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Trace donations from corporate donors through PACs to candidates, then on to the federal contracts and policy outcomes they shape. 312,984 entities — donors, PACs, candidates, agencies, and contractors — linked by 187,885 documented connections built from FEC filings, USASpending.gov contract records, OpenCorporates corporate data, and Congressional voting records.

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312,984

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187,885

connections documented

1,017,453

donations traced

550

federal contracts tracked

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Follow AIPAC’s money

See how $100M+ flowed from donors through AIPAC’s PAC network to reshape Congressional primaries

Donors→AIPAC→United Democracy Project→Primary challengers→Votes

Trace crypto to the Senate

Fairshake and affiliates spent $135M+ backing crypto-friendly candidates — see who gave, who won, and what changed

Crypto firms→Fairshake PAC→Senate candidates→Legislation

Defense contractor loop

Defense companies donate to Armed Services Committee members who approve their contracts — trace the donations and pull the USASpending.gov contract data

Lockheed Martin→PACs→Armed Services members→Federal contracts

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Featured Investigation

One donor put more behind U.S.-Israel policy than any other.

Act I

The casino heiress who became a one-woman lobby.

Miriam Adelson inherited the Las Vegas Sands fortune from her late husband Sheldon Adelson and continued his role as the largest single Republican donor advocating for U.S. security support to Israel. Her donations dwarf the giving of pro-Israel PACs.

Act II

$25 million to the cause she cares about most.

Across the 2024 cycle Adelson directed at least $25 million in disclosed federal contributions toward candidates and causes aligned with the U.S.-Israel security relationship and Jewish-community priorities, including support for the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act and the Antisemitism Awareness Act.

$25M

in disclosed federal donations from Adelson alone

Act III

The bills she advocated for passed.

Both of her top-priority bills cleared the chambers in 2024. Her giving aligns with positions taken publicly by the candidates she supported.

Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R.8034) — enacted
Antisemitism Awareness Act (H.R.6090) — passed House
Backed candidates who voted YES on both bills
Continues the political program of the late Sheldon Adelson

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The pattern repeats

Different industry. Same playbook.

Crypto bought the Senate Banking subcommittee. Defense contractors fund the members who approve their contracts — and we track both the donations and the federal contracts via USASpending.gov. Israel-lobby PACs reshape the Democratic caucus through primary spending. Each card traces money in to the policy out, with corporate records from OpenCorporates on every donor.

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Rules being written. Rules being torn up.

Federal regulations don't live in a vacuum. Every comment period draws lobbyists, trade associations, and citizen groups arguing for and against. Below, the rules with the most fought-over comment trails — and the rules that got rolled back this cycle.

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