Anonymous25 days ago
In the 2024 election cycle, billionaire families poured a record-breaking $2.6 billion into federal campaigns — roughly 19% of all reported contributions and a 160-fold increase since the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision. With all six of the top individual donors backing Republican candidates and contributing over $100 million each, the concentration of political spending among a handful of ultra-wealthy Americans has intensified calls for campaign finance reform, even as proposed legislation like the DISCLOSE Act faces steep partisan opposition.