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.
Analysis
As the 2022 midterms approach, fundraising for congressional races is starting to ramp up. All members of Congress filed their final campaign finance documents of 2021 last week, which…
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Issue One released the following statement in the wake of newly filed campaign finance reports showing a massive fundraising haul by former President Donald Trump’s political committees, which reportedly raised…
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Analysis
5 key numbers to know from the latest House and Senate campaign finance filings...
How much pressure are lawmakers under to raise campaign cash? Lots. The 2022 midterm elections are still more than a year away, but fundraising efforts for members of Congress are…
Analysis
5 key numbers to know from the latest House and Senate campaign finance filings...
Just halfway through 2021, fundraising efforts for the 2022 congressional elections are already in full swing. All House and Senate candidates filed new campaign finance reports last week detailing their…
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Just months after the 2020 elections, members of Congress have already started to raise large sums for their 2022 reelection efforts. All House and Senate candidates filed new campaign finance…
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A campaign finance report filed on Sunday night shows that Save America PAC, a leadership PAC formed by President Donald Trump on Nov. 9 that has few restrictions on how…
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Recently filed campaign finance reports help paint a full picture of exactly how much money House and Senate candidates raised and spent during the 2020 election cycle. The bottom line:…
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Staggering sums of money were injected into the 2020 presidential race. Here are some of the most critical numbers to know about the money spent by the presidential candidates, and…
