In a complaint in the D.C. District Court, the RNC argues it should be able to raise and spend cash like super PACs.
Continue readingOne day after primary, Kentucky super PAC sets sights on Alison Lundergan Grimes
Just one day after Kentucky's primary, a pro-McConnell super PAC spent half a million on a new ad targeting Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes.
Continue readingParty committees on top, dark money still flowing FEC filings show
Monthly fundraising figures have landed at the Sunlight Foundation's Real-Time FEC tracker, and our tool shows national party committees leading the pack as well as dark money pouring into primaries.
Continue readingOutside groups dump nearly $11M into four primary states
Almost all of the money has been spent in Republican primary elections, reflecting the party's continuing, costly rift.
Continue readingAnother layer of influence: AT&T and DirecTV lobbyists’ congressional fundraisers
Lobbyists for the companies involved in the latest proposed telecomm mega-merger have been partying hard to win friends on Capitol Hill.
Continue readingBattleground Louisville: Pro-McConnell outside groups help fuel $2.1 million ad blitz
An analysis of TV ad buys shows that Louisville has been a mecca for political advertising and that Sen. Mitch McConnell has benefitted from spending by some undeclared friends.
Continue readingCampaign intelligence: Republican primaries in the spotlight
Outside money has coalesced behind Ben Sasse in Nebraska, while the leader of a crowded GOP pack in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional district gets most of his money from out of state.
Continue readingCampaign finance enters the age of Bitcoin
The FEC unanimously voted Thursday to allow limited Bitcoin donations to political committees.
Continue readingSenate Majority PAC reveals another $500k for Mark Pryor as Obama tours Arkansas
The filing coincides with President Obama's trip to the state, where he surveyed storm damage and met briefly with Pryor.
Continue readingHow we got the story: Using Foreign Influence Explorer for reporting
Sunlight staffers provide a step-by-step primer on how we used our new tracker to follow foreign influence.
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