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Divide Over Israel Widens in Democratic Party
But when it comes to making direct campaign contributions, J Street’s PAC tops the list for the 2018 cycle, with nearly $1.9 million so far this year.
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But when it comes to making direct campaign contributions, J Street’s PAC tops the list for the 2018 cycle, with nearly $1.9 million so far this year.
Remember Mississippi PAC, a super PAC supporting him, ended 2017 with $852,000. Conservatives are likely to use Wicker’s past NRSC chairmanship and his large campaign coffers against him.
The Koch Brothers and their network of Super PAC contributors have announced plans to spend as much as $400 million on the 2018 elections to ensure that the Republicans retain control of Capitol Hill
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the Kentucky Republican, spent $5 million in the runoff to defeat Moore, which enraged the former judge.
In turn, a McConnell-affiliated super PAC is blasting Brooks for skipping a vote on a bill to assist Capitol Police officers injured in the line of duty.
On Wednesday, the super PAC backed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released a TV ad that accuses one of those candidates, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, of siding with Massachusetts Sen.
Brooks is also receiving criticism from the conservative base for accepting an endorsement from anti-Trump group Courageous Conservatives PAC.
“Donald Trump is sabotaging the Affordable Care Act marketplaces and the people of Wisconsin are going to pay the price,” Shripal Shah of the liberal super PAC American Bridge said in a statement
Both a border adjustment tax and the elimination of the business deduction for carried interest would divide the GOP majority by pitting one super PAC billionaire against another.
“A lot of people don’t see much difference between making a contribution to a super PAC backing one candidate and making a contribution to a candidate directly.”
And that’s in addition to the endorsement by Independence USA, the super PAC founded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
[Giffords PAC Endorses Toomey and Kirk] McGinty, has criticized Toomey’s gun control record, calling it “paper-thin.”