Number of Secret Sources of Political Donations Grows
With the Supreme Court ruling stating that companies and interest groups can make political contributions, The Washington Post reports on the growing amount of money that has been donated by unknown sources, most of them conservative-leaning. The paper says one of the biggest spenders ($7 million for Republicans) is the American Future Fund, whose donors have not been disclosed.
“The $80 million spent so far by groups outside the Democratic and Republican parties dwarfs the $16 million spent at this point for the 2006 midterms,” the article reads.
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