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In January 2021, a number of companies halted their political contributions in the United States, primarily in response to some Republican legislators' objections to certification of the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count and the ensuing mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol.
American units with the highest percentage of casualties per conflict; Deadliest single days of World War I; List of battles by casualties; List of battles with most United States military fatalities
Jay C. Kim (R-CA) plea guilty in 1997 to accepting $230,000 in illegal foreign and corporate campaign donations, including one-third of all donations to his initial 1992 campaign for Congress after a long term running FBI Investigation in Los Angeles, CA. At the time, it was a record for campaign violations.
In 2016, direct contributions (in this list) totaled $1,085,100; lobbying efforts (not in this list) totaled $3,188,000; and outside spending (not in this list) totaled $54,398,558. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The issue of gun control has become increasingly important in American politics.
Media Matters for America [7] Center for Public Integrity [8] Priorities USA Action [9] American Bridge 21st Century [9] America Votes [9] [10] Millennium Promise [11] Tides Center and Foundation [12] Wikimedia Endowment [13] MoveOn [14] [15] America Coming Together [15]
Diagram by the Sunlight Foundation depicting the American campaign finance system. The financing of electoral campaigns in the United States happens at the federal, state, and local levels by contributions from individuals, corporations, political action committees, and sometimes the government. Campaign spending has risen steadily at least ...
List of politicians affiliated with the America First Movement; List of United States political appointments across party lines; List of Arab and Middle Eastern Americans in the United States Congress; List of American politicians of Armenian descent; List of Asian Pacific American Democrats; List of assassinated American politicians
Anti-"dark money" advertisement in April 2015 in the Union Station stop of the Washington Metro.The image was part of a comic book-themed campaign sponsored by three groups—AVAAZ, the Corporate Reform Coalition, and Public Citizen—aimed at pressuring Securities and Exchange Commission chairwoman Mary Jo White to rein in dark money.