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Study: Secret Donors Significantly Fueling Pro-Romney TV Ads

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Study: Secret Donors Significantly Fueling Pro-Romney TV Ads

Most of the TV ads supporting Mitt Romney have come from outside groups, not from Romney's own campaign. And those groups raised more than half of their money from secret donors, a much higher proportion than the secret donors backing President Obama, according to a new analysis.

Study: Secret Donors Significantly Fueling Pro-Romney TV Ads

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Democrats Say Anonymous Donors Unfairly Influencing Senate Races
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Democrats Say Anonymous Donors Unfairly Influencing Senate Races

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says pro-Republican groups aren't playing by the rules. It plans to file a complaint accusing a trio of "social welfare" groups of abusing the rules to hide the identities of their donors.

Democrats Say Anonymous Donors Unfairly Influencing Senate Races

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'Social Welfare' Organizations Play Big Role In Presidential Politics

Some of the heaviest advertisers are groups financed by anonymous donors. They're not organized as political committees, but as "social welfare" organizations. One of those groups, led by GOP strategist Karl Rove, is rivaling the campaigns themselves for ad money spent so far in the election.

'Social Welfare' Organizations Play Big Role In Presidential Politics

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