $0

Protecting America's Retirees   $0 Liberal $0

Protecting Choice in California   $0 Liberal $7,084

Protecting Our Vote   $0 Liberal $0

Public Interest PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Puppet PAC   $0 $0

Purple PAC   $0 $576,145

Putting America First   $0 Conservative $0

Racine Tea Party   $0 Conservative $304

Racism Hurts   $0 $0

Rahway Moves Forward   $0 $1,000

Raising Red   $0 Conservative $2,906

Rand PAC 2016   $0 $1,328

Raptors for Jesus   $0 $0

Rauhmel Fox is for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Reach Liberty   $0 $0

Reaching Stars - Securing Our Future   $0 $0

Ready for Christie PAC   $0 Conservative $334

Real Conservatives National Cmte   $0 $55,553

Real Conservatives US   $0 $1,504

Rebuild Ohio   $0 Liberal $160,000

Reclaiming Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $18,075

Red States Victory Super PAC   $0 $0

Refresh America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Regular Folks of the Range   $0 $0

Renew Delaware   $0 Conservative $0

Renew Our Hope   $0 $0

Renew USA PAC   $0 $0

Representative America   $0 $0

Representing Reality   $0 $0

Republican Attorneys General Assn   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Jewish Coalition Victory Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Truth Squad   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Union PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Women Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Youth for a Conservative Tomorrow   $0 $0

Republicans for Immigration Reform   $0 $307,545

Rescue the Senate   $0 $16,238

Resounding Books PAC   $0 $5,581

Restart Congress   $0 Conservative $495

Restore America's Voice   $0 Conservative $2,269,392

Restore American Labor Force   $0 $0

Restore Bankng Rules   $0 $0

Restore New England   $0 $150

Restore Our America   $0 Conservative $0

Restore Our Country Super PAC   $0 $0

Restore Our Future   $0 Conservative $700,645

Restore Our Hope   $0 $0

Restore Our Republic   $0 $136,358

Restore Trust in City Hall   $0 $0

Restoring America   $0 Conservative $65,653

Restoring Arizona's Integrity   $0 Conservative $0

Rethink PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Revitalize America   $0 $0

RGA Right Direction   $0 Conservative $2,077,109

Rhode Island Horse Assn   $0 $0

Right Focus   $0 Conservative $185

Right Tax Inc   $0 $0

Rock the Red PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Friends of Bartlett   $0 Conservative $0

Romney's Dog House   $0 $0

Ron Paul Volunteers   $0 Conservative $0

Russia Watch   $0 $0

Saberpac.org   $0 $1,445

Safe Nation PAC   $0 Conservative $0

San Diegans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Santa Rita Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Saving Florida's Future   $0 Liberal $0

Science!   $0 $0

Scientific Advancement for America   $0 $0

Secretive Politics   $0 $0

Secure America's Borders   $0 $0

Securing Our Schools   $0 $0

Select Our America   $0 $0

SenatePAC   $0 $11,337

SHH PAC   $0 $150

Sierra Club Independent Action   $0 Liberal $21,318

Silicon Valley Super PAC   $0 $0

Single Subject Amendment   $0 $6,330

Singularity   $0 $0

Slam Dunks, Fireworks & Eagles   $0 $0

Small Business - Backbone of America   $0 $0

Small Business Political Alliance   $0 Conservative $900

Small Business Super PAC   $0 $0

SmallBizAdvocates.org   $0 $0

Smart Cannabis Reform   $0 $0

Softer Voices   $0 Conservative $0

Soldier PAC   $0 $0

Solutions 2012   $0 Conservative $0

Sons of Liberty for this Generation   $0 Conservative $0

SOS for Democracy   $0 Liberal $0

SOS4SOS PAC   $0 Conservative $1,100

Sound from the Ground   $0 $425

South Carolina Horse Assn   $0 $0

South Dakota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Sovereignty Matters   $0 $0

Soy Americano   $0 $0

Space PAC   $0 $0

Speak Out For America   $0 Conservative $0

Special Corp for Ethics & Justice in America   $0 $0

Special Corporation for Ethics/Justice in America   $0 $0

SpeechNow.org   $0 Conservative $0

Spend Smart America   $0 $0

Spirit of America Solutions   $0 Conservative $0

Stand with America   $0 Conservative $0

Standing for Liberty   $0 $0

Standing for Wisconsin Families   $0 $75

StandLouder.com PAC   $0 $0

Start Up America Super PAC   $0 $0

Steadman Group   $0 $0

Stem Super PAC   $0 $0

Stop Iran   $0 Conservative $0

Stop North Korea   $0 $0

Stop Public Unions Now   $0 Conservative $542

Strategy for America's Future   $0 $0

Strong America Now   $0 Conservative $40

Strong Economy for Massachusetts   $0 Conservative $21

Strong Philippines Movement   $0 $0

Strong Utah   $0 Conservative $0

Stronger Together   $0 Liberal $0

Student Network for Action & Progress   $0 Liberal $354

Student Super PAC   $0 $0

Student Voice Project   $0 $0

Students for Progress   $0 $80

Students, Mothers & Concerned Citizens   $0 $0

Suburban Voters for Choice   $0 Liberal $0

Sunny Isles PAC   $0 $0

Super 6 PAC   $0 $0

Super Ninja PAC   $0 $0

Super PAC for America   $0 Conservative $60,897

Super PAC for Change   $0 $0

Super PAC for the of America   $0 $0

Super PAC for Women   $0 $0

Super PAC Parties   $0 $1,000

Super Women PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Takeover Super PAC   $0 Conservative $14,983

Talkin' Smack PAC   $0 $0

TEA PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Tea Party Army   $0 Conservative $9,128

Teamsters Education & Mobilization   $0 $57,538

Tennessee Horse Assn   $0 $0

Texans for America's Future   $0 Liberal $23,681

Texans Restoring Ethical Governance   $0 $0

Texas Aggies for Perry 2012   $0 Conservative $0

Texas America 21st Century PAC   $0 Liberal $25

Texas Bow Tie PAC   $0 $0

Texas Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Texas for All   $0 $0

Texas Frontier PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Texas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC   $0 Conservative $87,918

Thank You Citizens United!   $0 $0

The American Worker   $0 Liberal $60,000

The Edvengers   $0 $0

The People's Agenda   $0 $0

The People's Voice Super PAC   $0 $0

Tipping Point   $0 Conservative $0

Today & Our Future   $0 $0

Together We Thrive   $0 $0

Towards a Greener America   $0 $0

Transparency Now   $0 $0

Treasure Coast Jobs Coalition   $0 Conservative $51,555

Trinity PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Triple Crown Project   $0 Conservative $0

True Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Trust In Small Business   $0 Conservative $1,600

Truth for Citizens   $0 $0

TTBO Super PAC   $0 $0

Turn Georgia Blue   $0 Liberal $0

Turn Right USA   $0 Conservative $0

Turn Texas Blue PAC   $0 $0

Twelve Is Enough Super PAC   $0 $8,467

UAW Education Fund   $0 Liberal $50,000

United Food & Commercial Workers Advcy   $0 Liberal $8,073

United Interest Group   $0 $0

United We Stand Super PAC   $0 $0

United Workers PAC   $0 $2,271

Unity Convention 2012   $0 Liberal $0

Unlimited Funding for America   $0 $0

Unlocking Potential PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Urban Progress PAC   $0 $0

Urban Works USA   $0 $0

US Airline Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Automotice Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Banking Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Capitalism Preservation Fund   $0 $0

US Congress Victory Fund   $0 $0

US Congressional Majority Fund   $0 $0

US Crossroads Super PAC   $0 $0

US Entertainment Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Film Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Financial Services Industry   $0 $0

US Food Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US for Everyone   $0 Conservative $0

US for Liberty   $0 $0

US Healthcare Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Hedge Fund Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Hotel Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Insurance Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Investment Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Israel Friendship PAC   $0 Liberal $1

US Lobbying Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Maritime Undustry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Music Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Political Strategies Fund   $0 $0

US Private Equity Undustry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Real Estate Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Retail Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Senate Majority Fund   $0 $0

US Senate Victory Fund   $0 $0

US Sports Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US States Venture Capital Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Telecommunications Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Tourism Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Transportation Technology & Energy   $0 $0

US Wealth Management Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

USA China Friendship   $0 $0

USA Moving Forward   $0 $0

USA PAC   $0 Conservative $4,900

USA Progress   $0 $0

USA Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

USW Works   $0 $2,034,350

Utah Horse Assn   $0 $0

UTE PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Utility Workers Union of America   $0 Liberal $5,000

Vermont Horse Assn   $0 $0

Veterans & Law Enforcement For Ethical Leadership   $0 $0

Veterans for a Strong America Action   $0 Conservative $0

Veterans for America   $0 $1,500

Veterans for Congress   $0 $0

Veterans for Liberty Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

VFA PAC   $0 $8,000

Virginia Family Values PAC   $0 Liberal $2,495

Virginia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Virginia Vision Action PAC   $0 $0

Voice of Freedom Super PAC   $0 Conservative $380

Voices for Our Generation   $0 $0

Vote for the Other Guy   $0 $0

Vote Out Incumbents for Democracy   $0 Conservative $358

Vote Them Out 2014   $0 $0

Vote Your Values   $0 Liberal $554

Voteblue   $0 Liberal $0

VOTECLIMATE.US PAC   $0 $16,240

Voter Information Network Super PAC   $0 $20,003

Voters for Common Sense   $0 $0

Vril Society Global Reach   $0 $0

Washington 180   $0 $0

Washington Horse Assn   $0 $0

We Are Change   $0 $0

We Are Kentucky supports Grimes $0 Liberal $293,000

We Are the 99% Movement   $0 Liberal $0

We Believe USA   $0 $0

We Can Change America Super PAC   $0 $0

We Can Do Better   $0 $0

We Can Do Better PAC   $0 $50,000

We Can Together   $0 $0

We Just Want Colbert to Come to Our College   $0 $44

We Served America   $0 Liberal $815

We the PAC   $0 $0

We the People   $0 Liberal $200

We the People for a Constitutional America   $0 $0

We Vote - Nosotros Votamos   $0 Liberal $7,525

We Will Be Heard   $0 $0

We're Not Going Back   $0 Liberal $0

West Hollywood/Bev Hills Stonewall Dems   $0 Liberal $0

West Virginia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Vest Virginians for Common Sense   $0 $0

Why Not ZoidPAC?   $0 $6

Why Vote   $0 $0

Win Minnesota Federal PAC   $0 $581,500

Win Wisconsin   $0 $0

Winning Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Winning Our Future   $0 Conservative $2,570

Winning Our Liberty & Future   $0 $0

Winning Women   $0 $5,602

Wisconsin Horse Assn   $0 $0

Wisdom Justice Moderation Fund   $0 $0

WOLF PAC   $0 Liberal $196,047

Women on the Move PAC   $0 $0

Women United   $0 $0

Women's Leadership Conference   $0 $0

Workers Issues Network   $0 $0

Working Class Georgia   $0 Liberal $0

WRAG PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Wyoming Horse Assn   $0 $0

