"… eran GOP operative Scott Reed, who this summer launched a group called the Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity with an eye to raising $25 million to help about two dozen GOP candidates. …"

"… donors in sectors hit hard by new regulations.Lobbyist Reed’s fledgling Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity is seeking to raise $25 million (and he says had pulled in about half of t …"

"… e to be a lot of care involved," Steve Weissman, associate director of the Campaign Finance Institute, a non-partisan research group, said of such a maneuver. "The politician w …"

"… e not required to report contributions, so we don't."Steve Weissman of the Campaign Finance Institute said he believes the Supreme Court will likely uphold the soft money bans …"