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Business interests spent $3.5 billion on federal political contributions during the 2022 cycle

Jan 27, 2023

Taylor Giorno
01/27/23

(Open Secrets) End Citizens United, a left-leaning campaign finance reform nonprofit, organizes the “No Corporate PAC” pledge. End Citizens United — and the FEC — define corporate PACs as PACs with a separate segregated fund connected to a corporation or corporation without capital stock… “We use the FEC’s definition because it’s unambiguous; it removes subjectivity,” Bawadden Sayed, national spokesperson for End Citizens United, told OpenSecrets in a written statement. “We drew a hard line there, but candidates are welcome to go beyond that and refuse other sources of money.” … The End Citizens United pledge also does not require candidates to turn away contributions from corporate executives.