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OpenSecrets’ annual K Street Classic bracket shows which schools would win each round based on their federal lobbying spending in 2021. https://t.co/pJGhLKyXy6 #MarchMadness https://t.co/dAO9lKKfqY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @thetrevorpotter: Episode 2 of @CampaignLegal’s podcast — “Democracy Decoded” — is out now. It features CLC Board Chair @NormOrnstein an… — PolitiTweet.org

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The majority of Rep. Liz Cheney's fundraising comes from out-of-state donors. Texas tops the list with donors from that state contributing $556,430 to Cheney’s campaign. California is the second highest, with the state’s donors contributing $541,880. https://t.co/1lzRxUMCPn — PolitiTweet.org

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Members of Texas’ state commission overseeing the oil and gas industry took tens of thousands of dollars from donors embroiled in the fight over a holding company’s proposal to build an oil waste disposal site in Texas. https://t.co/rqOZf4YAFE by @jrcloutier — PolitiTweet.org

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Rep. Liz Cheney raised about $7 million in 2021 for her re-election — more than doubling her campaign’s fundraising haul for the entire 2020 cycle. Cheney raised most of that money from out-of-state donors. https://t.co/OA9jAs2wEY — PolitiTweet.org

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised over $67 million last year, more than 2020 and 2019 combined, with $5 million from Citadel CEO Kenneth Griffin. https://t.co/n4XQc04YDR — PolitiTweet.org

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Listen to the newest episode of Campaign Legal Center's #DemocracyDecoded, featuring OpenSecrets' @skrmhlz! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwartzbCNBC: Scoop: @RepJimCosta becomes latest Democrat to distance himself from @KochIndustries as they remain in Russia. He tells… — PolitiTweet.org

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Restoration Action, the dark money group affiliated with a super PAC funded largely by Republican mega donor Richard Uihlein, reported a $10.4 million fundraising haul in 2020. https://t.co/2DkeIOAKnZ — PolitiTweet.org

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“The vast majority of donations come from executives, lobbyists, shareholders, high-ranking people, and their family members.” @OpenSecretsDC's Sarah Bryner on corporate PACs rebranding as “employee-sponsored PACs” https://t.co/rgIeBOfUu9 — PolitiTweet.org

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More than $10 million in state and federal political contributions have come from billionaire Leonard “Len” Blavatnik, his wife and his company, Access Industries, over the years with contributions as recently as 2022. https://t.co/qwKMiqP12v — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davelevinthal: NEW: @RepSchneider, a Democrat from the Chicago area, is the latest member of Congress to violate the STOCK Act's disclo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Federal law says candidates can only give other candidates $2,000 per election. But Sen. Ted Cruz poured $137,183 into the House campaign for Cassy Garcia, his former staffer turned Texas congressional candidate. https://t.co/GHkXkVMBvX — PolitiTweet.org

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Candidates vying for House and Senate seats in the upcoming midterm elections poured over $100 million of their own money into self-funding congressional campaigns in 2021 — and state candidates gave millions more. https://t.co/trarllIMni — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwartzbCNBC: Scoop: Democrat @RepCuellar is moving to distance himself from @KochIndustries as the company opts to remain in Russia d… — PolitiTweet.org

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Millions of dollars in political contributions and influence spending can be traced to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska and billionaire Leonard “Len” Blavatnik, a native of Soviet Ukraine who grew up in Moscow and now has dual U.S.-U.K. citizenship. https://t.co/qwKMiqP12v — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @annalecta: NEW: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's campaign reported taking $2k in 2002 from Viktor Vekselberg—a Russian oligarch s… — PolitiTweet.org

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A Russian oligarch appears to have made political contributions to Sen. Schumer in 2002 that his Senate campaign has yet to refund nearly two decades later despite federal election law’s ban on political contributions from foreign nationals. https://t.co/qY2fTHxz8i by @annalecta — PolitiTweet.org

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Investment banker Mike Gibbons, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, self-financed the most of any candidate in the 2022 cycle — $11.4 million. Gibbons’ contribution makes up about 94% of the total contributions his campaign received. https://t.co/trarllIMni — PolitiTweet.org

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Prosecutors unsealed charges this week against Russian foreign national Andrei Muraviev for illegal foreign contributions in the “straw donor” scheme that funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians and political groups across the U.S. https://t.co/hX1m953GNU — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @schwartzbCNBC: Scoop: Democrat @RepSchrader is no longer accepting donations from @KochIndustries after they announced they will be con… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @annalecta: New FEC filing: former President Donald Trump's Save America leadership PAC paid the American Conservative Union $165,937.50… — PolitiTweet.org

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Dark money spending occurred during confirmations under Barack Obama and George W. Bush, but “has really boomed in the most recent Supreme Court nomination processes,” according to OpenSecrets' @annalecta. https://t.co/KjIRuubRUD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdawsey1: Trump has more money in his PAC than the parties combined. — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2020 election cycle saw more than $10.3 billion in lobbying spending at the federal level. Across the 19 states tracked by OpenSecrets, a new analysis found about $3.3 billion in lobbying spending during 2020 election cycle. https://t.co/tdtVxCWeA3 — PolitiTweet.org

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OpenSecrets' analysis traced over $690,000 in political contributions to associates of a Russian national charged in a “straw donor” scheme. https://t.co/hX1m953GNU — PolitiTweet.org

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Federal lobbying spending broke $3.7 billion in 2021 — an all-time high — and billions more were spent on lobbying efforts at the state-level. https://t.co/tdtVxCEDbt — PolitiTweet.org

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OpenSecrets’ analysis traced more than $690,000 in political contributions at the state and federal level to Rudy Giuliani’s Soviet-born associates Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman along with their shell company, Global Energy Producers LLC. https://t.co/hX1m94M5pk — PolitiTweet.org

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Candidates collectively raised about over $9.5 billion during the 2020 cycle with congressional candidates raising $3.9 billion, presidential candidates raising nearly $4 billion and about $1.7 billion raised by state level candidates across the country. https://t.co/allymvEw5S — PolitiTweet.org

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Prosecutors unsealed charges against Russian foreign national Andrei Muraviev for illegal foreign contributions in the “straw donor” scheme that funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to U.S. politicians and political groups. https://t.co/hX1m953GNU — PolitiTweet.org