Three members of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee have received an average of $102,600 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of the companies they’ve favored with earmarks in the first six months of 2007. The rest of the members of the subcommittee have netted collectively $180,000—an average of about $12,800 per member—from […]

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An Alaskan nonprofit foundation that raises money to make “the records and mementos of Sen. [Ted] Stevens’ career in public service” has failed to file registration documents or pay fees since 2004, according to the Alaska Department of Law. In response to a FOIA request to the department for all documents filed by the Ted […]

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I kind of like digging into these — some people do crossword puzzles, I like figuring out which member goes with which leadership PAC. BillPAC, on page three of its March 13, 2006 amended Statement of Organization, provides the following address for its treasurer, Jeff Reeder: 10970 McFarland Rd., Mercersburg, PA 17236. I ran the […]

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Following up on this post, I spoke to Vince Currao, a political consultant for both Rep. Russ Carnahan and the Arch Leadership PAC. Currao said that Carnahan is the honorary chair of Arch Leadership PAC and that the Missouri lawmaker “raises money for” it.

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Just for fun, I thought I’d take ten minutes and see if I can track down another mystery PAC for our friends at the Center for Responsive Politics–this time the Arch Leadership PAC. FEC filings list the PAC’s address as 906 Olive St., Suite 1212, St. Louis, MO 63101. Googling it, I got a lot […]

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