Political Money Tracking

Money in federal politics moves through eight legally distinct categories, each under its own statutory regime. This page explains the architecture and now also shows a small, hand-verified seed dataset of specific named committees — not a live tracker. See the full methodology.

What this is not. This is not a live FEC data feed — it is a small, manually researched and individually sourced seed dataset, current only as of each record's own "last verified" date. A filing record existing is a fact; this platform does not infer corruption, coordination, undue influence, or a quid pro quo from any figure on this page — see "Reading these records" below. It never implies a relationship between a reform's supporting or opposing organizations and any real-world spending pattern without a direct citation for that specific connection.

The eight categories

Each category below is a real, distinct legal status under federal law — not a taxonomy invented for this platform.

Verified seed dataset — named committees

Nine real, individually sourced entities: national committees from both major parties, both major parties' 2024 presidential campaign committees, both parties' Senate-aligned Super PACs and their affiliated 501(c)(4) nonprofits, and one non-ideological connected PAC. Each record cites its own source and "last verified" date — this is a demonstration dataset, not a comprehensive or continuously updated tracker.

Related reforms

Reforms already on this platform that address specific parts of this architecture.