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Updated Monday, May 12, 2:49 p.m.

Campaign finance news

Shays Is Busy Raising Big Money for November

After two close shaves in 2004 and 2006, Rep. Christopher Shays isn’t taking any chances in his re-election bid this year. With six months still to go until the general election, the ten-term Connecticut Republican is already mounting an aggressive fundraising effort to help his campaign stay ahead of well-financed Democratic challenger Jim Himes. Shays has netted $236,000 over the past two weeks alone and more than $360,000 since the beginning of April, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Himes, meanwhile, has raised $86,000 since April 1. Both men are pulling in contributions from financiers and investment bankers who live in the New York City suburban areas that make up much of Connecticut’s 4th District. In their quarterly FEC reports ending March 31, Shays had $1.25 million cash on hand and Himes had just over $1 million.

May 12, 2008 - 2:49 p.m.

The Daily Query

Some notable filings with the FEC and IRS over the weekend:
      Independent Expenditures
• Associated Builders and Contractors PAC (Support John McCain)
• Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (Oppose Heather Wilson, NM Senate)
• DCCC (Support Travis Childers, Oppose Greg Davis, MS-01)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Support Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, Oppose John McCain)
• NRCC (Support Greg Davis, Oppose Travis Childers, MS-01)
      Millionaires’ Amendment Notice
• OR-05: Erickson for Congress
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions/Loans Received
• CT-04: Christopher Shays for Congress Committee

May 12, 2008 - 11:54 a.m.

Candidates Add Six Joint Fundraising PACs

More federal campaigns are teaming up to raise money as they make the transition from primary to general election mode, with six joint campaign committees formed in the last two weeks. On the Senate side, Sen. John E. Sununu, R-N.H., has joined up with Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., to make the Senate Majority Committee 2008. National party committees also joined the mix — Minnesota Senatorial candidate Al Franken and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee created A New Voice for Minnesota and the National Republican Senatorial Committee and President George W. Bush launched the 2008 President’s Dinner Committee.
     Others coming together to form joint fundraisers are:
• The Victory Darren White Fund, formed by New Mexico Republican House candidate Darren White and the Republican Campaign Committee of New Mexico.
• Americans for a Conservative Course formed by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, and For America’s Republican Majority PAC (FARM PAC).
• McCain Victory Kentucky formed by presumed Republican nominee John McCain and the Republican Party of Kentucky -- McCain’s fifth joint fundraising committee created in the past month.

May 9, 2008 - 5:40 p.m.

The Daily Query

Some notable filings with the FEC and the IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Support Travis Childers, Oppose Greg Davis, MS-01)
• National Association of Realtors PAC (Support Monty Newman, NM-02)
• NRCC (Support Greg Davis, Oppose Travis Childers, MS-01)
• SEIU COPE (Support Barack Obama)
      Electioneering Communications
• Freedom’s Watch
      May Monthly
• ActBlue Non-Federal
• Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo.: Rocky Mountain PAC
• Rep. David L. Hobson, R-Ohio: Pioneer PAC
      Pre-Primary
• KY-03: Northup for Congress | Yarmuth for Congress
• OR-05: Erickson for Congress | Kurt Schrader for Congress
      Millionaires’ Amendment Notice
• CA-04: Ose for Congress

May 9, 2008 - 11:47 a.m.

CQ Politics: Conservative Group’s “Missing Reports” Turn Up at the FEC

Democrats have mounted a public relations offensive against a conservative non-profit called Freedom’s Watch in recent weeks, but their latest criticism turns out to be unfounded. Full Story

May 9, 2008 - 10:58 a.m.

CQ Politics: GOP’s FEC Nomination Swap Leads to Charges of Political Reprisal

After months of pressure from the Democrats to pull the plug on a Republican nominee to the Federal Election Commission, the White House finally did so this week. Trouble is, President Bush decided to dump the one nominee the Democrats haven’t raised any concerns about. Full story

May 8, 2008 - 6:34 p.m.

