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  1. Week's outside spending favors Republicans 2:1

    By Jake Harper Oct 26, 2012 1:02 p.m.

    Less than two weeks before the election, outside spending took another big leap last week, jumping to $180 million since last Friday favoring Republicans nearly two-to-one.

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  2. Stealthy Wealthy: Who gave big in September?

    By Nancy Watzman Oct 22, 2012 12:47 p.m.

    It sounds like a scenario straight from central casting. A liberal Hollywood mogul and conservative Texas billionaire are among the exclusive 25-member million-dollar check writing club whose members forked over additional cash for super PACs in September, according to a recent Sunlight Foundation analysis.

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  3. Last-minute Democratic political donations don't close the money gap

    By Jacob Fenton and Kathy Kiely Oct 21, 2012 9:39 a.m.

    A flood of last-minute largesse from Democratic donors helped Priorities USA Action, the super PAC backing President Barack Obama's reelection, outraise its Republican counterpart for the second month in a row in September. But Republican-leaning outside spenders still headed into the last full month of the campaign with a huge cash advantage, an analysis of records filed overnight at the Federal Election Commission by Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker shows.

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  4. Democratic super PACs come into their own

    By Jacob Fenton and Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 3:38 p.m.

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  5. The money bombers: Which outside spenders have the most for the homestretch?

    By Kathy Kiely Sep 21, 2012 11:06 a.m.

    Heading into the final stages of the 2012 campaign, the super PAC in position to have the biggest impact, by far and away, is American Crossroads, Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker shows.

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  6. At Democratic super PACs briefing, strategists ask for more cash

    By Keenan Steiner Sep 4, 2012 10:19 p.m.

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- If there were millionaires at Tuesday's happy hour for prospective donors of the three major super PACs backing congressional Democrats and President Obama, they were not the recognizable backers of the groups. And there was not much exclusive about the affair.

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  7. Romney super PAC challenges FEC on disclosure

    By Keenan Steiner May 28, 2012 4:48 p.m.

    The Federal Election Commission is trying to get some of the country's top super PACs to be more open about where they spent their money -- and is getting shrugged off by the super PAC supporting Mitt Romney. 

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  8. Million dollar check club: Who's writing big checks to super PACs

    By Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group May 21, 2012 12:21 p.m.

    There's always been ways for big money to find its way into politics, but one of the changes ushered in by the super PAC era is the opportunity to flaunt it.

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  9. Ad buys mostly outside of FCC's new disclosure rule

    By Jacob Fenton May 3, 2012 5:34 p.m.

    New rules requiring greater online disclosure of political TV advertisements in the country's top 50 markets wouldn't have applied to the majority of ads aired by the Obama campaign during an 11 day period in April, according to a new analysis.

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  10. Coincidence? Sunlight map shows how Obama fundraising crosses paths with his super PAC

    By Joshua Hatch Apr 26, 2012 noon

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  11. Stealthy Wealthy: Did Katzenberg's support for Obama fast-track movie deal with China?

    By Bill Allison Apr 18, 2012 10:38 a.m.

    It's not every businessman who has the vice president of China personally sign off on his latest venture, but then Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO of Dreamworks Animation and a prolific Democratic donor, isn't every businessman.

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  12. Democratic joint super PAC is a first

    By Keenan Steiner Mar 12, 2012 12:42 p.m.

    Just when you thought you had the shadowy world of super PACs figured out, here comes a new twist: Three big Democratic super PACs -- formed to support President Barack Obama, and House and Senate Democrats -- are banding together to form the first ever joint fundraising super PAC.

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