Headline Roundup • August 1st, 2015
2016 GOP Money Report
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Blaze Media
When Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently blasted his own party leader on including the renewal of the Export-Import Bank in a highway funding package, he thrust “crony capitalism” to the front of the national agenda.
Cruz is at odds with some of his competitors in the Republican presidential field about the bank and on other examples of tax dollars going to private companies. But even Cruz, who is among the most fiscally conservative candidates in the field, doesn’t have a flawless record among governors, senators and former office holders seeking...
CNN Digital
The nation's most elite conservative donors are just as split as Republican voters are about who to support for president -- and it's keeping many of the leading moneymen on the sidelines of the campaign as it barrels through the summer of 2015.
Only a quarter of the top conservative donors in 2012 and 2014 have decided to exclusively support one White Hous
The Washington Post
More than 50 individuals and entities have shelled out at least $1 million apiece to big-money groups backing presidential candidates — with close to half of the big donors giving to a super PAC aligned with former Florida governor Jeb Bush.
With 15 months to go before Election Day, donors have already contributed $272.5 millio
