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The White House, Liberal PACs Raking It In, News And Keeping An Eye On The NRA.



The White House, Liberal PACs Raking It In, News And Keeping An Eye On The NRA.

Liberal PACs Trouncing Conservative Counterparts in Political Donation Race

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2009/08/liberal-political-action-commi.html

Published by Dave Levinthal on August 20, 2009 12:41 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

It's a glorious time to be a Democrat if you're hoping for some serious advocacy action from the nation's monied liberal establishments.

Through the first half of 2009, left-leaning political action committees have obliterated their right-leaning competition in spending, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis of federal campaign finance data indicates.

ActBlue headlines the list, having spent more than $8.45 million between January and June.

It's followed by abortion rights organization EMILY's List ($5.43 million); Moveon.org ($5.2 million); the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees ($3.82 million) and Service Employees International Union Local 1999 ($3.47 million).

Not until 6th place does a conservative group crop up -- the National Republican Trust PAC, which has spent $2.59 million this year, through June 30.

Then in 11th place is the Lyndon LaRouche PAC, which while leftist, is hardly a supporter of President Barack Obama. (LaRouche ran numerous times for the Democratic presidential nomination, failing each time to secure it -- or even much interest from voters.)

Consider the new poster the Lyndon LaRouche PAC is touting, featuring a photograph of Obama with an Adolph Hitler moustache. LaRouche himself also recently described Obama as "a little piece of crap" who is risking assassination at the hands of the British government. No joke, folks.

While these expenditures are going toward advocacy of all stripes -- television ads, mailings, workers' salaries, etc. -- political candidates themselves are also beneficiaries. Particularly Democrats.

In terms of donations to candidates, 17 of the top 20 PAC contributors have given more to Democratic candidates than Republican candidates during 2009. The trio of trend-busters? The United Parcel Service, American Bankers Association and AT&T.

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Political Action Committee

Industry

$ Spent, Jan. 1 to June 30

ActBlue

Democratic/Liberal

8,457,100

EMILY's List

Women's Issues

5,426,053

Moveon.org

Democratic/Liberal

5,195,661

American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees

Public Sector Unions

3,817,613

Service Employees Intl Union Local 1999

Misc Unions

3,468,088

National Republican Trust PAC

Republican/Conservative

2,595,262

National Assn of Letter Carriers

Public Sector Unions

2,343,936

Teamsters Union

Transportation Unions

2,260,364

Presidential Inaugural Cmte 2009

Democratic/Liberal

2,057,850

Life & Liberty PAC

Abortion Policy/Pro-Life

2,042,677

Lyndon LaRouche PAC

Democratic/Liberal

2,040,840

Operating Engineers Union

Building Trade Unions

1,946,773

Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

Industrial Unions

1,867,646

American Assn for Justice

Lawyers/Law Firms

1,783,394

United Auto Workers

Industrial Unions

1,640,693

AT&T Inc

Telephone Utilities

1,584,017

HILLPAC (Hillary Clinton's PAC)

Leadership PACs

1,520,007

Free & Strong America PAC

Republican/Conservative

1,420,780

Honeywell International

Misc Manufac.& Distributing

1,397,144

Service Employees International Union

Misc Unions

1,370,928

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