@MoneyInPolitics

Nonpartisan nonprofit organization managing a national campaign finance database of state and federal contribution data. Links/RTs ≠ endorsements.

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Did you hear the news? We've merged with @OpenSecretsDC! opensecrets.org/news/2021/05…

Leading money-in-politics data nonprofits merge to form OpenSecrets

The Center for Responsive Politics and the National Institute on Money in Politics launch combined organization: OpenSecrets

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"According to campaign finance data from the National Institute on Money in Politics, more than two dozen labor groups have donated a total of $321,500 to the Western Pennsylvania lawmakers since they were elected to Congress..." witf.org/2021/01/27/labor-pa…

Labor PACs stay quiet on campaign donations to western Pa. lawmakers following insurrection | WITF

While corporate political action committees (PACs) may have disavowed Republican actions, union-affiliated PACs that have backed U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler and U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly are largely...

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Are Women Reshaping the Political Donor Class? Money Matters in the Upcoming Races for Governor msmagazine.com/2021/01/25/wo… via @msmagazine

Are Women Reshaping the Political Donor Class? Money Matters in the Upcoming Races for Governor

We should be paying attention not only to the women on the ballot, but also to the women donors who can influence who makes it to the governor’s mansion.

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"According to records from the National Institute on Money in Politics, Cerner Corporation donated to a wide range of candidates from both parties in the 2020 election." healthcareitnews.com/news/ce… via @HealthITNews

Cerner PAC stops donating to elected officials who 'incited violence' in Capitol

The company had donated to the 2020 campaigns of a dozen federal legislators who went on to object to the presidential election results.

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Some businesses pausing campaign contributions after riot were Daines donors mtstandard.com/news/state-an… via @MontanaStandard

Some businesses pausing campaign contributions after riot were Daines donors

Many of the large corporate donors said to be reconsidering campaign contributions after false allegations of election fraud fomented an assault on Congress, had been contributors to Montana Sen....

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FollowTheMoney.org retweeted
Sheila Krumholz@skrmhlz15 Jan 2021
Glad to join @NewsHour tonight to discuss the businesses suspending donations to GOP objectors et al after Capitol attack youtu.be/LcnMU53Yc0w
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Check out CRP's Krumholz PBS interview last night on corporate reaction to recent events.
Sheila Krumholz@skrmhlz15 Jan 2021
Glad to join @NewsHour tonight to discuss the businesses suspending donations to GOP objectors et al after Capitol attack youtu.be/LcnMU53Yc0w
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The spending data in this index comes from the National Institute on Money in Politics' FollowTheMoney.org website and the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.) facingsouth.org/2021/01/inst…
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Michael Malbin quoted by CNN: "The fact that major organizations are saying that they are disgusted matters," he said. "This is a public statement about what they believe is right and wrong." bit.ly/2KdVtv0
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Facing South compiled a sobering index: Among the 16 senators in all who were part of the effort to overturn the presidential election, rank of lawyers and lobbyists among the top industry contributors to their campaigns: 1 bit.ly/3i9Dtyw

INSTITUTE INDEX: Who's funding the Senate's Sedition Caucus?

The legal, real estate, investment, and oil and gas industries are among those that have contributed the most to the U.S. senators who were part of the effort to overturn the outcome of the preside...

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"The industry contributed more money to state legislative races than any other business sector over the past decade, according to the data collected by the nonprofit National Institute on Money in Politics."
Sean Kevin Campbell@Sean_Kev8 Jan 2021
Replying to @Sean_Kev
5/ Read the full @propublica story w/ @newsobserver here: propublica.org/article/the-n…

The Nursing Home Didn’t Send Her to the Hospital, and She Died

Palestine Howze didn’t have COVID-19, but a law enacted to protect health providers during the pandemic could derail her family’s wrongful death suit.

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Dem. Jon Ossoff has raised $138.5 million so far in his bid to oust incumbent Sen. David Perdue (R), who has raised $87 M. See the donors to each here: bit.ly/3nk9S6r (Final figures will be available 1/31 when the last reports are filed)
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Our big end-of-year fundraising deadline is TOMORROW. Will you pitch in right away to help bring transparency to money in politics in 2021? followthemoney.org/connect-w…
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Inv. reporter @ayewolfe dug into our data to inform this story mississippitoday.org/2020/12… via @MSTODAYnews

Who’s getting rich off child support? (Hint: It’s not the moms)

Who profits off privatization of Mississippi’s child support program? A former employee Is questioning the way the contract was awarded.

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Fueled by Party Money, Independent Spending Matches U.S. House and Senate Candidate Money in Close Races. See more in our just-released report: bit.ly/38puNQc
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Great interview about small-donor public financing by our outgoing CFI Division director, Michael Malbin bit.ly/3nII8tk
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Our analysis on gender and elections couldn’t have been done without the support of our friends @CAWP_RU and we are so excited about our collaboration with them and with @OpenSecretsDC Again, you can read the full report here: followthemoney.org/research/…
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In 2020 Congressional races, women candidates outraised men on average, while also nearly closing the gap in state-level contests.
Horizontal bar chart showing congressional fundraising by gender in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers

ALT Horizontal bar chart showing congressional fundraising by gender in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers

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In 2020, way more women ran as Democratic candidates than as Republican candidates, regardless of their incumbency status.
A horizontal bar chart showing women candidate's incumbency status by political party affiliation. Bar chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers

ALT A horizontal bar chart showing women candidate's incumbency status by political party affiliation. Bar chart can be found at https://www.followthemoney.org/research/institute-reports/joint-report-in-2020-women-ran-won-and-donated-in-record-numbers

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Our new joint analysis with the Center for Responsive Politics explores the role that women played in the 2020 elections, both as candidates and as donors. Read the joint report here: bit.ly/2WAdrKJ
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