| Cash on hand at end of period | Independent Expenditures | Contributions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting period | Rep. | Dem. | Rep. | Dem. | Rep. | Dem. |
| Jan. 1 - June 30, 2011 | $16.7 | $5.8 | ||||
| July 1 - Dec. 31, 2011 | $47.6 | $12.2 | $15.6 | $2.5 | $53.4 | $15.9 |
| Jan. 1 - Mar. 31, 2012 | $53.7 | $22.3 | $69.8 | $4.6 | $87.8 | $18.4 |
| April 1 - June 30, 2012 | $79.4 | $25.9 | $35.0 | $27.1 | $69.4 | $36.1 |
| All dollar figures are in millions. Note that independent expenditures do not reflect all of a super PAC's spending; salaries and other costs are typically reported as operating expenses, itemized on schedule B. Source: Sunlight Reporting Group analysis of Federal Election Commission data. | ||||||