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Democrat, Republican political collectors ask FEC to OK texted contributions
By Kathy Kiely Apr 11, 2012 10:36 p.m.The economy may be largely lackluster but the political sector is so flush with cash it appears on the verge of creating a whole new profession: Campaign contribution brokers.
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Super PAC disclosures: Simmons hedges his bets; PayPal co-founder hearts Ron Paul
By Anupama Narayanswamy, Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton Feb 21, 2012 6:21 a.m.Monday was the day that super PACs on a monthly filing schedule file financial disclosure reports with the Federal Election Commission. Sunlight Foundation's Reporting Group is watching as they go online to see who is writing big checks. Highlights so far:
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RightChange.com Inc. funded by pharmaceutical industry figure
By Ryan Sibley Oct 28, 2010 9:41 a.m.Fred Eshelman, CEO of North Carolina-based Pharmaceutical Product Development, has given $3.38 million to RightChange.com, an organization taking part in the onslaught of outside spending this election cycle, according to documents filed with the IRS. Almost all of the money going to RightChange comes from Eshelman; the organization is a vehicle for him to air his political views, which happen to align with the GOP's.
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Surprise! The National Education Association funds the National Education Association Advocacy Fund
By Ryan Sibley Oct 27, 2010 2:27 p.m.The National Education Association Advocacy Fund, a Super PAC which has spent $4.2 million to influence the 2010 election cycle so far, receives all of it's funding from the National Education Association, a labor union—or a 501c6—and also its parent organization. No individual donors are listed.
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Dead end disclosure: Super PAC's biggest giver is a shadowy nonprofit with links to Sarah Palin
By Ryan Sibley Oct 20, 2010 11:29 a.m.Citizens for a Working America PAC, a political organization that's spent $250,000 to oppose the reelection of Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., discloses its contributions to the Federal Election Commission. Its contributor (it has only one) is New Models, a Virginia-based non-profit organized under section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code, that doesn't disclose its donors.
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Paper trail shows ties between newly registered 'Super PAC,' other groups
By Aaron Bycoffe Oct 15, 2010 3:14 p.m.Earlier this month, Partnership for America's Future filed a letter with the Federal Election Commission declaring that it will take contributions of unlimited amounts and spend them on independent expenditures. According to its website, the organization is "dedicated to supporting efforts designed to elect Republican candidates to office during the 2010 election cycle." In the process, the recently-minted Super PAC is supporting and supported by a web of Republican operatives and institutions that have played an outsized role in the 2010 elections.
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Maxine Waters exploits FEC rules to raise big bucks from California politicians
By Lindsay Young Aug 25, 2010 10:37 a.m.Longtime Democratic lawmaker Maxine Waters has perfected an unusual tactic for fundraising over the years – getting candidates, including some of California’s most prominent political figures, running for state and local offices, to pay as much as $45,000 for her endorsement on election mailers. In this election cycle alone, Waters has raised 59 percent of her campaign’s treasury through these “slate mailers.”
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Matching bundlers to fundraisers
By Lisa Chiu Jun 3, 2010 11:29 a.m.Here at the Reporting Group, we’ve always wanted to tie the fundraising invitations in our Party Time database to actual donations reported to the Federal Election Commission by a politician or a political action committee--to be able to show a donor gave money to a politician at a certain event.
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