Wyoming's Own supports Enzi $0 Conservative $59,000

X-Fund   $0 $0

Yesterday's Optimism Unto the Next Generation PAC   $0 $981

YG Action Fund   $0 Conservative $344,160

Young Americans for Rational Politics   $0 $0

Young Voters   $0 Conservative $0

Zombies of Tomorrow   $0 $0

Florida Freedom PAC   $-750 Liberal $89,761

Based on data released by the FEC on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.Senate Majority PAC   $18,043,601 Liberal $28,316,315

Club for Growth Action   $5,394,277 Conservative $6,211,925

House Majority PAC   $4,077,440 Liberal $15,194,581

American Crossroads   $3,861,365 Conservative $11,068,972

Independence USA PAC   $2,970,014 Liberal $6,197,700

Ending Spending Fund   $2,796,483 Conservative $3,696,929

Kentuckians for Strong Leadership supports McConnell $2,448,318 Conservative $3,329,645

Put Alaska First PAC supports Begich $2,293,811 Liberal $790,500

Values Are Vital opposes Radel $2,138,031 Conservative $2,112,000

Senate Conservatives Action   $2,108,298 Conservative $2,366,182

Mississippi Conservatives supports Cochran $1,812,148 Conservative $2,162,143

Service Employees International Union   $1,727,059 Liberal $2,598,861

Women Vote!   $1,544,809 Liberal $2,623,741

Freedomworks for America   $1,364,265 Conservative $2,582,922

National Assn of Realtors   $1,355,950 $4,157,787

Americans For Common Sense supports Zeldin $1,330,496 Conservative $867,025

Americans for Progressive Action supports Gomez $1,326,826 Conservative $1,701,311

Liberty & Leadership Fund supports Benacquisto $1,117,981 Conservative $549,569

Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund   $1,097,470 Conservative $9,857,176

CE Action Cmte   $1,077,013 Liberal $1,972,892

Government Integrity Fund Action Network   $1,047,880 Conservative $1,055,000

Citizens for a Working America PAC   $1,031,000 Conservative $1,035,000

League of Conservation Voters   $799,744 Liberal $1,844,867

American Unity PAC   $714,208 Conservative $3,429,015

American Principles Fund   $634,983 Conservative $968,824

Defending Main Street   $606,818 Conservative $876,773

Mobilization Project supports Booker $532,445 Liberal $577,564

New Republican PAC   $507,078 Conservative $1,146,099

Southern Conservatives Fund supports Kingston $492,000 Conservative $0

American Dental Assn   $465,679 $153,500

Americas PAC   $406,898 Conservative $450,000

Special Operations for America   $373,738 Conservative $1,951,594

New York 2014   $372,266 Conservative $410,000

Freedom Pioneers Action Network   $345,293 Conservative $60,216

Building a Better PA   $342,500 Liberal $0

Now or Never PAC   $293,326 Conservative $5,621

American Heartland PAC supports Ernst $246,503 Conservative $205,000

New Hampshire Priorities supports Innis $226,475 Conservative $174,025

US Jobs Council   $215,500 Conservative $210,000

Grow NC Strong supports Tillis $199,410 Conservative $224,010

American Commitment Action Fund   $191,087 Conservative $205,227

West Main Street Values supports Graham $178,107 Conservative $422,471

Patriot Prosperity PAC   $176,987 Conservative $28

Keep Conservatives United   $173,071 Conservative $153,750

Spirit of Democracy America   $152,392 Conservative $181,375

Pure PAC opposes Peters $151,503 Conservative $155,000

Alaska's Energy / America's Values supports Sullivan $151,482 Conservative $155,100

Ninety Nine Percent supports Lynch $149,855 Liberal $255,250

NextGen Climate Action Cmte   $145,684 Liberal $16,882,175

Planned Parenthood Votes   $144,420 Liberal $2,632,745

Madison Action Fund   $134,807 Conservative $175,450

Working for Us PAC   $123,358 Liberal $0

Democracy Values Fund supports Turner $121,836 Conservative $135,000

Faith Family Freedom Fund   $107,387 Conservative $19,268

A Bright Future   $106,750 $109,980

Responsible Leadership For America supports Jorgensen $106,634 Conservative $195,575

America's Next Generation   $106,132 Conservative $740,003

Progressive Kick   $105,210 Liberal $277,439

Hometown Freedom Action Network   $90,000 Conservative $0

Cmte for a Better Massachusetts supports Gomez $83,326 Conservative $95,700

Big Sky Freedom Fund supports Stapleton $83,090 Conservative $90,000

Freedom Frontier Action Network supports Mooney $82,253 Conservative $90,065

Women Speak Out PAC   $80,681 Conservative $450,015

American Jobs Council   $76,623 Conservative $85,100

Ensuring a Conservative Nebraska supports Osborn $70,900 Conservative $100,000

Empower Nebraska   $67,080 Conservative $106,225

Kansans for Responsible Government   $63,367 $0

Our Voice PAC   $62,559 Conservative $186,149

New Prosperity Foundation   $53,000 Conservative $189,026

Women Lead PAC   $50,784 $208,469

Committee to Elect a Progressive Congress supports Sciortino $49,473 Liberal $57,500

Civic Innovation USA   $48,944 $116,373

Principled Conservatives of Colorado   $48,511 Conservative $0

CREDO Mobile Super PAC   $44,318 Liberal $386,748

Leadership America PAC   $43,823 Liberal $68,795

New Hampshire PAC to Save America   $41,366 Conservative $0

Working for Working Americans   $40,819 Liberal $4,580,208

Vote to Reduce Debt   $40,000 Conservative $0

LetsAllVote.org   $39,860 Conservative $0

AFL-CIO Workers' Voices PAC   $37,591 Liberal $5,241,249

Concerned American Voters   $35,024 Conservative $1,000

Conservatives Acting Together PAC   $33,254 Conservative $22,950

Blue America PAC IE Cmte   $32,547 Liberal $12,020

Progressive USA   $32,381 Liberal $46,572

America's Liberty PAC   $32,091 Conservative $275,089

Campaign for American Values   $28,517 Conservative $167,787

Republican Super PAC   $20,736 Conservative $31,000

Antelope Valley Taxpayers Assn   $20,622 $0

National Right to Life Victory Fund   $16,020 Conservative $399,645

South Forward IE PAC   $16,003 Liberal $53,612

Opportunity Alliance PAC   $15,000 $0

Conservative Strikeforce Super PAC supports Smith $12,294 Conservative $16,407

Coastal Conservative Fund   $11,925 Conservative $30,000

Carolina Patriot Alliance   $11,500 Conservative $20,000

Environmental Majority   $9,121 Liberal $70,931

NEA Advocacy Fund   $8,874 Liberal $5,319,546

Gem State Prosperity Fund supports Simpson $8,700 Conservative $108,000

Human Action Super PAC supports Paul $8,388 Conservative $15,148

Citizens for Responsible Leadership supports Matheny $8,182 Conservative $0

18-29 PAC   $7,000 Conservative $15,022

If He Votes Like That in Salem opposes Conger $6,860 Conservative $106,000

New House Independent Expenditure Cmte   $6,771 Liberal $34,628

Prescription for America's Future   $6,425 Conservative $5,000

CatholicVote.org   $5,836 Conservative $70,845

Revive America PAC   $5,300 Conservative $148,134

America 360 Cmte   $5,000 Conservative $0

We Deserve Better   $3,900 Conservative $0

FedUp PAC   $3,900 Conservative $0

Cowboy PAC supports Cheney $3,590 Conservative $38,500

Our America Inc   $715 Conservative $3,000

United Mine Workers of America Power PAC   $374 Liberal $0

Courage Campaign Super PAC   $120 Liberal $22,745

Human Rights Campaign Equality Votes   $50 Liberal $5,280

Coalition for Kentucky Job Creation   $0 $0

Preserve the Constitution PAC   $0 $0

Time for Hillary   $0 Liberal $0

Campaigning For Justice   $0 $0

Game Changer PAC   $0 $0

A Kinda Sorta Better America Soon   $0 $0

Wolfheel PAC supports Hagan $0 Liberal $0

Term Limits March   $0 $0

DGA Action Individual   $0 Liberal $0

Bitcoin Voters PAC   $0 $0

Christians for   $0 Conservative $0

Free Market Victory Fund   $0 $0

Prokids PAC   $0 $0

Right Turn Hawaii   $0 Conservative $0

Cmte to Elect 51   $0 Conservative $0

Americans in Action   $0 $0

Victory California   $0 $0

Go Mississippi   $0 Conservative $0

Gulf Coast Conservatives   $0 Conservative $0

Carolinians for Common Sense Solutions   $0 $0

We Vote Project   $0 $0

Mallot-One Alaska PAC   $0 $0

Voices for Our Generation   $0 $0

Heartland Campaign Fund opposes Franken $0 Liberal $0

America for Technocratic Action   $0 $0

Worker's Voice (OPEIU)   $0 Liberal $0

Georgia Women Vote! supports Nunn $0 Liberal $0

Fund for Economic Prosperity Action   $0 Conservative $0

Impact America Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Unitas Inc   $0 $0

For Our America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Ocean Majority PAC   $0 $0

North Carolina Golden Crescent Fund   $0 $0

Young Conservatives of America   $0 Conservative $0

Enough is Enough PAC   $0 $0

Jayhawk - Wildcat Fund- Action Network   $0 $0

Montanans for Limited Government   $0 Conservative $35,000

Detroit Forward-Federal   $0 $0

American Opportunity PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Urban Prosperity   $0 $0

Climate Hawks Vote   $0 $0

Jobs for Harlem   $0 $100

Just Say No To Hillary PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Dick Morris' Just Say no to Hillary PAC   $0 Conservative $0

