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At the Races: Primary pipe dreams
McCarthy’s backing would likely come with the substantial weight of the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC affiliated with him.
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McCarthy’s backing would likely come with the substantial weight of the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC affiliated with him.
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
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.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Some of these private reassessments have been prompted by the crassest reason imaginable — the growing corporate move to cut off PAC support for the 147 senators and House
“Companies and associations are all tailoring the right response based on how they operate their political giving programs and their PAC programs,” Bradley said.
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
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
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
Starting gate Surfing the ‘green wave’: The House Democratic “green wave” of campaign cash returned in 2020, and the GOP super PAC Congressional Leadership Fund jumped in to help close the spending
The Democratic super PAC House Majority PAC launched new ads in 14 districts this week highlighting those themes. Democratic candidates are doing the same.
“In line with our belief that political influence should be earned, not bought, Twitter will officially close its Political Action Committee, #PAC.
Giffords PAC executive director Peter Ambler said the group is “all in for Cal Cunningham,” adding that in the closing weeks of the race, Giffords PAC is “making crystal clear who the real gun safety leader
They zig, you zag: With more than $110 million flowing into TV and radio ads in the Georgia Senate matchup between GOP incumbent David Perdue and Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff, a pro-Perdue PAC
CQ Roll Call scoop: The GOP super PAC Senate Leadership Fund plans to spend a whopping $9 million on the Michigan Senate race, aiming to boost Republican challenger John James against Democratic
Kennedy II of Massachusetts transferred from his old campaign account into a super PAC that supported his son’s failed Senate bid against incumbent Edward J. Markey. Joseph P.
city councilor, is almost certainly heading to Capitol Hill next year after squeaking past a crowded Democratic primary field in Massachusetts’ 4th District last week, with a little help from a super PAC
A super PAC linked to Winning for Women launched a negative ad this week against Democrat Abby Finkenauer, the first significant negative spending against the freshman congresswoman.
He is the only House Republican to refuse PAC money. “I am hopeful that there will be other Republicans in the 2020 cycle who swear off PAC money,” Gaetz told CQ Roll Call.