Opinion · 117th Congress
‘Quite extraordinary’: Taking control in November would unleash a GOP leadership maelstrom
“Well, what they’re doing, what he’s doing with his Super PAC is totally different than what we do,” he said.
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Congress · 117th Congress
Power Rankings: How political players resemble the top college football teams in all the land
More offense: A super PAC affiliated with the minority leader, the Senate Leadership Fund, is spending money Scott’s outfit doesn’t have to pour into races, according to Federal Election Commission
Opinion · 117th Congress
Trump and the pursuit of complete and total control
Of course, the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the pro-McConnell Senate Leadership Fund super PAC are strongly backing Murkowski, who was one of seven GOP senators to vote to convict
Opinion · 117th Congress
Why ‘no corporate PAC money’ pledges are important
One of the steps we took was to encourage members of Congress to reject corporate PAC money.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Joe Manchin is a bona fide centrist. Deal with it
Meanwhile, an anti-Manchin and anti-Sinema political PAC has formed to defeat them in their prospective 2024 primaries and another is running an ad campaign to pressure Democratic senators to abolish
Opinion · 117th Congress
In our political rewards system, fundraising tops accountability. That has to change
If media reports are correct that the PAC spent on direct advertising only about a third of the $90 million it raised, with much going to board members and their companies, I suspect Democratic donors
Opinion · 117th Congress
Companies are abandoning anti-democratic politicians, but they shouldn’t abandon their PACs
What does the public understand that PAC critics don’t? For starters, PACs are the best example of campaign finance reform that works.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Errant Republicans must loudly hail Biden’s legitimacy
[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
Opinion · 116th Congress
Who is Kelly Loeffler?
with hundreds of thousands of past donations to the National Republican Congressional Committee, House and Senate members including Perdue and Isakson, and $750,000 to Mitt Romney’s presidential super PAC
Opinion · 116th Congress
With both parties awash with cash, maybe campaign reform isn’t so quixotic
While outside spending mattered in a limited number of 2018 Senate races like Florida, for the most part, Republican super PAC moneybags such as the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson were matched by Democratic
Opinion · 115th Congress
So You Think You Want to Run for President …
Just ask Jeb Bush, whose super PAC alone raised more than $110 million for 2016.
Opinion · 115th Congress
The Cabinet Secretary Who Should Have Known Better
During the 2016 campaign cycle, Nielsen had been a loyal Bushie, contributing $2,500 to Jeb’s super PAC, Right to Rise.
Opinion · 115th Congress
What If Trump Is Trying to Throw the 2018 Elections?
president unleashed a bitter Twitter attack on the “globalist Koch Brothers,” excoriating as “overrated” the network of conservative donors who have been the bulwark of congressional GOP funding in the super PAC
Opinion · 115th Congress
Opinion: An Absolutely Truthful Christmas Card From Congress
“Do you have a super PAC?” But even worse is having to make small talk with donors. As if I care about some elderly guy’s lumbago or what some woman just saw on cable TV.
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.
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
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.