West Virginians for Results   $0 $0

True Louisiana Leadership PAC   $0 $0

Capitalist PAC   $0 $0

Majority Rules PAC   $0 $0

Women for a Strong America   $0 $0

R2BNation Super PAC   $0 $0

Big Data PAC   $0 $0

Empower Central Valley   $0 Conservative $0

Families for Liberty   $0 $0

10 ^ 9+   $0 $0

1911 United   $0 Liberal $20,808

420PAC.ORG   $0 $0

50 State Strategy   $0 Liberal $6,757

77 Million Republicans Fund   $0 $441

9-9-9 FUND   $0 Conservative $0

A Cantor Out of Tune   $0 $0

A Promise to Our Children   $0 Conservative $0

A Responsible Future   $0 $0

A Super PAC for Hire   $0 $40

Abamcis Securing the Second Amendment for America   $0 $0

Abbey Road   $0 $0

Abolish Recalls   $0 $0

Accomplish Our Mission   $0 Conservative $0

Accountability 2010   $0 Liberal $0

Accountability Coalition   $0 $0

Accountability Project   $0 $0

Action4Liberty   $0 Conservative $13,691

Adelante Boricua   $0 $0

Advancing Freedom Action Network   $0 $25,000

Advancing International Relations   $0 $0

Affordable Health Care for America   $0 $0

African American Super PAC   $0 $0

Agnst Americans/do not Recycle/Misspell Bengazi   $0 $0

Akyumen Society   $0 $0

Alabama Democratic Majority   $0 $18,599

Alabama Horse Assn   $0 $0

Alaska Horse Assn   $0 $0

Alaska SalmonPAC   $0 $0

Alaskans Standing Together   $0 Conservative $0

All Citizens for Mississippi supports Cochran $0 Conservative $0

Allete Inc   $0 $38,834

Alliance for A Better Minnesota   $0 Liberal $0

Alliance for the Next Generation   $0 $7,500

America 365   $0 $0

America Forever   $0 $0

America Friendship   $0 $0

America Matters   $0 $0

America on the Move   $0 Conservative $0

America Shining   $0 Liberal $10

America Unleashed Super PAC   $0 Conservative $50,000

America Votes Action Fund   $0 Liberal $420,725

America's Families First Action Fund   $0 Liberal $0

America's Road Ahead Fund   $0 Conservative $21,940

America's Shared Values   $0 $2,560

America's Super PAC/Eliminatn/America's Super PACs   $0 $0

American Alliance for Africa   $0 $0

American Bridge 21st Century   $0 Liberal $8,547,456

American Citizens of Modest Means   $0 $0

American Civil Rights Protection Super PAC   $0 $0

American Conservative Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

American Conservative Union Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

American Crosswords   $0 $0

American Dreams for Economic Development Super PAC   $0 $0

American Electoral College Super PAC   $0 $0

American Federation of Govt Employees   $0 Liberal $496,093

American Foundations Cmte   $0 Conservative $82,500

American Freedom Super PAC   $0 $0

American Horse Assn   $0 $0

American Human Rights Defense Super PAC   $0 $0

American Jobs & Growth Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

American Latino Alliance   $0 $0

American LeadHERship PAC   $0 $117,991

American League of Charitable Organizations   $0 $0

American Legacy Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

American Liberty PAC   $0 $87,820

American Middle Class Causes Super PAC   $0 $0

American Nurses Assn   $0 Liberal $0

American People Today   $0 $0

American Principles Super PAC   $0 Conservative $25

American Priorities Joint Fundraising Committee   $0 Liberal $0

American Priorities Super PAC   $0 $0

American Sunrise   $0 Liberal $1,177

American Tiger PAC   $0 $0

American Tomorrow   $0 $0

American Values   $0 Liberal $0

American Values Coalition   $0 Liberal $500

American Veto   $0 $0

American Way Foundation Cmte   $0 $0

American Wild Horse & Burro Assn   $0 $0

American Working Families   $0 Liberal $1,237,988

Americans for a Greater Voice   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Future   $0 Liberal $330,100

Americans for a Better Prosperity Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Tomorrow Period   $0 $0

Americans for a Better Tomorrow Today   $0 Liberal $0

Americans for a Good Presidential Choice Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for a Strong National Defense   $0 $0

Americans for a Stronger Economy PAC   $0 $0

Americans for Accountability in Leadership   $0 Conservative $2,146

Americans for Affordable Housing   $0 $0

Americans for America   $0 $0

Americans for America PAC   $0 $750

Americans for Cannabis Reform   $0 $0

Americans for Conservative Leadership   $0 $0

Americans for Excellence in Public Education   $0 $0

Americans for Fairness & Security PAC   $0 $4,355

Americans for Flat & Fair Tax Equality   $0 $0

Americans for Freedom & Progress   $0 $0

Americans for Gary Johnson   $0 $0

Americans for Growth, Opportunity & Prosperity   $0 Conservative $21,500

Americans for Liberty   $0 $1,137

Americans for Logic   $0 $0

Americans for Marco Rubio Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Americans for More Rhombus   $0 $0

Americans for New Leadership   $0 Conservative $0

Americans for New Leadership in America Super PAC   $0 $0

Americans for Posterity   $0 $0

Americans for Prison Reform   $0 $0

Americans for Real Change   $0 $0

Americans for Responsible Solutions   $0 $15,042,992

Americans for Rick Perry   $0 Conservative $380

Americans for Solutions   $0 $0

Americans for Tax Reform PAC   $0 Conservative $87,950

Americans for the Conservation of Liberty   $0 $0

Americans for the Protection of Life   $0 Conservative $100

Americans for the Win Tomorrow   $0 $0

Americans United for a Stronger Economy   $0 $0

Americans Wanting Truth in Politics   $0 Conservative $0

AmericaRisingPAC.org   $0 $820,114

Amigos PAC   $0 $0

AntiSuperPAC   $0 $0

Arguemax.com   $0 Conservative $0

Arizona Grassroots Action PAC   $0 Conservative $50,000

Arizona Horse Assn   $0 $0

Arizonans for Jobs   $0 Conservative $240

Arkansas Horizon supports Cotton $0 Conservative $98,000

Arkansas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Article II Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Asian American Super PAC   $0 $0

Asian Americans for Peace & Prosperity   $0 $0

Autism Super PAC   $0 $0

Battleground Texas   $0 $3,114,151

Bearded Entrepreneurs for Advacement/Resp Democ   $0 $52

Bears for a Bearable Tomorrow   $0 $0

Because We Can PAC   $0 $0

Believe in America   $0 $0

Benghazi Truth PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Better Tomorrow   $0 $0

Bipartisanship is Good PAC   $0 $0

Bitcoin Super PAC   $0 $100

Black Men Vote   $0 Liberal $0

Blue Pelican PAC supports Landrieu $0 Liberal $10,010

Blue South   $0 Liberal $55

Blue South Project Super PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Blue States Victory Super PAC   $0 $0

Bluegrass Rural PAC   $0 Liberal $5,240

Bluegrass Votes   $0 $0

Blyth America   $0 $0

Brady Bunch PAC   $0 Liberal $0

BRAT PAC   $0 $0

Brighter Future Fund   $0 Conservative $100

Bringin' Sexy PAC   $0 $0

Bucket Tea Party   $0 Liberal $0

Build the Keystone Pipeline   $0 Conservative $0

Building a Better Bluegrass   $0 $0

Business Owners for Obama   $0 $30

CADET   $0 $0

Cain Connections PAC   $0 Conservative $89,219

Cal Voters for Honest Government supports Baca $0 Liberal $5,100

California Assn of Physician Groups   $0 $1,802

California Conservative PAC   $0 Conservative $0

California for Liberty   $0 $20

California Horse Assn   $0 $0

California Republican Assembly   $0 Conservative $0

Californians for a Stronger America   $0 Conservative $0

Californians for Water Conservation   $0 $0

Californians/Fiscally Conservative Ldshp   $0 Conservative $1

Cambodian-Americans PAC   $0 $0

Campaign for Primary Accountability   $0 $41,166

Carmen's List   $0 Liberal $0

Carolina Conservatives United   $0 Conservative $0

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Catholics for Common Sense   $0 $0

Cats For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

CAUSE PAC   $0 Liberal $0

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Central Valley PAC   $0 $500

ChallengeDC   $0 Conservative $0

Champions for Change   $0 Conservative $7,575

Character Counts   $0 Conservative $0

China Watch   $0 $0

Choose Your Movement   $0 $0

Christian Super PAC   $0 $0

Christianity in Action   $0 $0

Christians for a Change   $0 Liberal $500

Christine PAC   $0 Conservative $89,351

Citizen Legislature Act   $0 $0

Citizens Advancing Oklahoma   $0 $0

Citizens Against Super PACs   $0 $0

Citizens Alliance for Better Candidates   $0 $0

Citizens Benighted   $0 $0

Citizens for America's Future   $0 $20

Citizens for Better Cities   $0 $23,458

Citizens for Conservative Leadership   $0 Conservative $255,000

Citizens for Economic & National Security   $0 Conservative $0

Citizens for Ethics in Government   $0 Liberal $277

Citizens for Good Government   $0 $540

Citizens for Immigration Justice   $0 $0

Citizens for Prosperity & Good Government   $0 Conservative $0

Citizens for Responsible Government   $0 $0

Citizens for Strength & Security   $0 Liberal $0

Citizens Protest Non Profit   $0 Liberal $0

Citizens to Save America   $0 $7,308

Citizens United for Educaiton   $0 $3,950

Citizens United Super PAC   $0 Conservative $1,500

Civil Liberties Assault Fund   $0 $12,515

Civil Liberty United   $0 $0

CleanSlateNow.org   $0 $24,571

Clear the Way   $0 $0

Cmte for a New Start in the Right Direction   $0 $67

Committee for Economic Growth & Social Justice   $0 $278,409

Cmte for Justice & Fairness   $0 Liberal $0

Cmte for the Re-Election of the President   $0 $0

Committee to Protect America's Allies   $0 $0

Coalition for American Values   $0 Conservative $1,720

Coalition for Women's Economic Development   $0 $0

Coalition of Americans for Political Equality   $0 Conservative $0

College Students for a Better America   $0 $0

Colorado Future Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Colorado Horse Assn   $0 $0

Common Sense Conservative Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Common Sense For Americans PAC   $0 $0

Communications Workers of America   $0 Liberal $550,000

Community Coalition   $0 $0

Concerned Taxpayers of America   $0 Conservative $2,500

Concerned Voters for the Arts   $0 $0

Congressional Leadership Fund   $0 Conservative $1,319,028

Connecticut Horse Assn   $0 $0

Connecticut Taxpayers Alliance   $0 $0

Connecticut's Future PAC   $0 Liberal $5,292

Conservative Action Cmte   $0 Conservative $1,470

Conservative Action Network   $0 Conservative $1,669

Conservative Media Action Cmte   $0 Conservative $36

Conservative Renewal   $0 Conservative $2,550

Conservative Solutions PAC   $0 Conservative $10,100

Conservative Values Project   $0 Conservative $4,199

Conservative Victory Project   $0 Conservative $18,673

Conservative Warchest PAC   $0 Conservative $7,050

Conservatives for Coal   $0 Conservative $0

Conservatives for Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Constitutional PAC   $0 $0

