A largely unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections continues to grow with monthly taxpayer infusions — adding $327,000 last month, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that much simpler, and it's when people are having additional money coming to them.” President Barack Obama, as a presidential candidate in 2008, declined …
A largely unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections continues to grow with monthly taxpayer infusions — adding nearly $1.3 million last month, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that much simpler, and it's when people are having additional money coming to them.” President Barack Obama, as a presidential candidate in …
A largely unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections continues to grow with monthly taxpayer infusions — adding more than $1.3 million between July 1 and Sept. 30 — but it also recently provided more than $47 million to fund pediatric research, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that much simpler, …
An unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections grew by more than $3 million between May 1 and June 30 — the latest influx of taxpayer-funded money that will now likely sit a bureaucratic black hole for what could be years or even decades, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that …
An unused government fund intended to pay for presidential elections grew by nearly $8.3 million in April — and the taxpayer-funded money will now sit untouched in a bureaucratic black hole for what could be years or even decades, according to a Raw Story analysis of U.S. Treasury records. “It makes it that much simpler, and it's when people are …
Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include additional information from Common Cause. “The basic reason is the system comes with a spending cap, and those amounts are very small by today's presidential election cost standards, so essentially, if you're a strong candidate, if you know you can raise hundreds of millions of dollars, it would not be a …