CFR AND SNL. ABC (video). D MONEY WALL. WP. “The Senate Majority PAC, fueled by billionaires and labor unions, has been the biggest-spending super PAC of the 2014 midterm contests. Together with an allied tax-exempt group, Patriot Majority, the pro-Democratic effort has poured at least $36 million into ads and voter outreach, according to the […]
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SUPER PAC EMBRACE. Seattle Times. “President Obama’s Tuesday fundraising swing through the Seattle area will include a high-priced dinner event benefiting a Democratic super PAC.” $468, 22 MONTHS, AND THE FEC. In the Know (D. Mason). “Connie Mack lost his U.S. Senate race in Florida in 2012, but the FEC wasn’t finished until about a […]
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COCHRAN AMENDS. WAPT. “U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign staff is amending its campaign finance reports because of a $50,000 payment to a staff member.” WEAPONIZING CAMPAIGN FINANCE. Mackinac Center. “The growing labyrinth of government campaign finance regulation is an institutional ‘down escalator’ for the political free speech rights at the core of this democracy.” SUPER […]