Cooperative of American Physicians   $0 $2,005,348

Core Values PAC   $0 $0

Crescent City Super PAC   $0 $0

Crossroads Generation   $0 Conservative $52,836

Crush Graham Cracker PAC   $0 Liberal $2,694

CT Black Republicans & Conservatives   $0 Conservative $0

Damian Palmer & Jack Pilgrim for a Better America   $0 $0

Davis Advisory Group   $0 $0

Defeat Hillary Super PAC   $0 $0

Defend Our Homes   $0 Liberal $0

Defenders of the Republic   $0 $1,243

Defenders of Wildlife Action Cmte   $0 Liberal $350

Defending Our Values   $0 $0

Delaware Horse Assn   $0 $0

Delta Diamond PAC supports Pryor $0 Liberal $3,000

Democracy Demands   $0 $0

Democracy Stewards   $0 $0

Democrats Against the Re-Election of Barack Obama   $0 $0

Democrats Unlimited   $0 $0

Detroiters Vote   $0 $150

DGA Action   $0 Liberal $10,028,192

Direct Selling Empowers Americans   $0 $0

Disabled Citizens United   $0 $0

Disassembly Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

DogPAC   $0 Liberal $1,496

Don't Drink the Tea Party   $0 $0

Downtown for Democracy   $0 Liberal $0

Draft Bernie   $0 Liberal $3,538

Draft Ted Cruz for President   $0 Conservative $27,656

Dread Scott Super PAC   $0 $0

Eastgate Victory   $0 $36,949

Economic Innovation Action Fund   $0 Liberal $0

Economic Strategy Group   $0 $0

Elect a New Congress   $0 $19,200

Emergency Cmte for Israel   $0 Conservative $0

Emerges.Com PAC   $0 $1,600

Empower Citizens Network   $0 Conservative $50,900

Empower Iowa   $0 Conservative $0

EmpowerMN.org   $0 Conservative $18,136

EmpowerWI.org   $0 Conservative $5,010

End Gridlock PAC   $0 $675,005

End the Gridlock   $0 Liberal $9,058

Endorse Liberty   $0 Conservative $25

Energize PAC   $0 $0

Engage Nevada Action   $0 $25,000

Environment America Action Fund   $0 Liberal $35,500

Environment Colorado Action Cmte   $0 Liberal $0

Environmental Action PAC   $0 $134,329

Equality for All   $0 $0

Excellence in Government PAC   $0 $520

Export USA Now   $0 $0

Exposing Marxists PAC   $0 $0

Extremely R Republicans   $0 $0

Fair Share Action   $0 Liberal $11,088

Farm Bureau PAC   $0 Conservative $450

Fat Old Man PAC   $0 $0

Faux News Super PAC   $0 $0

Fight for the Dream   $0 Conservative $0

Fight for Tomorrow   $0 $376,013

FightBigotry.com   $0 $0

Fightin' 9th PAC   $0 $0

First in Science PAC   $0 $0

FirstPAC for Political Freedom   $0 $1,837

Fiscal Advocacy Fund   $0 $100

Fix America Super PAC   $0 $0

Florida Horse Assn   $0 $0

Flyover Super PAC   $0 $0

Forest Landowners Super PAC   $0 $0

Forward Massachusetts   $0 $0

Forward United Campaign Cmte   $0 $0

Foundation for a Greater America   $0 $23,159

Fraternity for All Super PAC   $0 $0

Free Enterprise Leadership Initiative   $0 $199

Freedom & Liberty PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom & Opportunity PAC   $0 Conservative $4,089

Freedom Born Fund   $0 Conservative $317

Freedom Fund for America's Future   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Fund of North America   $0 $5,908

Freedom of Web   $0 $0

Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Partners Action Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Path Action Network   $0 Conservative $106

Freedom Plains Action Network   $0 Conservative $0

Freedom Trail Action Network   $0 Conservative $65

Freedom's Frontier supports Treadwell $0 Conservative $800

Friends for a Democratic White House   $0 Liberal $0

Friends for Democracy in Libya   $0 $0

Friends of the Majority   $0 Conservative $0

Friends of Traditional Banking   $0 $70,390

Friends United   $0 Liberal $0

Full Time America   $0 $0

Fund for Louisiana's Future supports Vitter $0 Conservative $1,667,073

Fund for Positive Liberty   $0 $10

Garden State Liberty   $0 $3,133

Gates of Learning   $0 $0

Geaux PAC   $0 $130

General Elector   $0 $0

Genesis 1213   $0 $0

Georgia Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Georgia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Georgians Together supports Nunn $0 Liberal $40,000

Get Out The Vote PAC - (GOTV PAC)   $0 $0

Global Democratic PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Global Grand Challenges   $0 $0

Go Forward America Super PAC   $0 $0

Goal WestPAC   $0 $70,944

Grand Old Principles   $0 $0

Grassroots Action PAC   $0 $0

Grassroots for Liberty   $0 Conservative $0

Great American Super PAC   $0 $0

Great Lakes Super PAC   $0 $0

Green Home Relief   $0 $0

Grow PAC   $0 Conservative $2,891

Grow WV   $0 $0

Guardians of Democracy   $0 $0

Gulfstream America Super PAC   $0 $0

Hall & Oates Fans for America   $0 $0

Haphak America   $0 $795

HappyPAC   $0 $39

Hardworking Americans Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Harrison County WV Victory Fund   $0 $0

Hawaii Horse Assn   $0 $0

Heart of America PAC   $0 Liberal $5,013

Heartland Project   $0 $0

Heartland Resurgence   $0 $0

Hillary 2016   $0 Liberal $2,000

Hillary Project   $0 $0

HillaryClintonSuperPAC   $0 $0

HillaryFTW   $0 $0

HillaryPAC   $0 Liberal $3,692

Hispanic Leadership Fund Action   $0 Conservative $0

Hispanic Vote   $0 Conservative $0

Hitch a Wang Bang Noodle 911 Night Long   $0 $0

Homeowners Super PAC   $0 $0

Humane United Group Super PAC   $0 $0

Humans for Earth's Rights   $0 $0

HungerPAC   $0 $0

Hunter Defense Fund   $0 $543,091

I'm a Good Dog PAC   $0 $0

icPurple   $0 $797

Idaho Horse Assn   $0 $0

Idaho's Youth   $0 $0

Illinois Horse Assn   $0 $0

Immigration911   $0 Conservative $25,200

Impact Super PAC   $0 $0

Improving Life in the Americas & Caribbean   $0 $0

In God We Trust   $0 $0

In God We Trust Super PAC   $0 $0

In Our Mother's Name   $0 $1

Inaction is Apathy   $0 $0

Independence Virginia PAC   $0 Conservative $9,416

Independent Leadership For New Hampshire PAC   $0 $0

Independent Source   $0 Liberal $0

Independent Voices PAC   $0 $0

Independents for Williamson supports Williamson $0 $0

Indiana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Indiana Republican Assembly Super PAC   $0 Conservative $29,344

Integrity Matters PAC   $0 $0

Intl Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees   $0 Liberal $185,220

Iowa Horse Assn   $0 $0

Ipso Facto   $0 $0

It's Now or Never   $0 Conservative $0

JAN PAC   $0 Conservative $274,837

Javelin PAC   $0 $0

Jewish Council for Education & Research   $0 Liberal $1,327

Jobs for America's Future PAC   $0 $0

Joe Six PAC   $0 $0

Bolton for America Super PAC   $0 Conservative $1,300,535

Just Drink the Koolaid   $0 $0

Just the Facts PAC   $0 $0

Kansas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Keeping USA Strong   $0 $0

Kentucky Horse Assn   $0 $0

KIMPAC   $0 $0

King of IL   $0 $0

KTADA PAC   $0 $0

LA Forward   $0 $5,000

Ladies First Super PAC   $0 $0

Lantern Project   $0 Liberal $0

Larry & Charmaine's Excellent Best Ever Super PAC   $0 $0

Latino Alliance Network   $0 $0

Latino American Super PAC   $0 $0

Latino District Defense Fund   $0 $0

Latino Empowerment PAC   $0 $0

Latino Values   $0 $0

Latinos For 2020   $0 $0

Leader of the PAC   $0 $0

Leaders for Families   $0 Conservative $0

Leadership America PAC/Louisiana   $0 Liberal $0

Leadership America PAC/North Carolina   $0 Liberal $0

Leadership Matters   $0 $0

Leadership Oregon Can Trust supports Wehby $0 Conservative $0

Legalize Marijuana Super PAC.org   $0 $0

LetOurPresidentLead.com   $0 Liberal $0

LGBT Super PAC   $0 $0

Libertarian Action Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Libertas Institute   $0 $0

Liberty & Action Fund   $0 $857

Liberty Action PAC   $0 Conservative $72,957

Liberty for Everyone Super PAC   $0 $0

Liberty in Pink   $0 $0

Liberty or Death   $0 $0

Liberty Principles PAC   $0 Conservative $1,787,478

Liberty Through Grassroots Efforts   $0 $0

Liberty4Florida   $0 Conservative $300,000

LIFE CAUSE   $0 $0

Life PAC   $0 $0

Lincoln Club of Orange County IE Cmte   $0 Conservative $0

Live & Let Love   $0 $0

Live Free or Die PAC   $0 $0

Local Voices   $0 Liberal $13,139

Loud PAC   $0 $0

Louisiana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Louisiana Prosperity Fund   $0 Liberal $0

Louisiana Truth PAC   $0 Liberal $29,665

Lunch Pail Republicans   $0 Conservative $8,000

M-Pack Super PAC   $0 Liberal $7,600

Madam Hillary 2016   $0 Liberal $0

Madison PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Madison Tea Party   $0 $0

Maine Horse Assn   $0 $0

Majority Action   $0 Liberal $100

Majority Project   $0 $0

Make America Strong & Secure   $0 $0

Make Education Affordable   $0 $0

Make Us Great Again   $0 Conservative $0

MarijuanaIsMedicine   $0 $0

Maryland Horse Assn   $0 $0

Marylanders for Better Americans in Maryland   $0 $0

Massachusetts Horse Assn   $0 $0

Matthew 25 Network   $0 Liberal $0

Mayday PAC   $0 $0

MCBlackPAC   $0 $0

Media for America PAC   $0 $0

Media Fund   $0 $0

Medicinal Cannabis Super PAC   $0 $57,690

Men Against Prostitution & Trafficking   $0 $0

MI 2014   $0 $0

Michigan Horse Assn   $0 $0

Michigan Pipe Trade Assn   $0 $107,425

Middle Class Super PAC   $0 $0

Middle of the PAC   $0 $0

Middle Resolution   $0 Conservative $4,615

Millenials for America   $0 $0

Millennials for Freedom   $0 $0

Millennials in Action   $0 $0

Millennials Rising   $0 $0

Milwaukeeans For A Better Tomorrow Tomorrow   $0 $0

Minnesota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Mission: Equality & Democracy   $0 $0

Mississippi Horse Assn   $0 $0

Missouri Horse Assn   $0 $0

Moderately Speaking   $0 $0

Monstah PAC   $0 $50

Montana Growth Foundation   $0 Conservative $2,696

Montana Horse Assn   $0 $0

Montana Solutions   $0 Conservative $23,000

More Women in Congress Super PAC   $0 $0

Morning in America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Morningstar Coalition   $0 $0

Moving Americans Forward   $0 $0

Moving Arizona Forward   $0 Liberal $0

Moving Ohio Forward Action Fund   $0 Liberal $12,843

Munoz Group   $0 $5,770

Music PAC   $0 $0

Muslim American Vote   $0 $0

My America   $0 Liberal $8,314

My Cat Xavier for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

National Draft Ben Carson for President Cmte   $0 $3,875,863

National Hispanic American Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

National Horizon   $0 Conservative $0

National Nurses United   $0 Liberal $55,300

National Republican Victory Fund   $0 Conservative $4,957

National Security for America   $0 $0

Nebraska Horse Assn   $0 $0

NEO Common Sense   $0 $0

Nevada Horse Assn   $0 $0

New America Cmte   $0 $0

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New Directions for America   $0 Liberal $0

New Hampshire Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Independent Party   $0 $0

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New Jersey Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Jersey Republican Pro-Life Coalition   $0 Conservative $3,078

New Majority for Massachusetts   $0 $0

New Mexico Horse Assn   $0 $0

New Opportunities PAC   $0 $0

New Power PAC   $0 Liberal $668

New Virginia PAC   $0 Conservative $0

New Voice New Vision NoVa   $0 $0

New York Horse Assn   $0 $0

New York Progress   $0 $0

No 2 Sides PAC   $0 $0

No Fools Allowed Super PAC   $0 $0

No More Timeline Pages   $0 $0

No More Wimpouts   $0 $0

No Negotiations PAC   $0 Conservative $0

NonConformists United   $0 $0

North Carolina Horse Assn   $0 $0

North Carolina Women Vote! supports Hagan $0 Liberal $10,000

North Central WV Tea Party   $0 Conservative $0

North Dakota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Northeast for Workers & Economic Development   $0 $0

