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with reporting by NBC's Azriel Relph and Lisa Riordan Seville
The report shows receipts of $2.1 million. The PAC's spending reports, which by contrast cover the month of January, already show the same PAC spending nearly $9 million so far.
Even before the Adelsons contributed $10 million, three of his family members had already plunked down $1 million in seed
money for the group.
The PAC reported a $500,000 contribution from one of Adelson's step-daughters, Sivian Ochshorn, and another $250,000 from another step-daughter, Yasmin Lukatz. Another family member, Oren Lukatz, gave an additional $250,000. All three listed themselves as "self employed" at 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. in Las Vegas, the address of Adelson's Las Vegas Sands Hotel, and gave the money the same day, Dec. 22.
Also giving a big check to the Gingrich Super PAC was Harold Simmons, the chairman of Contran Corporation, a Texas firm that owns a controversial radioactive waste dump. He had already given two checks totalling $1 million to the Rick Perry Super PAC.
The Associated Press described Adelson's interest in Gingrich in this way: "Adelson is an extreme conservative and staunch backer of right-wing Israeli politicians. Gingrich has held policy positions that would match Adelson's regarding U.S.-Israeli relations, including a pledge to issue a directive on his first day as president to relocate U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. That would enrage Palestinians who demand that part of Jerusalem be their capital in any future two-state solution."
The full list of donors to the Winning Our Future PAC is here.
Read more about the reports filed Tuesday:
After TV cameras leave, Romney PAC discloses $18 million
Spielberg, labor union are big backers of Obama Super PAC
Perry PAC's $1 million donor got help with nuclear waste dump
Major GOP Super PAC raised $51 million in 2011
Not 'Desperate' for cash: Obama lists his big fundraisers
Sugar Daddy: Huntsman's father gave $1.9 million to Super PAC
Colbert Super PAC raises $1 million; non-satirical PACs to follow
Super PACS are known to the Federal Election Commission as independent committees, because they are forbidden to coordinate their activities with campaigns. Outside the limits of campaign finance laws, Super PACs may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, associations and individuals. They can use that money to advocate for or against political candidates.
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Man , I wish I could play with that much money like these guys......where has all that money been hiding....
Just hope Newt doesn't win and have to start a new war to please the Adelsons.
Vote Republican - They create jobs (overseas) and Prosperity (for the 1%)
Brewer for preisdent. No one in the running amounts to a hill of beans!
I would say that he is betting on the wrong horse. It is his money , so he can do it as he pleases. I would prefer that he would contribute to Ron Paul.
....YET ANOTHER OBAMA WAR... AGAINST CATHOLICS & OUR FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
The most recent showdown between Roman Catholic Church leaders and the Obama administration over contraceptive services threatens to alienate the president’s liberal religious supporters at a time when discontent with Washington is surging.
In letters read to parishioners Sunday, Catholic Church leaders across the country openly denounced the administration’s recent decision mandating faith-based hospitals, charities and schools to provide birth control and reproductive services in health insurance plans.
The Catholic Church had lobbied against the new requirement, which will go into effect January 2013.
The wording in the letters, penned by individual clergy, varied widely but the theme was distinctly anti-Washington. Bishop Alexander K. Sample of Marquette, Mich., for example, accused the administration of casting aside the First Amendment, “denying to Catholics our nation’s first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty” and treating people of faith as second-class citizens. Others threatened to not comply with the new rule, which provides exemption to churches and “religious employers.”
DID I MISS THIS STORY ON MSNBC?
Ya, just like Operation Fast and Furious Most of my friends knew about it and not a word on TV, Same with losing our freedoms and Occupy Wall Street Movement -they are trying to keep all this quiet-the people may get angry and revolt. They spew propaganda on Iran , Syria to get us in more wars so the already rich can get richer and we pay in blood and national treasure. Really. Time to stop this madness-Ron Paul 2012.