A coalition of groups pressing for disclosure of corporate political contributions said today that it is heartened by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to include plans for a proposed rule on its agenda. “We congratulate the SEC for listening...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington.
Political Disclosure on SEC Agenda
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Senator Tim Johnson, a Democrat from South Dakota and chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, arrives to hear Ben S. Bernanke, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, deliver his semiannual monetary policy report to the Senate Banking Committee in Washington.
South Dakota’s Johnson: Super-PAC
A lobbyist and former aide to Sen. Tim Johnson, the South Dakota Democrat who leads the Banking Committee, has created a super-political action committee that could independently aid Johnson’s re-election campaign in 2014. Mike Chapman, co-founder and partner of D.C....
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A man walks through the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center with balloons where Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak on Nov. 6, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $97.7 Million
That’s how much outside groups spent in the final week of the Nov. 6 election campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The big late spenders included American Crossroads ($23 million), a super-political action committee founded with help from...
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Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama following a presidential debate at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 3, 2012.
Bloomberg by the Numbers: $2.23 Bln
That’s how much President Barack Obama, Republican Mitt Romney and five groups active in the presidential election raised from Jan. 1, 2011 through Nov. 26, 2012. Obama and two Democratic groups together raised $1.10 billion, compared with $1.13 billion raised...
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, left, greets Bob McNair owner of the Houston Texans before a football in this file photo.
Republican McNair’s Texans Face Democrat Kraft’s Patriots
There’s a big National Football League showdown tonight between the 11-1 Houston Texans and the 9-3 New England Patriots, two division-leading teams run by active political donors. Texans owner Robert McNair gave $2 million this year to a super-political action committee, Restore...
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Sheldon Adelson, chairman and chief executive officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp., is projected during a news conference at the opening of Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s Marina Bay Sands Resort & Casino in Singapore.
Super-PACs’ Last Gasp: Mixed
Federal Election Commission reports due last night show a blitz of last-minute super-political action committee action in key Senate and House races. The late investments yielded mixed results. Less than three weeks before Election Day, a super-PAC backing Virginia Senate...
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Former House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during press conference in Arlington, Virginia, on May 2, 2012.
Pro-Gingrich Super-PAC Head Still ‘Winning’
Three days after Election Day, Rebecca Burkett collected her 14th paycheck from Winning Our Future, a Federal Election Commission report filed today show. No matter that the super-political action committee’s preferred presidential candidate had dropped out some six months earlier....
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A private jet in New York.
Have Super-PAC, Will Travel
There was that night at the Four Seasons in Seattle. And a couple of check-ins at the W Hotel in San Francisco. There were dozens of flights on United — even a chartered plane. Super-political action committees spent more than...
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U.S. Senator-elect Tim Kaine speaks to his supporters after winning the Virginia U.S. Senate seat, on Nov. 6, 2012 in Richmond, Virginia.
Adelson’s Late $2.5 Million Couldn’t Stop Kaine’s Virginia Win
Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson gave $2.5 million in the waning days of the Nov. 6 election to a Republican super-political action committee that was on the losing side of a key U.S. Senate race in Virginia. The super-PAC, Independence Virginia,...
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Houston homebuilder Bob Perry.
Perry Gave $1 Million Before Election to Senate-Focused Super-PAC
Point to any active Republican super-political action committee in the 2012 campaign, and there is a good chance Bob Perry was helping to fund it. The Houston homebuilder gave millions of dollars to Republican super-PACs during the campaign, including $1...
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