Independent Expenditure-Only Committees

The table below contains a listing of all political committees that have made an independent expenditure or filed a statement consistent with the language recommended in Advisory Opinion 2010-09 (Club for Growth) or Advisory Opinion 2010-11 (Commonsense Ten).  For an exhaustive list of all entities making independent expenditures in the current cycle, click here.

Independent expenditures represent spending by individuals, groups, political committees, corporations or unions expressly advocating the election or defeat of clearly identified federal candidates. These expenditures may not be made in concert or cooperation with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, the candidate's campaign or a political party.

Any time up to 20 days before an election, if independent expenditures by a person or organization aggregate more than $10,000 in a race they must be reported to the Commission before the end of the second day following the communication’s publicly distribution. If the communications are distributed after the 20th day but more than 24 hours before the day of an election and they aggregate more than $1,000 in any race, the expenditures must be reported within one day.

For additional information about this issue, please visit the independent expenditures web page. A listing of the most recent independent expenditures submitted by committees, groups or individuals can be found here.

Updated: 05/26/2012