AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. — 2018 cycle receipts

Two filters: C00637512 and 2018

Internal links are the four packet hrefs: the committee page for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC., the 2018 election cycle, all committees, and all FEC ties. No other path is cited.

isSuperPac is 1 and committeeType is O. Designation U. This is the cycleHistory join with cash-on-hand and individual-contribution lines present. The packet Super PAC flag is 1, so Super PAC is the correct label on this AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. × 2018 join.

Correlation is not causation. A large receipt column is not proof of motive, coordination, or election outcome.

How FEC.gov classifies America First Action, Inc.

FEC.gov committee master fields on this packet: name AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC., ID C00637512, type O, Super PAC flag 1. Cash on hand in this extract is $2,562,848.01.

Individual contributions in this extract are $38,520,202.62. Committee designation is U, stored as unauthorized committee (designation U). Extra fields remain packet facts, not a donor or payee table. Those fields do not expand coverage to USAspending awards.

2018 filings versus this America First Action, Inc. filter

A 2018 searcher who wants every committee should leave this URL for the cycle hub. A searcher who wants America First Action, Inc. in every cycle should leave for the committee hub. Staying here keeps both filters: C00637512 and 2018, receipts $39,002,820.68, disbursements $36,439,972.67.

Independent expenditures by a different committee ID are not in $39,002,820.68. Unitemized activity that never entered this cell is not in $39,002,820.68.

Keeping $39,002,820.68 labeled as receipts

Every reuse of $39,002,820.68 should still say receipts, America First Action, Inc., and 2018. Every reuse of $36,439,972.67 should still say disbursements, America First Action, Inc., and 2018. Every reuse of C00637512 should still say the committee ID.

2018 is a closed midterm cycle. A thinner cycle-details duplicate exists as a -2 slug with the same dollar pair. The packet Super PAC flag is 1, so Super PAC is the correct label on this AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. × 2018 join. Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table.

Keep the two sides of the name together

Every reuse of $39,002,820.68 should still say America First Action, Inc. and 2018. Every reuse of $36,439,972.67 should still say America First Action, Inc. and 2018. Dropping either noun misstates the denominator. AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. is the packet committee string; C00637512 is the packet ID.

Other 2018 Super PACs and later cycles for C00637512 remain other keys. Independent expenditures by other committees remain another table. USAspending remains another statute.

C00637512 next to other 2018 committees

Other 2018 committees live on the cycle hub and on other pac-cycle ties. This file does not add their dollars to $39,002,820.68. Other 2018 Super PACs and later cycles for C00637512 are the usual nearby labels. Opening All committees is the way to find IDs. Opening All FEC ties is the way to find other committee-cycle cells.

Do not invent donor names to illustrate $39,002,820.68. The aggregate is the published object. 2018 is a closed midterm cycle. A thinner cycle-details duplicate exists as a -2 slug with the same dollar pair.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512), election cycle 2018, receipts $39,002,820.68, disbursements $36,439,972.67, FEC type O, Super PAC flag 1. Other 2018 Super PACs and later cycles for C00637512 stay on other pages. The 2018 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $39,002,820.68: treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2018 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote disbursements $36,439,972.67 with its own label, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links. Cash on hand in this extract is $2,562,848.01.

No occupation split, no state split, and no named-donor list appears here. If a later extract revises $39,002,820.68 or $36,439,972.67, the live America First Action, Inc. overlay and the live 2018 page control. This JSON file is a snapshot of packet facts, not a third disclosure system. 2018 is a closed midterm cycle. A thinner cycle-details duplicate exists as a -2 slug with the same dollar pair.

Questions

How much did America First Action, Inc. spend in 2018?

Disbursements are $36,439,972.67 for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. (C00637512) in cycle 2018. Receipts are $39,002,820.68. Do not swap the columns or treat either figure as a donor list. The packet Super PAC flag is 1, so Super PAC is the correct label on this AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. × 2018 join. Type O. This page has no payee list and does not invent vendors. Source: FEC.gov.

What two tables meet on this America First Action, Inc. URL?

The committee table for C00637512 and the 2018 election-cycle table. The overlap is receipts $39,002,820.68 and disbursements $36,439,972.67 for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC.. All committees and All FEC ties index neighboring pages. Figures come from FEC.gov. This is a committee page, not a donor page. Type O.

Is C00637512 the same committee in other cycles?

The ID C00637512 is the committee key. Other cycles for that ID are other ties or the committee hub, not this cell. This page quotes only 2018: receipts $39,002,820.68, disbursements $36,439,972.67. Do not add those other cycles to $39,002,820.68 here. The packet does not publish an all-years total for America First Action, Inc..

Are 2018 America First Action, Inc. receipts the same as USAspending awards?

No. $39,002,820.68 is FEC campaign-finance receipts for AMERICA FIRST ACTION, INC. in 2018. Federal contract and grant obligations sit on USAspending.gov as a separate dataset. This join never treats committee receipts as those awards. Disbursements $36,439,972.67 are also FEC campaign-finance figures for committee C00637512, not obligations.