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By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyAs Republican victories appeared inevitable in the month leading up to Election Day, special interest groups began pumping hundreds of thousands of dollars to the incoming GOP chairmen of major House committees, USA Today reported Monday. The newspaper's analysis of new campaign-finance reports found that beginning Oct. 1, political action committees delivered nearly $1.2 million to lawmakers who are set to take over seven key panels in January. About $7.8 million in PAC money was paid out during the 2010 election cycle, a 40 percent increase over 2008, according to the report. Some ...
Mitt Romney Tops Money List for Likely 2012 GOP Presidential Candidates
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyThe money chase for the 2012 Republican presidential campaign is off and running, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads the way, collecting more than $1.8 million during the second quarter of this year. Romney's Free and Strong America Political Action Committee raked in about $1.5 million during the period ending June 30, while several other smaller Romney-connected PACs took in $329,000, according to The Hill newspaper and Federal Election Commission records. Romney, who lost the 2008 GOP nomination to Sen. John McCain, has not made anything official regarding his intentions two ...
Republicans Court Rich Candidates
By Jonathan Berr - Politics DailyAttention wealthy people interested in politics: the Republican party wants you.As the New York Times noted today, the party that wants people to pull themselves with their own bootstraps expects the same of people running for Congress. It has little choice since The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has raised $56 million with $29.2 million at its disposal compared with the $40.7 million raised by the National Republican Congressional Committee, which as a cash balance of $2.5 million, the paper said.While having self-funded candidates seems like a dream come true for the GOP, there ...
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