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Super PAC for America
Political Leanings: Republican Spending Target: $20 million Dick Morris, a political strategist and television commentator, was instrumental in the formation of Super PAC for America. Morris — who...
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Public Notice (Bankrupting America)
Political Leanings: Republican Spending Target: Not Disclosed Public Notice is a group headed by Gretchen Hamel, who has a long history of working for Republicans. She was a press assistant for...
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60 Plus Association
Political leanings: Conservative/Republican Spending target: Unknown. $5 million announced in September. 60 Plus, which has existed since 1992, describes itself as "a non-partisan seniors advocacy...
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American Future Fund
Political leanings: Republican Spending target: $20 million to $25 million American Future Fund was founded in 2007 by Nick Ryan, a longtime political adviser to former Iowa congressman Jim Nussle,...
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Would Miller ‘Destroy’ Alaska’s Economy?
In Alaska, a new group founded and financed by for-profit native corporations falsely charges in an ad that Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller’s proposals "would destroy a third of Alaska’s economy"...
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Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity
Political leanings: Republican/Pro-growth Spending target: $5 million The Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity was created on March 31, 2010, by a Republican media consultant and a GOP...
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Toss-ups: Pennsylvania Cash Attack
Summary Two independent groups are spending heavily in the Pennsylvania Senate race, and we find both are airing TV ads that go a bit too far: VoteVets.org Action Fund, a left-leaning veterans group,...
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Outside Group Attacks Sestak on Terror Trials
The Republican Jewish Coalition says it is spending $1 million in the Pennsylvania Senate race on an ad attacking Democrat Joe Sestak for wanting to hold trials of alleged 9/11 terrorists "in our...
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On Monday, FactCheck.org hosted a post-election conference on political advertising in the 2010 election by outside groups. Our liberal and conservative panelists played some TV ads to illustrate their...
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In episode 41 of our podcast, we give you some highlights from our post-election conference on political advertising by outside groups....
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