CQ MoneyLine Top 10: Biggest Recipients of Politician PAC Giving

In an attempt to bolster some of their more vulnerable colleagues, members of Congress have doled out more than $18 million among themselves through their political action committees this election cycle. The top beneficiaries so far are all senators facing challenges to their re-election bids this fall.
     Top 10 recipients of lawmaker-affiliated PAC money include: Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, $351,500 | Sen. Norm Coleman , R-Minn., $317,000 | Sen. John E. Sununu , R-N.H., $297,000 | Sen. Gordon H. Smith , R-Ore., $287,000 | Sen. Elizabeth Dole , R-N.C., $275,500 | Sen. James M. Inhofe , D-Okla., $249,566 | Sen. Tim Johnson , D-SD, $258,500 | Sen. Pat Roberts , R-Kan., $249,914 | Sen. Saxby Chambliss , R-Ga., $248,500 | Sen. Ted Stevens , R-Alaska, $227,500

May 8, 2008 - 4:50 p.m.

The Daily Query

Some notable filings with the FEC or IRS over the past 24 hours:
     Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Support Travis Childers, Oppose Greg Davis, MS-01)
• MoveOn.org Political Action | NARAL Pro-Choice America (Oppose John McCain)
• National Organization for Women PAC (Support Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• NRCC (Support Greg Davis, Oppose Travis Childers, MS-01)
• Republican Majority Campaign (Oppose Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama)
      May Monthly
• ClubforGrowth.net
      Pre-Primary
• OR-05: Mannix for Congress
      Millionaires’ Amendment Notice
• IN-07: Myers for Congress
      48-Hour Notice of Contributions Loans/Received
• MS-01: Greg Davis for Congress
• OR-05: Kurt Schrader for Congress

May 8, 2008 - 1:53 p.m.

The Daily Query

Some notable filings with the FEC and the IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• Club for Growth (Support Thomas McClintock, Oppose Doug Ose, CA-04)
• Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund (Oppose Steve Pearce, NM Senate)
• DCCC (Support Travis Childers, Oppose Greg Davis, MS-01)
• International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee (Support Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• NRCC (Support Greg Davis, Oppose Travis Childers, MS-01)
      May Monthly
• Founded by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, former Rep. Lane Evans, D-Ill., former Rep. Jack Hightower, D-Texas: 21st Century Democrats
• Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa.: Big Tent PAC
• Rep. David R. Obey, D-Wis: Committee for Progressive Congress

May 7, 2008 - 12:13 p.m.

CQ Today: With Nominations, Bush Seeks End to FEC Impasse

President Bush sent the Senate a slate of Federal Election Commission nominees Tuesday, but the gesture may not end the impasse over the agency’s roster because it still lists Hans von Spakovsky, a Republican who is opposed by Senate Democrats. Full Story

May 6, 2008 - 7:46 p.m.

The Daily Query

Some notable filings with the FEC and the IRS in the past 24 hours:
      Independent Expenditures
• DCCC (Support Travis Childers, Oppose Greg Davis, MS-01)
• Life and Liberty PAC (Oppose Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• NARAL Pro-Choice America (Oppose John McCain)
• National Organization for Women PAC (Support Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• NRCC (Support Greg Davis)
      May Monthly
• Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.: Senate Majority Fund
      Pre-Convention
• CT-02: Committee to Elect Sean Sullivan

May 6, 2008 - 11:34 a.m.

CQ Weekly: Stretching the Reach of Soft Money

The 2008 donor landscape has a sprawling new network of groups that are used by some of the bigger organizations to coordinate message strategies and money disbursements. Still, as the organizational scenery continues to shift, one thing remains constant: the basic battery of big donors, a “Who’s Who” of wealthy political activists who can be counted on, election after election, to contribute millions of dollars in support of their ideological agendas. Full Story

May 6, 2008 - 11:18 a.m.

CQ Today: Court Hears Appeal of Campaign Finance Rules

Election lawyers tangled in a federal appeals court Monday over a handful of regulations that remain incomplete six years after Congress approved a landmark campaign-law overhaul. Full story

May 5, 2008 - 2:05 p.m.

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