Occupy Obamacare   $0 Conservative $0

Occupy Politics   $0 Liberal $0

Ohio Families United   $0 Liberal $38,014

Ohio Horse Assn   $0 $0

Ohio State Tea Party   $0 Conservative $0

Ohioans for Opportunity   $0 Conservative $0

Oil Field Union Local 5150   $0 $0

Oklahoma Forward   $0 Liberal $0

Oklahoma Horse Assn   $0 $0

OKPAC   $0 $0

One America Fund   $0 Conservative $0

One Tax Initiative   $0 $0

One Voice of Many Independent Expenditure PAC   $0 $200

Opportunity for All   $0 $0

Oregon Horse Assn   $0 $0

Organizing for Progress   $0 $2,020

Our Country Our Voice   $0 $0

Our Destiny PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Our Washington First PAC   $0 $0

PA Victory Fund   $0 $0

PAC Your Bong   $0 $0

Painters & Allied Trades District Council 50   $0 Liberal $0

Palmetto Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Parents for a Brighter Future   $0 $0

Pass the Torch   $0 $455

Patriot Majority   $0 Liberal $65,250

Patriot Next Super PAC   $0 $0

Patriots Against Tax Tyrants   $0 Conservative $0

Patriots for a Better America   $0 $690

Patriots for Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Patriots Fund   $0 Conservative $80

Peaceful Americans Against War Violence   $0 $0

Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Pennsylvania Horse Assn   $0 $0

Pennsylvania Prosperity   $0 $0

People's Majority   $0 Conservative $75,270

People's Super PAC   $0 $0

Pep Rally   $0 $0

Playoff PAC   $0 $0

Pledge 26 - Americans for Safe Schools   $0 $0

Polish American Leadership PAC   $0 $141,290

Political Action Cartoons   $0 $0

Political Progress   $0 $0

Political Super PAC   $0 $0

Politics Reimagined   $0 $50,617

Positive Volition   $0 $0

Preserve America's Future   $0 $25,168

Pride of America   $0 $0

Principled Leadership Fund   $0 $51,300

Priorities USA Action   $0 Liberal $360,199

Pro-Jobs Pro-Kentucky   $0 $0

Progress Connecticut   $0 Liberal $220

Progress for American Indians Blacks & Hispanics   $0 $0

Progress for Washington   $0 Liberal $0

Progress Kentucky   $0 $14,718

Progressing Our Liberties   $0 $116

Prog Ctzns United Changing Am's Marijuana Policies   $0 $100

Progressive Colorado PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Progressive Independent Cmte   $0 Liberal $0

Progressives for Prosperity   $0 Liberal $0

ProgressOhio   $0 Liberal $0

Project 51   $0 $10,100

ProjectXXAct   $0 $450

Proper Role of Government Action Fund   $0 Conservative $2,353

Prosperity First   $0 Conservative $612

Prosperity for Michigan   $0 Conservative $0

Prosperity USA   $0 $0

Protect Alaska's Future   $0 $0

Protect America Today   $0 Conservative $10,623

Protect Our Schools Fund   $0 Conservative $2,000

Protect the Harvest PAC   $0 $0

Protecting America's Retirees   $0 Liberal $0

Protecting Choice in California   $0 Liberal $7,084

Protecting Our Vote   $0 Liberal $0

Public Interest PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Puppet PAC   $0 $0

Purple PAC   $0 $576,145

Putting America First   $0 Conservative $0

Racine Tea Party   $0 Conservative $304

Racism Hurts   $0 $0

Rahway Moves Forward   $0 $1,000

Raising Red   $0 Conservative $2,906

Rand PAC 2016   $0 $1,328

Raptors for Jesus   $0 $0

Rauhmel Fox is for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Reach Liberty   $0 $0

Reaching Stars - Securing Our Future   $0 $0

Ready for Christie PAC   $0 Conservative $334

Real Conservatives National Cmte   $0 $55,553

Real Conservatives US   $0 $1,504

Rebuild Ohio   $0 Liberal $160,000

Reclaiming Freedom PAC   $0 Conservative $18,075

Red States Victory Super PAC   $0 $0

Refresh America PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Regular Folks of the Range   $0 $0

Renew Delaware   $0 Conservative $0

Renew Our Hope   $0 $0

Renew USA PAC   $0 $0

Representative America   $0 $0

Representing Reality   $0 $0

Republican Attorneys General Assn   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Jewish Coalition Victory Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Truth Squad   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Union PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Women Alliance   $0 Conservative $0

Republican Youth for a Conservative Tomorrow   $0 $0

Republicans for Immigration Reform   $0 $307,545

Rescue the Senate   $0 $16,238

Resounding Books PAC   $0 $5,581

Restart Congress   $0 Conservative $495

Restore America's Voice   $0 Conservative $2,269,392

Restore American Labor Force   $0 $0

Restore Bankng Rules   $0 $0

Restore New England   $0 $150

Restore Our America   $0 Conservative $0

Restore Our Country Super PAC   $0 $0

Restore Our Future   $0 Conservative $700,645

Restore Our Hope   $0 $0

Restore Our Republic   $0 $136,358

Restore Trust in City Hall   $0 $0

Restoring America   $0 Conservative $65,653

Restoring Arizona's Integrity   $0 Conservative $0

Rethink PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Revitalize America   $0 $0

RGA Right Direction   $0 Conservative $2,077,109

Rhode Island Horse Assn   $0 $0

Right Focus   $0 Conservative $185

Right Tax Inc   $0 $0

Rock the Red PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Friends of Bartlett   $0 Conservative $0

Romney's Dog House   $0 $0

Ron Paul Volunteers   $0 Conservative $0

Russia Watch   $0 $0

Saberpac.org   $0 $1,445

Safe Nation PAC   $0 Conservative $0

San Diegans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow   $0 $0

Santa Rita Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Saving Florida's Future   $0 Liberal $0

Science!   $0 $0

Scientific Advancement for America   $0 $0

Secretive Politics   $0 $0

Secure America's Borders   $0 $0

Securing Our Schools   $0 $0

Select Our America   $0 $0

SenatePAC   $0 $11,337

SHH PAC   $0 $150

Sierra Club Independent Action   $0 Liberal $21,318

Silicon Valley Super PAC   $0 $0

Single Subject Amendment   $0 $6,330

Singularity   $0 $0

Slam Dunks, Fireworks & Eagles   $0 $0

Small Business - Backbone of America   $0 $0

Small Business Political Alliance   $0 Conservative $900

Small Business Super PAC   $0 $0

SmallBizAdvocates.org   $0 $0

Smart Cannabis Reform   $0 $0

Softer Voices   $0 Conservative $0

Soldier PAC   $0 $0

Solutions 2012   $0 Conservative $0

Sons of Liberty for this Generation   $0 Conservative $0

SOS for Democracy   $0 Liberal $0

SOS4SOS PAC   $0 Conservative $1,100

Sound from the Ground   $0 $425

South Carolina Horse Assn   $0 $0

South Dakota Horse Assn   $0 $0

Sovereignty Matters   $0 $0

Soy Americano   $0 $0

Space PAC   $0 $0

Speak Out For America   $0 Conservative $0

Special Corp for Ethics & Justice in America   $0 $0

Special Corporation for Ethics/Justice in America   $0 $0

SpeechNow.org   $0 Conservative $0

Spend Smart America   $0 $0

Spirit of America Solutions   $0 Conservative $0

Stand with America   $0 Conservative $0

Standing for Liberty   $0 $0

Standing for Wisconsin Families   $0 $75

StandLouder.com PAC   $0 $0

Start Up America Super PAC   $0 $0

Steadman Group   $0 $0

Stem Super PAC   $0 $0

Stop Iran   $0 Conservative $0

Stop North Korea   $0 $0

Stop Public Unions Now   $0 Conservative $542

Strategy for America's Future   $0 $0

Strong America Now   $0 Conservative $40

Strong Economy for Massachusetts   $0 Conservative $21

Strong Philippines Movement   $0 $0

Strong Utah   $0 Conservative $0

Stronger Together   $0 Liberal $0

Student Network for Action & Progress   $0 Liberal $354

Student Super PAC   $0 $0

Student Voice Project   $0 $0

Students for Progress   $0 $80

Students, Mothers & Concerned Citizens   $0 $0

Suburban Voters for Choice   $0 Liberal $0

Sunny Isles PAC   $0 $0

Super 6 PAC   $0 $0

Super Ninja PAC   $0 $0

Super PAC for America   $0 Conservative $60,897

Super PAC for Change   $0 $0

Super PAC for the of America   $0 $0

Super PAC for Women   $0 $0

Super PAC Parties   $0 $1,000

Super Women PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Takeover Super PAC   $0 Conservative $14,983

Talkin' Smack PAC   $0 $0

TEA PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Tea Party Army   $0 Conservative $9,128

Teamsters Education & Mobilization   $0 $57,538

Tennessee Horse Assn   $0 $0

Texans for America's Future   $0 Liberal $23,681

Texans Restoring Ethical Governance   $0 $0

Texas Aggies for Perry 2012   $0 Conservative $0

Texas America 21st Century PAC   $0 Liberal $25

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Texas Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Texas for All   $0 $0

Texas Frontier PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Texas Horse Assn   $0 $0

Texas Tea Party Patriots PAC   $0 Conservative $87,918

Thank You Citizens United!   $0 $0

The American Worker   $0 Liberal $60,000

The Edvengers   $0 $0

The People's Agenda   $0 $0

The People's Voice Super PAC   $0 $0

Tipping Point   $0 Conservative $0

Today & Our Future   $0 $0

Together We Thrive   $0 $0

Towards a Greener America   $0 $0

Transparency Now   $0 $0

Treasure Coast Jobs Coalition   $0 Conservative $51,555

Trinity PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Triple Crown Project   $0 Conservative $0

True Conservatives Fund   $0 Conservative $0

Trust In Small Business   $0 Conservative $1,600

Truth for Citizens   $0 $0

TTBO Super PAC   $0 $0

Turn Georgia Blue   $0 Liberal $0

Turn Right USA   $0 Conservative $0

Turn Texas Blue PAC   $0 $0

Twelve Is Enough Super PAC   $0 $8,467

UAW Education Fund   $0 Liberal $50,000

United Food & Commercial Workers Advcy   $0 Liberal $8,073

United Interest Group   $0 $0

United We Stand Super PAC   $0 $0

United Workers PAC   $0 $2,271

Unity Convention 2012   $0 Liberal $0

Unlimited Funding for America   $0 $0

Unlocking Potential PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Urban Progress PAC   $0 $0

Urban Works USA   $0 $0

US Airline Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Automotice Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Banking Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Capitalism Preservation Fund   $0 $0

US Congress Victory Fund   $0 $0

US Congressional Majority Fund   $0 $0

US Crossroads Super PAC   $0 $0

US Entertainment Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Film Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Financial Services Industry   $0 $0

US Food Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US for Everyone   $0 Conservative $0

