Money in Politics

Fundraising Pressures & Campaign Spending

Hours spent dialing for dollars are hours diverted away from lawmakers’ legislative and oversight responsibilities. We pour over campaign finance reports to track fundraising trends and raise awareness of the pressure that lawmakers face to raise funds for their reelection campaigns and political parties. These widely cited analyses help give a more complete picture of the vast sums of money flowing through our political system. For more about the practice of parties forcing members of Congress to raise astronomical amounts of cash in order to serve in powerful legislative positions, visit our Party Dues page.


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