By Kent Cooper
| 30 minutes ago
A New York hedge fund company has taken advantage of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United and contributed $100,000 to a Republican super PAC. The head of the company has similarities to Jack Abramoff.
By Kent Cooper
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., has contributed $219,252 in leftover campaign and PAC funds to establish a scholarship fund for Connecticut students.
By Kent Cooper
The political action committee of a tea party group has raised more than $2 million during the first six months of the year, but expenses were very high.
By Kent Cooper
Super PACs, with their ability to receive donations of unlimited amounts, have continued to receive contributions of more than $100,000 this year.
By Kent Cooper
A super PAC encouraging and supporting the 2016 presidential campaign of former Secretary of State and former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., has reported today raising $1.25 million during the first six months of 2013.
By Kent Cooper
The federal super PAC of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., reported today raising $6.5 million for her efforts at gun control.
By Kent Cooper
The federal PAC of a state governor who has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate has started to move money to members of Congress from Iowa and New Hampshire.
By Kent Cooper
A former state attorney general who has sued many “special interests” appears to be comfortable taking PAC contributions from communications companies that his Senate committee regulates.
By Kent Cooper
Secretary of State John Kerry has moved a little further away from his political past and closed down his Senate leadership PAC.
By Kent Cooper
A major contributor to Republican causes wrote at least $3 million in checks to super PACs in the months before his death.
By Kent Cooper
The political action committee of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin continues to raise and spend funds and maintains a $1 million balance for the first six month of 2013.
By Kent Cooper
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has spent more than $88,000 on meals and catering fundraising events for potential donors, including energy and commerce industry executives, during the first six months of 2013.
By Kent Cooper
The super PAC founded by former Fox News contributor Dick Morris reported today it donated $150,000 to super PACs supporting Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
By Kent Cooper
The American victims of the 1985 Rome airport attack and the Egypt Air 648 attack are still lobbying Congress and the State Department for relief. Their complex issue touches on areas of foreign relations, homeland security, torts, foreign trade, appropriations, banking and finance.
By Kent Cooper
The Tea Party Patriots today bought $35,800 in broadcast time at WCPO-TV, the ABC affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio. The station broadcasts into parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Rebecca Haglin requested time from Aug. 5 through Aug. 30 to communicate a message relating to a political matter of national importance.
By Kent Cooper
The Internal Revenue Service is continuing to block public access to disclosure reports of the political money of the Democratic and Republican Governors Associations, as well as other Section 527 organizations.
By Kent Cooper
A nonprofit organization founded by Silicon Valley entrepreneurs has tripled their federal lobbying expenditures in the second quarter but still remains a very small player among Capitol insiders.
By Kent Cooper
A freshman Congressman who founded and ran a D.C.-area financial lending firm is expected to earn $69 million from the sale of his company stock early next year.
