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The Democratic and Republican parties raised nearly $1.6 billion and spent more than $1.5 billion between January 1, 2007, and December 31, 2008, according to a Commission compilation of information …

Financial activity by political action committees (PACs) continued its upward climb in 2007-2008, according to figures compiled by the FEC, though at a slower rate than in recent election cycles. …

The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased by nine percent from 4,234 on January 1, 2008, to 4,611 by January 1, 2009.

For more than 20 years, …

National committees of the two major political parties have spent $865.1 million during the 2007-2008 election cycle according to reports filed with the Commission. The most recent comprehensive disclosures of …

The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased slightly during the first six months of 2008, with the number of PACs rising from 4,234 to 4,292, a 1.3 …

Republican party committees raised $409 million from January 2007 through June 30, 2008. This represents about a one-percent increase over a similar period in 2006, but reflects a 12-percent decline …

From January 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008, receipts of the national committees of the Democratic party increased significantly while receipts of Republican national committees declined over the same period, …

Congressional campaigns raised a total of $507 million in 2007, an eight percent increase from 2005. While receipts for House candidates increased in 2007, receipts for Senate candidates declined.

Senate …

Contributions to the Democratic party committees on the national, state and local level increased significantly in 2007-2008 compared to earlier election cycles, while Republican party receipts declined over the same …

The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased by 1.5 percent during the second half of 2007, from 4,168 on July 1, 2007, to 4,234 by January 1, …

From January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2006, political action committees (PACs) raised $1.086 billion, up 18 percent over 2004, and spent $1.055 billion, up 25 percent over 2003-2004. PAC …

Candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives raised a total of $239 million from January 1 through June 30, 2007. Candidates seeking election in 2008 to the 33 …

During the first six months of 2007, Democratic party committees raised $111.5 million, increasing their fundraising by 29 percent over the comparable period in 2005. When compared to the same …

The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) declined slightly during the first half of 2007, from 4,183 on January 1, 2007, to 4,168 by July 1, 2007. Corporate …

During the first four months of 2007, national Republican party committees raised $61.2 million, while their Democratic counterparts raised $59.4 million. When compared to the same period in 2005, these …

For the 2008 Presidential elections the FEC will make available on its web site detailed information from the FEC reports of selected Presidential candidates. This new function, available on the …

Between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2006, federal committees of the two major political parties raised and spent nearly $1.1 billion. Republican national, state and local party committees raised …

The Commission has compiled fundraising statistics for national party committees and congressional candidate committees for the period from January 1, 2005, through October 18, 2006.

National party committees

The national …

The number of federally registered political action committees (PACs) increased slightly during the first half of 2006, from 4,210 on January 1, 2006 to 4,217 on July 1, 2006.

Corporate …

The Democratic and Republican parties reported raising $695 million in hard money at the national, state and local levels during the first 18 months of the 2006 election cycle—six percent …