Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Roy Moore, ‘Kinky Boots’ and 2017’s Most Important Election
The TV spot in question was not the bland bio ad for Democrat Doug Jones sponsored by Highway 31, a supportive super PAC.
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Rating Change: Alabama Senate Race Moves to Toss-Up
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Republican majority leader of the Senate, and his aligned super PAC have disavowed their nominee with a month to go before the Dec. 12 election.
Politics · 115th Congress
Minnesota’s Stewart Mills ‘Probably’ Not Running in 2018
[Mining Concerns Animate Minnesota Swing District] He praised Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC backed by House GOP leadership, for standing with him.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Short Life Span of the Trump-McConnell Buddy Movie
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
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Tax Cut Question — Will Voters Feel Richer or Betrayed by Trump?
Corry Bliss, who heads the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC close to Paul Ryan, told me over the summer, “The most important thing for 2018 is whether Republicans cut middle-class taxes
Politics · 115th Congress
Moore Wins Senate GOP Runoff in Alabama
Groups tied to GOP leadership, such as the Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, have spent millions of dollars on the race.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Amid the Alabama Mess, a Reason for Optimism
President Donald Trump is backing Strange; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s super PAC has spent more than $10 million to attack Strange’s Republican rivals, often with a barrage of false
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Strange Times for Mitch McConnell in the Alabama Senate Race
The Senate Leadership Fund, a McConnell-aligned super PAC, has spent more than $7 million attacking Strange’s opponents, including Moore, as insufficiently conservative.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: The Two-Party System on a Sick Bed
What gives heft to these threats is Bannon’s financial backer — conservative billionaire super PAC baron Robert Mercer.
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: GOP Tax Dilemma — Somebody’s Got to Pay More
If Republican interest groups and super PAC barons had their way, the only items on the table would probably be corporate tax benefits and rate reductions for the wealthy.
Politics · 115th Congress
The True and Bonkers Story About When Kid Rock Met Mitt Romney
Of course, Packer, like her former boss Romney, was a fierce critic of President Donald Trump’s candidacy and ran an anti-Trump PAC last year.
Politics · 115th Congress
Labrador Takes Wife Off Campaign Payroll
Doolittle had been paying his wife, a fundraiser, a 15 percent commission on contributions to his leadership PAC and other campaign donations, which stuffed the family coffers with around $180,000 from
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: Meet the New President — All 50 of Them
The month before, the PAC supporting Trump’s agenda took out attack ads against Republican Sen. Dean Heller in Nevada, who had announced he was a “no” on the initial Senate health care bill.
Politics · 115th Congress
He’s Back: Trump Lashes Out at Germany, ‘Fake News’ Media
[Pence’s Battleground Stops, PAC Raise Eyebrows Amid Trump Scandals] The U.S. president labeled both things “very bad for U.S.”
Politics · 115th Congress
All Eyes on Turnout in Georgia Special Election
Saxby Chambliss and Ending Spending Action Fund, an establishment-friendly Republican super PAC, endorsed Handel.
Opinion: Would Trump Nuke Congressional Budget Rules?
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.
Abortion Opponents Look for a Home in Democratic Party
Democrats for Life's political action committee spent $14,000 in the 2010 cycle; EMILY's List's PAC spent $27 million, according to Open Secrets.
Opinion: Trump Needs to Reread ‘The Art of the Comeback’
One wrinkle of the super PAC era is that a president and his party can no longer bludgeon rebellious legislators into submission by cutting off their campaign money.
Politics · 115th Congress
Elizabeth Warren Emerges as GOP Boogeyman
The Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC allied with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, made a similar comparison when it attacked Montana Democrat Jon Tester for voting against a waiver to allow
Politics · 114th Congress
New Member: Republican Mike Gallagher Elected in Wisconsin’s 8th District
[GOP Super PAC Doubles Its 2014 Spending] Gallagher is a Princeton alumnus and Marine Corps veteran with a doctorate in international relations from Georgetown University.