*Methodological note: From March until July, American Crossroads was registered as a 527 organization and reporting to the Internal Revenue Service. At the end of July, it registered with the Federal Election Commission as a "Super PAC" -- officially an "independent expenditure-only committee" -- and began reporting to them. The move came after the commission issued guidance to groups in light of federal court rulings in cases that loosened prior restrictions on fund-raising from corporations for use in political messages, including
SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission and
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Between the time American Crossroads first registered with the IRS and the time it first began reporting to the FEC, it raised and spent $1.4 million that it only reported to the IRS. The numbers in this article include contributions reported to the IRS as well as the FEC.
OH, THANK HEAVEN� BIPARTISANSHIP IS DELICIOUS: OpenSecrets.org's own Megan Wilson reports that 7-Eleven, the maker of the frozen Slurpee beverage, is cashing in on President Barack Obama�s joke that Republicans have been �sipping on Slurpees� while Democrats have been hard at work. A "Slurpee Summit" was suggested to unite the two parties at the White House, and 7-Eleven took over.
Starting in its headquarters city of Dallas, the company began a tour that eventually led them to Washington D.C.�s Union Station on Thursday -- one of the closest Metro stops to the U.S. Capitol -- where the company gave out free Slurpees and T-shirts that stated, �Party animals unite.� It features an elephant silhouette lifting a Slurpee to a donkey silhouette.
� John Boehner and Obama rescheduled their Slurpee summit, but we didn�t,� said one 7-Eleven worker handing out the free shirts as he smiled.
�D.C. OR BUST� read a sign posted on the portable Slurpee dispenser outside the popular Metro stop.
7-Eleven is a modest financial player in politics, with its political action committee usually donating around $10,000 to $20,000 to federal candidates each election cycle. However the PAC has not donated money during the 2010 election cycle. 7-Eleven spent more than $1.25 million on lobbying from 1999 to 2006 when it ended its federal lobbying presence. 7-Eleven became a subsidiary to Seven & I Holdings Co. in 2005, and since 2007 it has spent $510,000 on lobbying. In 2010, Seven & I Holdings was the 35th highest lobbying spender within the retail industry, according to the Center's research.
In the 2008 election cycle, its corporate PAC gave $9,500 to federal-level candidates -- 10 Republicans and four Democrats. It also gave $500 to Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess�s PAC, the Lone Star Leadership PAC. In that same cycle, 7-Eleven�s corporate PAC received a $9,000 donation from Shell Oil.
According to the company, it sells enough Slurpees each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools.
CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS IN THE NEWS: The Center's annual release of congressional members' personal finance reports was released on Wednesday and since then has been picked up by most major news organization in the nation.
Highlights include the
San Francisco Chronicle,
New York Times,
Washington Post,
Reuters, CBS News, CNBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. On Wednesday, the Center for Responsive Politics was on the comedy show, The Colbert Report, as host Steven Colbert used the Center's website to show Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is "the guy who gets the most cash from the oil industry."
Have a news tip or link to pass along? We want to hear from you! E-mail us at press@crp.org.
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bench craft company rip off*Methodological note: From March until July, American Crossroads was registered as a 527 organization and reporting to the Internal Revenue Service. At the end of July, it registered with the Federal Election Commission as a "Super PAC" -- officially an "independent expenditure-only committee" -- and began reporting to them. The move came after the commission issued guidance to groups in light of federal court rulings in cases that loosened prior restrictions on fund-raising from corporations for use in political messages, including
SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission and
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Between the time American Crossroads first registered with the IRS and the time it first began reporting to the FEC, it raised and spent $1.4 million that it only reported to the IRS. The numbers in this article include contributions reported to the IRS as well as the FEC.
OH, THANK HEAVEN� BIPARTISANSHIP IS DELICIOUS: OpenSecrets.org's own Megan Wilson reports that 7-Eleven, the maker of the frozen Slurpee beverage, is cashing in on President Barack Obama�s joke that Republicans have been �sipping on Slurpees� while Democrats have been hard at work. A "Slurpee Summit" was suggested to unite the two parties at the White House, and 7-Eleven took over.
Starting in its headquarters city of Dallas, the company began a tour that eventually led them to Washington D.C.�s Union Station on Thursday -- one of the closest Metro stops to the U.S. Capitol -- where the company gave out free Slurpees and T-shirts that stated, �Party animals unite.� It features an elephant silhouette lifting a Slurpee to a donkey silhouette.
� John Boehner and Obama rescheduled their Slurpee summit, but we didn�t,� said one 7-Eleven worker handing out the free shirts as he smiled.
�D.C. OR BUST� read a sign posted on the portable Slurpee dispenser outside the popular Metro stop.
7-Eleven is a modest financial player in politics, with its political action committee usually donating around $10,000 to $20,000 to federal candidates each election cycle. However the PAC has not donated money during the 2010 election cycle. 7-Eleven spent more than $1.25 million on lobbying from 1999 to 2006 when it ended its federal lobbying presence. 7-Eleven became a subsidiary to Seven & I Holdings Co. in 2005, and since 2007 it has spent $510,000 on lobbying. In 2010, Seven & I Holdings was the 35th highest lobbying spender within the retail industry, according to the Center's research.
In the 2008 election cycle, its corporate PAC gave $9,500 to federal-level candidates -- 10 Republicans and four Democrats. It also gave $500 to Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess�s PAC, the Lone Star Leadership PAC. In that same cycle, 7-Eleven�s corporate PAC received a $9,000 donation from Shell Oil.
According to the company, it sells enough Slurpees each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools.
CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS IN THE NEWS: The Center's annual release of congressional members' personal finance reports was released on Wednesday and since then has been picked up by most major news organization in the nation.
Highlights include the
San Francisco Chronicle,
New York Times,
Washington Post,
Reuters, CBS News, CNBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. On Wednesday, the Center for Responsive Politics was on the comedy show, The Colbert Report, as host Steven Colbert used the Center's website to show Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is "the guy who gets the most cash from the oil industry."
Have a news tip or link to pass along? We want to hear from you! E-mail us at press@crp.org.
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During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...
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During a longer video with Fox News (video) The Donald goes into more detail about how the world has lost respect for America under the Obama administration, as well as the need for his type of “finesse” to be a truly effective ...
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