Americans for Responsible Solutions-PAC — 2014

ARS-PAC locked to the 2014 cycle

A pac-cycle page exists because two FEC dimensions meet. One side is AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC (C00540443), stored as independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The other is election cycle 2014. $21,343,357.24 is the receipt total on that intersection. It is not the 2014 national cycle sum across every committee, and it is not AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC's receipts in any other even-year window. Stored type is O: independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields. Type O plus flag 1 is the Super PAC coding in this extract. This extract does not store a committee designation code.

Receipts exceed disbursements in the 2014 topCommittees extract. That gap is still not cash on hand. Overlay target /committees/C00540443/ mixes every cycle this ID appears in; quote $21,343,357.24 only with 2014 attached. 2014 is a midterm FEC two-year window in this extract. The even-year tag is not a single calendar year of January-only activity. Source: FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Committee pages, not donor pages. Campaign contributions are not USAspending obligations; this join does not claim that $21,343,357.24 funded federal awards.

C00540443 as type O with Super PAC flag 1

The committee page at /committees/C00540443/ is the overlay for C00540443. That hub is not limited to 2014. Quote $21,343,357.24 only with 2014 attached. Quote the hub only as the committee overlay. Responsible Solutions-PAC in 2014 is the join. Stored type is O: independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields. Type O plus flag 1 is the Super PAC coding in this extract.

/committees/ still lists every other filer. Those rows are not this cell. Keep C00540443 on the citation so a similar public name cannot swallow this 2014 total. This extract does not store a cash-on-hand column. Do not invent one from receipts minus disbursements unless those two fields are quoted as themselves. This extract does not store an individual-contributions column. This page does not invent donor names to fill the gap.

The 2014 cycle hub mixes every other committee

Federal election cycles on FEC.gov are two-year windows tagged by the even year of the election. 2014 is that tag. The cycle hub at /election-cycles/2014/ lists many committees; AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC is one row in that extract. $21,343,357.24 belongs only to this committee in that window. 2014 is a midterm FEC two-year window in this extract. The even-year tag is not a single calendar year of January-only activity.

/ties/ collect other committee × cycle pairs and other LobbyVault joins. Opening a sibling tie does not change $21,343,357.24 on this URL. Correlation is not causation: a large 2014 receipt total does not prove why money moved or who sent it.

TopCommittees receipts versus disbursements only

Receipts $21,343,357.24 and disbursements $19,532,855.65 are separate FEC columns. Receipts $21,343,357.24 exceed disbursements $19,532,855.65 by $1,810,501.59. The gap is arithmetic on two FEC columns, not a cash-on-hand substitute unless a cash line is present and equal to that figure. Neither figure is an independent-expenditure-only total unless the packet’s Super PAC flag says so. This extract does not split operating expenditures, transfers, or refunds unless those columns appear in facts. This extract does not store a cash-on-hand column. Do not invent one from receipts minus disbursements unless those two fields are quoted as themselves. This extract does not store an individual-contributions column. This page does not invent donor names to fill the gap.

A 2014 Super PAC row is not a USAspending award

This join does not name donors, unique contributors, or employers. It does not convert campaign receipts into USAspending obligations. FEC reports and federal award tables are different datasets even when a public name overlaps. Do not invent donor names. Do not invent contractors or award recipients. Receipts exceed disbursements in the 2014 topCommittees extract. That gap is still not cash on hand. Overlay target /committees/C00540443/ mixes every cycle this ID appears in; quote $21,343,357.24 only with 2014 attached.

Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table. Party transfers, if they exist, are not itemized here unless stored. Keep the citation to AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC, C00540443, cycle 2014, receipts $21,343,357.24, disbursements $19,532,855.65, source FEC.gov. Stored type is O: independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields. Type O plus flag 1 is the Super PAC coding in this extract.

How to cite ARS-PAC in 2014

Cite AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC, committee C00540443, cycle 2014, receipts $21,343,357.24, and disbursements $19,532,855.65, source FEC.gov. Open /committees/C00540443/ for the committee overlay, /election-cycles/2014/ for the 2014 cycle hub, /committees/ for the full committee index, and /ties/ for other FEC joins. Live overlay pages can move as new bulk files arrive; this snapshot stores the harvested pair.

Restating the join without new numbers: AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC in 2014 is $21,343,357.24 receipts and $19,532,855.65 disbursements on FEC.gov. Stored type is O: independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite both fields. Type O plus flag 1 is the Super PAC coding in this extract. This extract does not store a committee designation code. Not a donor page. Not a lifetime committee total. Not a national cycle total. Not a USAspending award sum. FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Questions

How much did Responsible Solutions-PAC raise in 2014?

AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC (C00540443) reported $21,343,357.24 in FEC.gov receipts for the 2014 election cycle. Disbursements in the same window were $19,532,855.65. This is a committee × cycle join, not a donor roster. Type O; Super PAC flag 1.

Does this page list Responsible Solutions-PAC donors?

No. The packet has no contributor names, no unique-donor count, and no employer split. It stores committee C00540443, type O, cycle 2014, receipts $21,343,357.24, and disbursements $19,532,855.65. FEC.gov committee receipts by election cycle from cycle-details topCommittees. Committee pages, not donor pages.

Did Responsible Solutions-PAC receipts pay for federal awards in 2014?

No. $21,343,357.24 is an FEC committee receipt total for AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC in 2014. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different statute. Disbursements $19,532,855.65 are also campaign-finance figures, not federal obligations.

Where are C00540443 and the 2014 cycle hubs?

Open /committees/C00540443/ for AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE SOLUTIONS-PAC, /election-cycles/2014/ for the 2014 election cycle, /committees/ for the committee index, and /ties/ for other FEC joins. This URL is the overlap only: receipts $21,343,357.24, disbursements $19,532,855.65.