Super PACs are A-OK with Republicans, but they then must– must– crush labor unions, because they could actually raise money to promote Democratic candidates. Via the Sunlight Foundation:
Jeffery Scott Bensing, a registered lobbyist and former Chief of Staff to Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., filed paperwork in January with the Federal Election Commission to create the Freedom Path Action Network, a new independent expenditure only committee. These committees–also known as Super PACs because they can raise unlimited funds from any source and spend it to support or oppose federal candidates–played critical roles in some races in the 2010 mid-term elections.
More here.
H/t: OpenCongress
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