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Defilippi, previously with EMILY’s List, comes on as deputy executive director for campaigns and political, while Gisel Aceves, formerly executive director for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ BOLD PAC
The corporate PAC donations, totaling about $34,000 and all coming in December, also came from the funds connected to Boeing, BAE Systems, Ernst & Young and AFLAC, among others, the FEC documents
It also splits its donations with the moderate Tuesday Group PAC, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission.
McCarthy’s backing would likely come with the substantial weight of the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC affiliated with him.
Multiple lobbyists and PAC organizers said the most impacted members would be Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee top Republican, Michael C.
PAC-lash: Democrats had no problem with corporate PACs announcing they would not contribute to Republicans who voted to invalidate two states’ electoral votes this month, but DCCC Chairman Sean Patrick
What does the public understand that PAC critics don’t? For starters, PACs are the best example of campaign finance reform that works.
He added that lumping members of both parties into the PAC pauses seemed to besmirch Democrats when it was exclusively Republicans who voted against decertifying electoral results.
Will the PAC pauses last? Some members “will have forfeited the support of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce — period, full stop,” Neil Bradley told reporters this week.
“Companies and associations are all tailoring the right response based on how they operate their political giving programs and their PAC programs,” Bradley said.
Rachel Irwin, a spokeswoman for the Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC, noted that GOP outside groups outspent Democratic ones on the airwaves.
ICYMI 2022 ads begin: Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House GOP leadership, launched a “five-figure” digital ad buy Monday targeting vulnerable Democrats over their votes
Peachtree PAC: SLF is also connected to Peachtree PAC, a new super PAC that popped up for the Georgia runoffs.
BOLD PAC, the political arm of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, also pushed for Padilla. Padilla has ties to BOLD PAC’s outgoing chairman, California Rep. Tony Cárdenas.
Luria may have forgotten why corporate PAC money is so damaging to democracy and her constituents, but we haven’t,” the group said.
Starting gate PAC track: A record 155 incumbents and challengers vowed to reject corporate PAC money during the 2020 cycle, but potential cracks in the trend have begun to emerge, including a change
“I was having the same conversation 30 times a day,” Conway, the executive director of VIEW PAC, which supports GOP women running for office, said in a recent interview.
more individually than their company’s PAC.
Among DeLauro’s backers is American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten; an AFT-backed group gave more than $3 million to the Pelosi-affiliated House Majority PAC, according to Federal
Newsom’s choice: Several Black political groups, including the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, the Collective PAC, Higher Heights for America PAC and ALPHA PAC, issued a joint statement Tuesday urging