US for Liberty   $0 $0

US Healthcare Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Hedge Fund Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Hotel Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Insurance Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Investment Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Israel Friendship PAC   $0 Liberal $1

US Lobbying Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Maritime Undustry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Music Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Political Strategies Fund   $0 $0

US Private Equity Undustry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Real Estate Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Retail Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Senate Majority Fund   $0 $0

US Senate Victory Fund   $0 $0

US Sports Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US States Venture Capital Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Telecommunications Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Tourism Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

US Transportation Technology & Energy   $0 $0

US Wealth Management Industry Super PAC   $0 $0

USA China Friendship   $0 $0

USA Moving Forward   $0 $0

USA PAC   $0 Conservative $4,900

USA Progress   $0 $0

USA Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

USW Works   $0 $2,034,350

Utah Horse Assn   $0 $0

UTE PAC   $0 Liberal $0

Utility Workers Union of America   $0 Liberal $5,000

Vermont Horse Assn   $0 $0

Veterans & Law Enforcement For Ethical Leadership   $0 $0

Veterans for a Strong America Action   $0 Conservative $0

Veterans for America   $0 $1,500

Veterans for Congress   $0 $0

Veterans for Liberty Super PAC   $0 Conservative $0

VFA PAC   $0 $8,000

Virginia Family Values PAC   $0 Liberal $2,495

Virginia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Virginia Vision Action PAC   $0 $0

Voice of Freedom Super PAC   $0 Conservative $380

Voices for Our Generation   $0 $0

Vote for the Other Guy   $0 $0

Vote Out Incumbents for Democracy   $0 Conservative $358

Vote Them Out 2014   $0 $0

Vote Your Values   $0 Liberal $554

Voteblue   $0 Liberal $0

VOTECLIMATE.US PAC   $0 $16,240

Voter Information Network Super PAC   $0 $20,003

Voters for Common Sense   $0 $0

Vril Society Global Reach   $0 $0

Washington 180   $0 $0

Washington Horse Assn   $0 $0

We Are Change   $0 $0

We Are Kentucky supports Grimes $0 Liberal $293,000

We Are the 99% Movement   $0 Liberal $0

We Believe USA   $0 $0

We Can Change America Super PAC   $0 $0

We Can Do Better   $0 $0

We Can Do Better PAC   $0 $50,000

We Can Together   $0 $0

We Just Want Colbert to Come to Our College   $0 $44

We Served America   $0 Liberal $815

We the PAC   $0 $0

We the People   $0 Liberal $200

We the People for a Constitutional America   $0 $0

We Vote - Nosotros Votamos   $0 Liberal $7,525

We Will Be Heard   $0 $0

We're Not Going Back   $0 Liberal $0

West Hollywood/Bev Hills Stonewall Dems   $0 Liberal $0

West Virginia Horse Assn   $0 $0

Vest Virginians for Common Sense   $0 $0

Why Not ZoidPAC?   $0 $6

Why Vote   $0 $0

Win Minnesota Federal PAC   $0 $581,500

Win Wisconsin   $0 $0

Winning Freedom   $0 Conservative $0

Winning Our Future   $0 Conservative $2,570

Winning Our Liberty & Future   $0 $0

Winning Women   $0 $5,602

Wisconsin Horse Assn   $0 $0

Wisdom Justice Moderation Fund   $0 $0

WOLF PAC   $0 Liberal $196,047

Women on the Move PAC   $0 $0

Women United   $0 $0

Women's Leadership Conference   $0 $0

Workers Issues Network   $0 $0

Working Class Georgia   $0 Liberal $0

WRAG PAC   $0 Conservative $0

Wyoming Horse Assn   $0 $0

Wyoming's Own supports Enzi $0 Conservative $59,000

X-Fund   $0 $0

Yesterday's Optimism Unto the Next Generation PAC   $0 $981

YG Action Fund   $0 Conservative $344,160

Young Americans for Rational Politics   $0 $0

Young Voters   $0 Conservative $0

Zombies of Tomorrow   $0 $0

Florida Freedom PAC   $-750 Liberal $89,761

Based on data released by the FEC on Tuesday, June 24, 2014.

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anomaly tracker:

TOP TEN SENATE CANDIDATE RECIPIENTS OF OUT-OF-STATE CASH

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), who wasn't vying for a crucial Senate seat but is a tea party hero, was a magnet for out-of-state contributions in 2012. At least $4.2 million (or 59.6 percent) of the individual donations to his campaign were from donors who do not live in Florida.

Dennis Kucinich, as much a hero to the far left as West was to the far right, only received $294,000 from out-of-state donors, but that accounted for 85.2 percent of his donations above $200.

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Forget super PACs, their much-hyped cousins, which can take unlimited contributions but must name their donors. More money is being spent on TV advertising in the presidential race by social welfare nonprofits, known as 501(c)(4)s for their section of the tax code, than by any other type of independent group.

As of Aug. 8, they had spent more than $71 million on ads mentioning a candidate for president, according to estimates by Kantar Media's Campaign Media Analysis Group, or CMAG. Super PACs have spent an estimated $56 million.

Congress created the legal framework for 501(c)(4) nonprofits nearly a century ago. To receive the tax exemption, groups were supposed to be "operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare." The IRS later opened the door to some forms of political activity by interpreting the statute to mean groups had to be "primarily" engaged in enhancing social welfare. But neither the tax code nor regulators set out how this would be measured.

In recent years, Democrats and Republicans alike have seized on that seemingly innocuous wording to create the darkest corner of American political fundraising.

An investigation by ProPublica, drawing on documents filed with the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Election Commission, offers the most detailed picture to date of how 501(c)(4) groups have used their tax status for purposes likely never intended.

Our examination shows that dozens of these groups do little or nothing to justify the subsidies they receive from taxpayers. Instead, they are pouring much of their resources, directly or indirectly, into political races at the local, state and federal level.

The 2010 election functioned, effectively, as a dry run, providing a blueprint for what social welfare groups are doing on a larger scale today. Records on what is happening in the 2012 campaign will not be available until well after the election.

For this story, ProPublica reviewed thousands of pages of filings for 107 nonprofits active during the 2010 election cycle, tracking what portion of their funds went into politics. We watched TV ads bought by these groups, looked at documents from other nonprofits that gave them money, and interviewed dozens of campaign finance experts and political strategists.

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We found that some groups said they would not engage in politics when they applied for IRS recognition of their tax-exempt status. But later filings showed they spent millions on just such activities.

On the very day in 2008 that the American Future Fund mailed its application to the IRS, checking the box for "no" on whether it planned to participate in politics, it to YouTube praising a Republican senator. The group reported more than $8 million in political spending in 2010.

We also found that social welfare groups used a range of tactics to underreport their political activities to the IRS, a critical measure in determining whether they are entitled to remain tax-exempt.

Many groups told the IRS they spent far less on politics than they reported to federal election officials. Some classified expenditures that clearly praised or criticized candidates for office as "lobbying," "education" or "issue advocacy" on their tax returns.

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One group, the Center for Individual Freedom, told election officials that it spent $2.5 million on ads in 2010, when it paid for commercials criticizing Democrats in 10 districts. But it reported to the IRS that it spent nothing to directly or indirectly influence elections, calling those same ads "education" or "legislative activities."

In several instances, nonprofits funneled much of their money to other 501(c)(4)s , which experts say is a way to meet, or appear to meet, IRS requirements for promoting social welfare. Yet records show the recipients of those grants spent much of their money on political activities, whether ads or voter-registration drives.

For example, almost 70 percent of America's Families First's 2010 expenditures went to grants to five social welfare nonprofits. Four spent money on ads supporting Democrats or criticizing Republicans, including one group that put almost half of its expenditures into political ads.

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No one from the Center for Individual Freedom or the American Future Fund responded to phone calls and emails from ProPublica asking for comment. In a written statement, America's Families First said its primary purpose was "issue advocacy" but did not answer specific questions about grants.

Campaign-finance watchdogs say the IRS has not clarified rules for social welfare groups or enforced them vigorously.....

http://www.propublica.org/article/how-nonprofits-spend-millions-on-elections-and-call-it-public-welfare

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http://www.opensecrets.org/outsidespending/donor_stats.php

Thus far super PACs have raised a total of $828,224,700

Portion of Money Delivered by Top 100 Donors

top 1oo gave 57% of $

2012

Portion of Money Delivered by Top 1% of Donors: 68%

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OUTSIDE 2012

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The 2012 Election: Our Price Tag (Finally) for the Whole Ball of Wax

By Russ Choma on March 13, 2013

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With the final 2012 campaign finance reports, and their amendments, all in (well, mostly), the Center for Responsive Politics calculates that the elections cost at least $6.3 billion -- more than we previously estimated.

The final figure cements 2012's status as the most expensive election cycle ever.

In late October, we estimated that the election would cost about $6 billion. Even that figure was a revision of a $5.8 billion calculus made earlier in the year. Skyrocketing outside spending continually exceeded estimates, causing us to revise up.

The cost of the presidential election alone remains at roughly the figure we calculated in late October, about $2.6 billion. Spending on congressional races by candidates and other committees and groups topped $3.6 billion in 2012.

On the presidential level, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign outspent the campaigns of all his Republican rivals put together. Obama's campaign spent about $737.9 million, compared to the combined Republican total of $624.8 million. Spending by other committees in the presidential race, however, heavily favored Republicans and helped make up the deficit.

The Republican National Committee, for instance, laid out $333.9 million for the presidential contest, far more than the Democratic National Committee's $197.8 million. Outside spending by super PACs and politically active nonprofits on the presidential race also came out heavily in favor of Republicans. Conservative outside groups spent $454.5 million to get a Republican elected president, while liberal outside groups spent a relatively paltry $124.5 million.

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Spending by all House and Senate candidates topped $1.7 billion, with House candidates alone responsible for almost exactly $1 billion of the total. House Republican candidates held the edge in spending, accounting for about $532 million, while Democrats accounted for $447 million. In the Senate, Democratic candidates were also outspent -- $331.4 million to $408.5 million by the GOP Senate candidates.

Outside spending on congressional races also heavily favored Republicans over Democrats. Conservative outside spending groups spent $103.5 million on House races, compared to $81.6 million by liberal groups. Similarly, conservative outside groups spent $171.3 million on Senate races, while liberal outside groups spent $98.5 million.

One calculation by which Democrats led Republicans was in non-presidential party spending. Both parties together spent a total of $1 billion this election, of which $583 million was spent by the Democratic party committees and Republican party committees spent $444.7 million.

An important note: We have modified the methodology by which we calculate total cost, and thus a precise comparison between the costs of the 2012 election and the 2008 election is not possible. Previously, we calculated party spending by relying on press releases provided by the FEC. Now, we are able to use more detailed and newly provided summary data to calculate these totals. Furthermore, we used to be unable to include a calculation for spending by PACs on overhead expenses such as salary and office rent, but the new data allows us to include these totals. We have recalculated the final cost of the 2010 election, but can't do so for earlier cycles because the more detailed data is not available from the Federal Election Commission.

A full breakout of our analysis is below:

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Researcher Doug Weber contributed to this article. 

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With the final 2012 campaign finance reports, and their amendments, all in (well, mostly), the Center for Responsive Politics calculates that the elections cost at least $6.3 billion -- more than we previously estimated.

