HEY BUDDY, CAN YOU SPARE $20 MILLION?
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Klaidman, Daniel; Warren, James; Clift, Eleanor
- Source
- Newsweek. 7/16/2012, Vol. 160 Issue 3, p38-41. 4p.
- Subject
- *INDEPENDENT expenditure political action committees
*CAMPAIGN funds
*CITIZENS United v. Federal Election Commission
*FINANCE
UNITED States presidential election, 2012
- Language
- ISSN
- 0028-9604
The article discusses the financial status of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign of U.S. President Barack Obama as of July 2012, focusing on Republican candidate Mitt Romney's fundraising lead over Obama, including donations to Romney from super political action committees (PACs) funded by donors such as billionaire Harold Simmons. The financial impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is also examined.