Post-Newt, Adelson donates $5m. to GOP PAC

Donations follow more than $16 million Adelson and his wife gave to a Super PAC backing Gingrich.

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"Though Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has faltered, key financial backer Sheldon Adelson has given more contributions to help the GOP defeat the Democrats.

The Netanyahu confidante and his Israeli-born wife Miriam have donated $5 million to a GOP Super PAC that tries to get Republicans elected to the US House of Representatives, according to new filing reports released Sunday."

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"Adelson has emerged as one of the major givers to the new Super PAC structure created in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United, and the donation to the Congressional Leadership Fund demonstrates that Adelson intends to use his money to play a role in the 2012 races beyond supporting a longtime political ally.

Huffington Post writer Paul Blumenthal said Monday that the Congressional Leadership Fund contribution “solidifies Adelson’s place as the most influential donor so far this cycle and shows that Republican donors will not focus all of their attention, and money, on the presidential race.”

http://www.jpost.com/USPresidentialrace/Article.aspx?id=266279


Sheldon Adelson Gives $5 Million To Super PAC Backing House Republicans

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/16/sheldon-adelson-super-pac-5-million-house-republicans_n_1428283.html