{"generated": "2026-09-24", "sources": ["FEC bulk: webk (committee financial summaries) cycles 2014-2026", "FEC bulk: independent_expenditure / Schedule E, cycles 2018-2026", "FEC bulk: pas2 (committee-to-candidate contributions) cycles 2014-2026", "FEC bulk: cn (candidate master) for name/district matching"], "verified": {"pac_committees": 44, "pac_receipts_total_2022_2026": 554189319.27, "pac_receipts_from_individuals_2022_2026": 519191572.37, "pac_receipts_total_2014_2026": 702664193.21, "pac_receipts_from_individuals_2014_2026": 660947531.3, "ie_congressional_total_2022_2026": 148459956.48, "ie_opposing_2022_2026": 83213714.15, "ie_supporting_2022_2026": 65246242.33, "ie_opposing_share": 0.5605, "ie_candidates_targeted_2022_2026": 55, "ie_against_presidential_2014_2026": 231744056.7, "direct_pac_contributions_2014_2026": 27760023.0, "direct_recipients_2014_2026": 1302}, "verified_note": "Receipt figures are rebuilt from the webk archives identified in receipts_snapshot. Independent expenditures, direct contributions and reconciliation retain the original generated date.", "core_committees_note": "data/pac_receipts.json covers the 10 core committees, cycles 2022-2026: $407,289,240.27. It is a subset of the 44-committee receipt total.", "reconciliation": {"members_matched": 529, "members_total": 535, "scorecard_donations": 136489932.64, "fec_direct_same_members": 15207415.0, "donations_ratio": 0.1114, "scorecard_aipac": 33568222.0, "fec_aipac_same_members": 9382245.0, "aipac_ratio": 0.2795, "scorecard_ie": 67573418.06, "fec_ie_same_members": 12727003.31, "agreement_bands": {"members_with_donations": 519, "within_2x": 65, "off_by_over_2x": 454, "within_10pct": 4, "scorecard_only": 48, "fec_only": 2, "both_zero": 8}, "conclusion": "Scorecard donation figures are systematically about 9x larger than FEC committee-to-candidate contributions, consistently across every member (0.03x-0.14x on the top ten). The consistency indicates a different methodology - almost certainly bundled individual contributions attributed to the lobby - rather than error. It is a legitimate measure but it is NOT PAC giving and the two must never be added."}, "receipts_snapshot": {"fetched_utc": "2026-09-24T21:25:23.839514+00:00", "files": [{"cycle": "2014", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2014/webk14.zip", "sha256": "b7424e75ddadbea1b6599f7d31e7cde203c1d7e01b0b9429e283ed1900a4008b"}, {"cycle": "2016", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2016/webk16.zip", "sha256": "62d6aeba8014e7022bc16adfa075756a346af172fea036cdd018187fe7dd2914"}, {"cycle": "2018", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2018/webk18.zip", "sha256": "1ace9b128125d238135a64eb5566d649b5f852da9456186b32c2c4533d24562b"}, {"cycle": "2020", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2020/webk20.zip", "sha256": "7b66205dcfdbb9c5ec93eb0fab3385a24210385cd71d13c206db0ac4e7eac061"}, {"cycle": "2022", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2022/webk22.zip", "sha256": "6d263faf6a2f6013ac6e4f6c8c856299a1cbd610db789f90505c57b9d1075009"}, {"cycle": "2024", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2024/webk24.zip", "sha256": "54738ffdccd3247e045ca6ecbdffa9361ae805b28af0d8f66bb40326d3f32e6a"}, {"cycle": "2026", "url": "https://www.fec.gov/files/bulk-downloads/2026/webk26.zip", "sha256": "e95d53df4859bb51f670256d40acbad4100bf786b32218f4204fa93425d6eba6"}]}, "snapshot_dates": {"receipts_retrieved": "2026-09-24", "independent_expenditures": "2026-08-29", "direct_contributions": "2026-08-29", "reconciliation": "2026-08-29"}}