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Small donors ruled 2020; will that change post-Trump?
Small donors played a pivotal role in financing both Democratic and Republican campaigns in the 2020 election. And with Donald Trump in Florida and President Joe Biden taking his place in the White House, it remains unclear whether small donations will continue to pour in for either party.
On Jan. 20, Biden took office and Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), establishing the Democratic Party’s control of the White House and Senate on the same day.
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Trump has $105 million in the bank to influence intra-GOP battles
Former President Donald Trump has $105 million in the bank among four political committees he controls, a massive sum he could use to influence intraparty battles over the future of the Republican Party.
Trump continued to ask his supporters for campaign cash long after he lost the Nov. 3 election. Trump’s new leadership PAC, Save America, raised around $31 million between Nov. 24 and Dec. 31, according to a new Federal Election Commission filing released Sunday.
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Biden phases out private prisons, which spent big backing Trump
The Department of Justice will not renew existing contracts with private prison companies following an executive action signed by President Joe Biden on Jan. 27. The move, part of a package of racial justice initiatives, reinstates an Obama-era policy reversed by former President Donald Trump in 2017.
Even as the industry has drawn sharp criticism from criminal justice reform groups, the top private prison companies continue to net billions in revenue by contracting with federal, state and local governments.
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