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Democratic super PACs come into their own
By Jacob Fenton and Nancy Watzman Oct 16, 2012 3:38 p.m.
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A matter of trust? Mystery groups write big checks to super PACs
By Lindsay Young Aug 1, 2012 2:40 p.m.They may not be the biggest givers of this campaign cycle but they could be the shadiest: So far in this campaign cycle,12 trusts have given super PACs a total of $3.2 million.
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Gingrich super PAC backers pulled the plug before he did?
By Kathy Kiely Apr 25, 2012 11:28 a.m.The latest news reports say that Newt Gingrich plans to drop his roller coaster of a presidential bid next week but Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker suggests that the former House speaker's biggest money backers may already have pulled the plug.
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FEC: Perry can use some presidential funds to create super PAC
By Keenan Steiner Mar 22, 2012 2:28 p.m.The Federal Election Commission green-lighted Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s request to turn the funds he collected for his presidential campaign to other political uses -- just not all the funds.
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Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia see super PAC influx
By Joshua Hatch Mar 5, 2012 12:15 p.m.Of the nearly $10.7 million dollars in super PAC spending dumped on the super Tuesday states over the last two weeks, three — Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia — account for nearly all of the spending and almost half of the available delegates.
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Super PAC profile: Red White and Blue for Santorum
By Lindsay Young Jan 6, 2012 12:08 p.m.
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FEC proposes rule to allow federal officeholders, candidates to appear at Super PAC fundraisers
By Bill Allison Jun 24, 2011 11:10 a.m.In response to a request by a pair of Democratic Super PACs, the Federal Election Commission has proposed a new rule that would allow members of Congress, federal candidates and national political party officials to appear and speak at fundraisers for independent expenditure-only committees, or Super PACs, but would bar them from asking corporations, labor unions or individuals for the unlimited contributions that fueled the spending of these outside groups in the 2010 election cycle.
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Democratic Super PAC raises individual, union, corporate and Super PAC contributions
By Bill Allison Jun 23, 2011 6:05 p.m.The House Majority PAC, one of the two Democratic Super PACs currently seeking permission from the Federal Election Commission to have federal candidates and party officials solicit funds for them, has disclosed its first batch of donors in the 2012 election cycle. Among the big givers are stalwart Democratic donors, including unions like the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($200,000) and the Communications Workers of America ($50,000), individuals like Fred Eychaner ($100,000) and George Soros ($75,000), trial law firm Kazan McClain Lyons Greenwood & Harley ($10,000), tech company Integrated Archive Systems ($25,000) and America's Families First Action Fund ($50,000), which is itself a Super PAC.
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