The final figure cements 2012's status as the most expensive election cycle ever.

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2013/03/the-2012-election-our-price-tag-fin.html

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http://www.publicintegrity.org/politics/consider-source/super-donors

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tracker:http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending/

Totals for 2011-2012 Cycle

Independent Expenditures: $627,527,837.88

Total Receipts: $839,949,112.36

Negative spending (opposes a candidate): 76%

Positive spending (supports a candidate): 24%

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to campaign finance laws limiting how much an individual can give to political campaigns.

The justices on Tuesday decided to hear an appeal from Shaun McCutcheon of Alabama and the Republican National Committee. They are arguing that it's unconstitutional to stop a donor from giving more than $46,200 to political candidates and $70,800 to political committees and PACs.

McCutcheon says he accepts that he can only give $2,500 to a single candidate but says he should be able to give that amount to as many GOP candidates as he wants.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld the limits, but the high court decided to review that decision. huffpo

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The corrosive influence of money in politics was amplified in 2012 by the fact that in many cases we don't know which individuals or which corporations actually provided much of the funding to affect election results. "Dark money" -- election spending where we don't know the source of the funds -- played a bigger role in 2012 than in any other presidential election since Richard Nixon's.

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Mystery donors poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the 2012 elections via nonprofits and shell corporations, despite widespread public support for disclosure and decades of legal precedent supporting the public’s right to know the sources of election-related spending. A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund and the Center for Media and Democracy found that contributions from phony for-profit corporations accounted for nearly 17 percent of all business donations to Super PACs.

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http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php

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2012 totals Open secrets:

We've just witnessed the most expensive election in U.S. history! Over $6 billion was spent by federal campaigns, super PACs, political nonprofits and the party committees.

Have you taken a close look at the projected spending associated with November's election? It's truly eye opening:

• Presidential candidates....$1,377,000,000
• House Candidates.............$1,010,000,000
• Senate Candidates............$720,000,000
• Party Committees...............$1,800,000,000
• Outside Groups...................$1,210,000,000

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2012 6B $ spent http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/11/08/1164961/what-right-wing-attack-groups-got-for-228646000/

What Right-Wing Attack Groups Got For $228,646,000

adelson PO'd 0 for 8?

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The amount spent by super PACs, political non profit groups and other non-political party entities on the presidential and congressional races, about $306.2 million as of Sept. 5, is already more than such groups spent during the entirety of the last presidential election cycle, about $301.6 million. 9/7/12

Top Individuals Funding Super PACs

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[update: morphing http://www.prwatch.org/node/11722 ] gps CoC shift to indep expend after ct ruling to disclose

A social-welfare nonprofit is a 501c4 — primarily supposed to be serving a social welfare purpose, but allowed to do lobbying and some campaign intervention. A union is a 501c5, and a trade association like the Chamber of Commerce is a 501c6. Both categories are allowed to do a certain level of campaign intervention.

A 527 is the IRS definition of a political committee, which has to report its donors to the IRS. The IRS makes those donors public. The other nonprofits have to report their donors to the IRS. But the IRS doesn't make those donors public…

So: A super PAC with the Federal Election Commission is a 527 with the IRS. A 501c4 with the IRS is simply an outside spending group with the FEC....After McCain Feingold, it was 527s in 2004, and then 527s and 501c4s in 2008, and now, post-Citizens United and Speech Now (fun reading for you court buffs), we're in a world where it seems like anything goes. Super PACs! 501c4s! There are different ways to spend money on politics, and also to hide donors.

So is it different than before? The level of money is much higher now. The ability of 501c4s to spend seems much greater… 

So that raises the question: Should we know who's giving that money? That's an issue I think people can push on. The Supreme Court, even in Citizens United, was adamant that disclosure was paramount,[except CTh?] and that disclosure would help voters make decisions. Well, we have a system now with unlimited money, but with very little disclosure.

http://www.propublica.org/article/top-13-questions-from-our-qa-on-dark-money-in-the-2012-campaign

http://www.propublica.org/article/from-citizens-united-to-super-pacs-a-campaign-finance-reading-guide

As of today, spending reported to the Federal Election Commission by groups that aren't required to disclose the sources of their funding has nearly tripled over where it stood at the same point in the 2010 election cycle, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

By Aug. 6, 2010, groups registered as social welfare organizations, or 501(c)(4)s, as well as super PACs funded entirely by them, had reported spending $8.5 million. That figure has soared to $24.9 million in this cycle.

In 2008, nondisclosing groups reported spending $8.3 million at this point in the campaign season.

In addition, the numbers show a clear break from those of previous cycles in that

independent expenditures (ads explicitly calling for the election or defeat of a particular candidate) make up the vast majority of the spending reported by nondisclosing groups. Spending for electioneering communications -- "issue ads" that name a federal candidate and are run within a 60-day window before a general election, or 30 days before a primary or a national party nominating convention -- has fallen as a share of the total.

 That trend is due in part to a U.S. District Court decision March 30 in the case Van Hollen v. FEC, which requires tax-exempt organizations making electioneering communications to disclose "each donor who donated an amount aggregating $1,000 or more to the person making the disbursement." After the decision, some big spenders like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which had previously produced only issue ads, changed tack and began running ads that explicitly advocate for or against candidates. As a result, the group can continue to avoid disclosing its donors.

In fact, no group has reported making a single electioneering communication since the beginning of April, just after the court decision.

Any group claiming 501(c)(4) status under the Internal Revenue Code is supposed to spend less than half its budget on political activity, such as independent expenditures. However, as OpenSecrets Blog has described, some groups spend much of their money on issue ads, and also fund other tax-exempt groups with similar political philosophies that in turn spend their money on advertising.

The increase in the overall reported spending by nondisclosing groups this cycle is likely attributable in great part to the fact that this is a presidential election year. An additional factor may be that this is the first full election cycle since the January 2010 Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC and other legal developments freed up fundraising and spending by outside groups.

The numbers reported to the FEC don't include the bulk of what the groups have spent. It excludes any money spent on electioneering communications that fell outside the 30-day pre-primary window. Most estimates put that amount at more than $100 million so far this cycle.

Still, the reported numbers are one barometer of the increase in spending by outside entities in this cycle over 2010. 

Our figures don't include spending by super PACs that are "partial" disclosers that receive a large part of their funding -- but not the entirety -- from non-disclosing groups. Groups like FreedomWorks for America and Women Vote!, for example, do not factor into our totals, though they are funded heavily by nondisclosing groups.

Much more spending is yet to come, if 2012 is anything like 2010. Nondisclosing groups reported to the FEC that they spent $130 million for the whole 2010 election cycle, and 93 percent of it was unleashed after Aug. 6.

If that pattern holds true, more than $300 million in political spending will be reported to the FEC by groups that do not have to disclose their donors and are not supposed to have politics as their primary function. Much more money will never be reported, except in vague summaries months -- or even years -- from now, when these groups file their tax forms with the IRS.   http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/08/spending-reported-by-nondisclosing-groups-well-ahead-of-2010.html

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infographic http://projects.propublica.org/pactrack/contributions/tree

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July 31, 2012

In 2013 Races, New York Prepares for ‘Super PAC’ Effect

By DAVID W. CHEN

New York City campaign regulators are girding for a wave of independent spending in local campaigns next year, saying that moneyed interest groups and wealthy individuals are watching the “super PAC” phenomenon in the presidential campaign this year and preparing to adapt it for local use.

The city will, for the first time, require disclosure of independent expenditures — spending that is not coordinated with a campaign. It said its tracking of the finances of such groups, which it plans to post on the Web, would be among the most detailed anywhere, including not only contributions and spending, but also an archive of advertisements run by the groups and information about their backers.

City campaign finance officials said, however, that the Citizens United case and a related Supreme Court decision on Montana — both of which struck down limits on campaign spending by corporations and unions — made it clear that the city could only document, and not limit, independent spending on elections.

“The Citizens United decision started a sea change in the culture of money in politics that will ultimately affect every level of government all across the country,” said Amy M. Loprest, executive director of the New York City Campaign Finance Board. “Outside spending in city elections was increasing even before Citizens United, and we expect the trend will only accelerate in the 2013 elections.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/nyregion/new-york-city-regulators-prepare-for-super-pacs-effect-on-local-elections.html?src=recg&pagewanted=print

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By Stephen Lacey on Jun 27, 2012 at 1:54 pm

With spending from interest groups up 1,100 percent since the last presidential campaign, the emerging fact checking industry has been busy.

Fact checkers have gotten so exasperated by all the ads, Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post recently lamented that “watching these ads is a depressing duty for The Fact Checker…. The erroneous assertions emerge … without any shame, labeled as ‘the truth’ or ‘fact.’”

And there’s a reason for all that exasperation. According to a new analysis from the Annenberg Public Policy Center, 85 percent of spending on presidential ads by the top spending conservative 501(c)(4) organizations went toward spots labeled “deceptive” by fact checkers. Third-party 501(c)(4) groups, commonly referred to as political action committees, do not have to disclose their donors.

As of June 1st, no Democratic 501(c)(4) organizations had spent any money on the presidential race.

The Annenberg analysis outlines the top four conservative interest groups funneling money into deceptive ads:

• American Energy Alliance, which champions free market energy policies and spent an estimated $3.3 million ($3,269,000) on deceptive presidential ads.

• Americans for Prosperity, founded by billionaire businessman and conservative activist David Koch to support lower taxes and limited government spending, spent an estimated $5 million ($5,018,000) on presidential ads containing deceptions.

• American Future Fund, a Republican-leaning group founded by longtime Iowa political operative Nick Ryan and headed by state Senator Sandra Greiner, spent an estimated $6.4 million ($6,365,930) on deceptive presidential ads.

• Crossroads GPS, a conservative public policy advocacy group advised by former Bush lieutenant Karl Rove and former RNC director Ed Gillespie, spent an estimated $10.3 million ($10,263,760) on deceptive presidential ads. The group is a companion organization to the super PAC American Crossroads.

A large share of those ads have been focused on energy — particularly on the solar company Solyndra. A Bloomberg analysis found that 81 percent attack ads against President Obama were related to energy in the first quarter of this year. Overall, negative ads are up 70 percent since the 2008 presidential election.

Behold the legacy of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision: A whole lot of lies and very little accountability.

Below is a video put together by FlackCheck.org documenting the extraordinary increase in deceptive ads:

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Sheldon Adelson, Other Super PAC Donors Have Corporate Bribery Issues

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/18/sheldon-adelson-bribery-super-pac-donors-fcpa_n_1602694.html

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http://billmoyers.com/content/five-best-tools-for-following-the-money/

Tips for Tracking Dark Money

Unlike super PACs, tax-exempt nonprofits like Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS or Americans for Prosperity don’t have to reveal their donors. These “social welfare” organizations are not considered PACs, so disclosure rules don’t apply to them. But that doesn’t mean journalists are just leaving them be. For continuous news and insight, we recommend following these reporters and watchdog organizations on Twitter: @MotherJones, @AndrewKroll, @iWatch, @FredWertheimer and @sunfoundation.

