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Restore Our Future
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| Restore Our Future | |
| Basic facts | |
| Type: | Super PAC |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Year founded: | 2010 |
Restore Our Future is a pro-Mitt Romney (R) super PAC. The organization was founded in 2010 by Carl Forti, who was Romney’s national political director; Charlie Spies, who was the Romney campaign’s chief finance officer and counsel; and Larry McCarthy, who was a member of Romney’s media team. The super PAC aimed to “independently advocate on behalf of Romney and his mission of economic recovery and job creation throughout the 2012 election," according to FactCheck.org.[1]
The organization's name changed to Restore Our Future, Inc. in 2011.[2]
Finances
The following table identifies total federal receipts and disbursements for Restore Our Future according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission:
| Annual federal receipts and disbursements for the Restore Our Future, 2011-2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Total receipts | Total disbursements |
| 2016[3] | $0 | $17,876 |
| 2015[4] | $0 | $188,331 |
| 2014[5] | $500 | $675,393 |
| 2013[6] | $700,645 | $262,777 |
| 2012[7] | $123,562,078 | $146,658,020 |
| 2011[8] | $30,179,652 | $6,658,352 |
Legal status
Restore Our Future is a super PAC. A super PAC is a political committee that can solicit and spend unlimited sums of money. A super PAC cannot contribute directly to a politician or political party, but it can spend independently to campaign for or against political figures. These committees are also called independent expenditure-only committees. A super PAC is not legally considered a political action committee (PAC) and as such is regulated under separate rules.[9][10]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ FactCheck.org "Restore Our Future," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ FEC, "Restore Our Future, Inc. Statement of Organization - amended," accessed July 26, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2016," January 31, 2017
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2015," January 29, 2016
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2014," January 30, 2015
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2013," January 31, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2012," February 28, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Restore Our Future Year-End Report, 2011," February 28, 2013
- ↑ The Atlantic, "The New York Times' Disingenuous Campaign Against Citizens United," February 24, 2012
- ↑ The New York Times, "Who's Financing the 'Super PACs?" May 7, 2012
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