This site allows everyone to go to each one of these 527's, and see who they support, and how much the ads run cost, and in some cases, which ads and the money for the ad....as of Aug 23, 2004
Note how many are for Repubs and how many are for Dems....then compare the AP list I just posted to this one.....
opensecrets.org
Committee
Total Receipts
Total Expenditures
Federal PAC
Major Player Profile
Joint Victory Campaign 2004 *
$41,685,706
$35,780,404
Media Fund
$28,127,488
$27,208,905
X
America Coming Together
$26,905,450
$24,196,532
X
X
Service Employees International Union
$16,652,296
$8,808,017
X
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees
$13,658,207
$13,274,331
X
MoveOn.org
$9,086,102
$17,435,782
X
X
New Democrat Network
$7,172,693
$6,970,070
X
X
Club for Growth
$5,288,847
$6,755,054
X
X
EMILY's List
$4,162,226
$4,070,369
X
AFL-CIO
$4,029,703
$3,942,734
X
Voices For Working Families
$3,668,280
$2,396,272
X
College Republican National Cmte
$3,647,093
$4,789,820
Democratic Legislative Campaign Cmte
$3,544,667
$3,205,115
Sierra Club
$3,440,782
$830,871
X
X
Partnership for America's Families
$3,071,211
$2,855,110
X
League of Conservation Voters
$2,804,000
$541,882
X
X
Progress For America
$2,266,810
$689,560
Communications Workers of America
$2,263,913
$1,926,066
X
Laborers Union
$2,163,448
$2,459,716
X
America Votes
$1,937,036
$1,176,590
X
Music for America
$1,550,200
$1,096,671
National Assn of Realtors
$1,450,000
$1,306,711
X
Grassroots Democrats
$1,445,528
$1,137,544
X
Coalition to Defend the American Dream
$1,425,381
$101,507
Hotel/Restaurant Employees Intl Union
$1,403,387
$1,493,772
X
Americans for Progress & Opportunity
$1,306,092
$1,305,667
Democratic Victory 2004
$1,302,600
$0
United Auto Workers
$1,050,469
$542,182
X
Arkansans for the 21st Century
$1,023,949
$1,024,812
Democratic Attorneys General Assn
$1,000,009
$527,827
Americans for Jobs, Healthcare & Values
$1,000,000
$994,137
X
Sheet Metal Workers Union
$995,305
$1,288,677
X
GOPAC
$841,849
$1,243,622
X
National Education Assn
$821,831
$3,505,627
X
Natural Resources Defense Council
$782,500
$277,897
United Food & Commercial Workers Union
$780,518
$370,306
X
Republican Leadership Council
$743,303
$765,596
X
Carpenters & Joiners Union
$738,718
$1,917,054
X
American Dental Assn
$730,499
$335,732
X
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
$723,121
$3,613,709
X
Democrats 2000
$705,145
$56,342
Ironworkers Union
$695,742
$511,631
X
Florida House Victory
$666,550
$585,434
Alliance for Florida's Future
$647,443
$648,493
Environment 2004
$645,921
$629,190
X
American Federation of Teachers
$606,299
$322,945
X
Floridians Uniting for a Stronger Tmrw
$606,049
$28,683
National Federation of Republican Women
$558,019
$1,848,856
Conservation Strategies
$500,010
$513,096
* Joint Victory Campaign 2004 is a joint fund-raising committee run by America Coming Together and the Media Fund. Money raised by JVC is divided between these two beneficiaries. Combining receipts for these three groups would result in double-counting.
NOTE: This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, August 23, 2004 |