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http://maplight.org/

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Expenditures by super PACs were expected to hit the $100 million mark today, further proof that outside spending will far outstrip anything seen in previous election cycles.

Here's one way to look at how much more is being spent in the 2012 cycle: A single super PAC, the pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future, has already spent more -- $44.5 million -- than all outside groups combined had spent by this point in 2008. That 2008 number, about $30.9 million, is roughly one-quarter of this cycle's overall outside spending total of $122.7 million.

And the $100 million spent just by super PACs this cycle is already $30 million more than the entire sum of all outside spending in the 2004 election, the year that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth 527 organization made a splash with its attacks on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

OpenSecrets.org created the graphic below to help visualize what it all means.

nice graph missing: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/05/super-pac-spending-teeters-at-100-million-mark.html

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The hard-fought Republican primary, which dragged out longer than many expected, attracted the bulk of the super PAC money. The five top outside spenders, all of them super PACs formed to support one of the GOP candidates, account for $86 million of this first $100 million spent.

The (almost) settling of the GOP nominating contest doesn't mean outside spending has crested; in fact, the evidence indicates that many groups haven't even begun to fight. Of the 26 party-affiliated groups, only 11 have started spending in any races. And of the 158 other, non-super PAC outside groups, 135 have started spending.

But of the 534 super PACs, only 78 have spent a dime on this election so far.

A number of these so-far dormant super PACs appear to be spoofs -- Cats For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, for instance -- but data collected by OpenSecrets.org shows that quite a few are sitting on hoards of cash, apparently waiting for the right moment to jump into the action.

For instance, American Crossroads, the group associated with Karl Rove, has spent about $1 million so far, but still had another $24.3 million remaining as of the end of March. Other examples include the Congressional Leadership Fund, which has raised over $5 million, or the NEA Advocacy Fund, operated by the National Education Association, which has a stash of nearly $3 million.

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http://www.npr.org/2012/02/13/146836082/the-superpac-super-donors

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Most independent political ads for the 2012 election fueled by secret donors

According to a new analysis by the Washington Post’s Dan Eggen, about 90% of the $31.2 million spent on outside political ads aimed at the 2012 general election so far came from groups that don’t have to disclose their donors. The graphic above gives a breakdown of the biggest spenders.

As we reported last week, Karl Rove’s Crossroads political machine raised $76.8 million of the $123 million it brought in through the end of last year via its non-disclosing nonprofit arm. We also took a look at how conservative super PAC FreedomWorks for America has received more than half of its $3.5 million from its 501(c)(4), which also doesn’t have to reveal its donors. 

All this suggests that we’ll be seeing a lot more political spending from these deep-pocketed nonprofits as we draw closer to election day.

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primer and tauzin

Buying Legislators Can Be Expensive

Today’s system of buying legislators is effective but somewhat expensive. This system involves investing in the purchase of numerous legislators through campaign contributions and/or offers of lucrative post-government-service jobs to legislators and staffers. This system generates tremendous returns—a few million spread around can yield billions. 

The poster-child of this old system, of course, remains Representative Billy Tauzin (R-LA), who was chairman of the committee in the House that regulates the pharmaceutical industry. Tauzin ushered through the Medicare prescription drug program that was so beneficial to the pharmaceutical industry. He retired very soon after it passed to take a job as head of the pharmaceutical lobbying group, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. According to Bloomberg News Tauzin received lobbying income of $11.6 million in 2010.

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Threatening Legislators with Destruction Is Much More Cost-Effective

A new banker super-PAC is pioneering a more cost-effective method of dealing with legislators who stand in their way. Instead of long-term investment in the purchase of a lawmaker, this new method is much more direct and immediate. The super-PAC lets it be known that it has gathered a large sum of money. If a lawmaker dares to side with the public (the 99%) against the banks (the 1%), the super-PAC can threaten to unleash unlimited funds to destroy that candidate, run millions of dollars of smear ads on local TV stations, spread rumors on right-wing internet sites, sic Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck on them, etc.

The key to the cost-effectiveness of this approach is that they will rarely have to actually follow through on the threat, and spend the money. Just the threat is sufficient. Few elected officials will be able to stand up to a threat of unlimited millions spent destroying him or her. If anyone actually does resist, making an example by publicly destroying that lawmaker will serve as sufficient warning to the rest.

http://www.alternet.org/story/154900/new_super-pac_threatens_to_destroy_candidates_who_side_with_the_people_over_wall_street?page=entire

The 19 donors’ contributions accounted for about 53 percent of the $88.2 million combined receipts for those committees. Here are the 19:

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The Metaphysics of Citizens United and Campaign Finance Law

By Kevin Drum

| Sun Feb. 26, 2012

Did the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United produce the recent explosion of Super PACs and their flood of independent money from rich donors into the 2012 campaign? There's been a bit of a cottage industry lately claiming that this is a myth, followed by a bit of a counter-cottage industry insisting that it's true after all. In a nutshell, the mythbusters claim (correctly) that Citizens United affected only the ability of corporations and unions to make independent campaign expenditures, but most of the money flowing into Super PACs has comes from private individuals, who have been able to spend unlimited sums for years. The counterclaim is that Citizens United really did unleash expenditures from individuals, but did it indirectly. Legally, the chain goes from Citizens United to SpeechNow, which was the case that removed all previous limitations on private expenditures. Andrew Sprung has a pretty good summary of the arguments here.

So which is it? In the end, I think the argument is inherently a little metaphysical. Remember 527s? Prior to Citizens United, rich people who wanted to spend lots of money on campaign ads either did it themselves or contributed to 527 groups. That's how the Swift Boat folks were organized, for example. But here's the thing: legally, 527s were allowed to raise money for "issue advocacy," but not to explicitly advocate for or against a federal candidate. This was, needless to say, a crock: 527s routinely ran ads that viciously attacked and supported candidates. They just stopped (barely) short of expressly saying, "On Tuesday, vote for John Doe."

So what impact have Super PACs had? On the one hand, you can argue that they really haven't changed anything on the ground. They run pretty much the same kinds of attack ads as the 527s used to, and the only change is that they don't have to worry about legal challenges anymore. On the other hand, you can argue that the added freedom is genuinely important. Being able to explicitly raise money for candidates, instead of pretending to be an issue advocacy group, makes a real difference.

So which is it? Obviously there's a bit of truth to both sides, and which argument you give the most weight to is mainly a matter of temperament and attitude. For myself, I think it's fair to say that Citizens United really did have an impact on individual expenditures, but probably didn't empower rich people quite as much as popular legend has it.

That said, there are also a couple of other points to make. First, Citizens United obviously did unleash spending by corporations and unions. In the 2010 election it seemed as though the impact of Citizens United on corporate spending had turned out to be a bit of a dud, but this year it looks as though it's finally taking off. Second, one of the commonest complaints about Super PACs is that they're allowed to hide the sources of their contributions. But this has nothing to do with Citizens United. It has to do with the legal requirements of 501(c)(4) groups, which have become major funding sources for Super PACs. The FEC has declined to force 501(c)(4)s to disclose their donors, and the IRS has declined to enforce the law that says they can't have electoral politics as their primary purpose. Both of these problems could be fixed tomorrow by legislative means if Congress wanted to. Rick Hasen has a pretty good summary of the current state of play here.

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/02/metaphysics-icitizens-unitedi-and-campaign-finance-law

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According to January's Federal Election Commission report, William Dore and Foster Friess supplied more than three-fourths of the $2.1 million raked in by Rick Santorum's super PAC in January. Dore, president of the Dore Energy Corporation in Lake Charles, Louisiana, gave $1 million; Freis, a fund manager based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, gave $669,000 (he had given the Santorum super PAC $331,000 last year, bringing Freis's total to $1 million).

Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam provided $10 million of the $11 million that went into Gingrich's super PAC in January. Adelson is chairman of the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. Texas billionaire Harold Simmons donated $500,000.

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, provided $1.7 million of the $2.4 million raised by Ron Paul's super PAC in January.

Mitt Romney's super PAC raised $6.6 million last month -- almost all from just forty donors. Bruce Kovner, co-founder of the New York-based hedge fund Caxton Associates, gave $500,000, as did two others. David Tepper of Appaloosa Management gave $375,000. J.W. Marriott and Richard Marriott gave a total of $500,000. Julian Robertson, co-founder of hedge fund Tiger Management, gave $250,0000. Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman gave $100,000.

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Simmons' personal financial support extends well beyond Perry: He also gave $500,000 to Winning Our Future, a super PAC supporting Newt Gingrich, and most notably, Simmons is the top donor to both Restore Our Future (a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney) and American Crossroads.  Simmons' donations to the latter two groups further solidify an already established trend of overlap between the two groups, who share not only top funders like Bob Perry and Simmons, but top officials like Carl Forti.

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As of January 27, 2012, 296 groups organized as Super PACs have reported total receipts of $32,008,813 and total expenditures of $42,049,656 in the 2012 cycle. See more on Outside Spending.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php?cycle=2012&utm_source=CRP+Mail+List&utm_campaign=39e1ef1d32-Newsletter01_26_121_26_2012&utm_medium=email

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Who's been funding the presidential super PACs since last June is largely a mystery, and will remain so until next week. But how the groups have been spending their money is a different story, thanks to legal requirements that expenditures over a certain threshhold be disclosed quickly.

And the super PACs, just like the candidates they support or oppose, have shown deep differences in how they're allocating their money to get their messages across, according to a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of the expenditures.

The pro-Mitt Romney committee Restore Our Future, for example, reported that the vast majority of its $11.4 million in total spending through Jan. 24 -- 85 percent, in fact, or $9.65 million -- went to production of television and radio ads and buying the air time to run them. The rest mostly was split between direct mail and phone banks.

Almost all of Restore Our Future's ads have attacked other Republicans in the field, chiefly Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum.

Endorse Liberty, the super PAC that backs Ron Paul, has an entirely different bent. Roughly 92 percent of the $3.11 million it reported laying out in the same time frame was spent on Internet advertising -- the vast majority ($2.36 million) for Google ads, the rest mainly for ads on Facebook and StumbleUpon.

The different approaches reflect different target audiences. Romney "is sort of a mainstream Republican, and I think you reach his followers best by television," said Tobe Berkovitz, an expert on political advertising and communications at Boston University. "Ron Paul has an energized base of younger followers. They live on the net, they live on their phones, so you want to get them where they are."

"It's also much more cost-efficient" to go the Internet route, Berkovitz told OpenSecrets Blog.

The candidates' own campaign committees are becoming relatively sophisticated about their e-advertising -- Romney was at the front of the line when Twitter began running political ads last fall, for instance, and mobile advertising that appears on voters' phones depending on where they are geographically, has been used by Romney, Michele Bachmann and probably others.

It's not apparent, though, that such methods have been a priority for most super PACs. Winning Our Future was the only other one to even break $30,000 in e-advertising. The pro-Gingrich group spent between $490,373 and $987,452 on "email and internet advertising" and the like, although it didn't specify exactly where those dollars went, unlike Endorse Liberty. Those amounts range from 12 to 24 percent of the $4.17 million the PAC had reported spending as of Jan. 24. (We calculated the number as a range because some of Winning Our Future's expenditures are listed as "radio and email advertising" and there is no way to tell how much went for each purpose).