Comedian Jason Manford, who championed Stephen's cause and helped him surpass his fundraising goal, released a statement on Wednesday afternoon: Guardian readers have also added their tributes in the comments of the article about his death, with one reflecting on the way Stephen mastered social media in order to raise money for charity and document his story.
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) had choice words for House Democrats in a fundraising letter released on Friday.
Reports about January's fundraising numbers, released on February 20, have focused on two narratives: Mitt Romney's limited fundraising and high burn rate and the role that super PACs are playing in an increasingly contested Republican primary.
The details of fundraising for August, released on Thursday night as required by law, show that Obama's coffers were boosted mainly by small donors.
Dow Jones is reporting mixed numbers for venture fundraising this morning, releasing data that shows that capital raised for U.S. venture funds rose 20percentt over the same period a year ago, to $8.1 billion.
Others have not released fundraising numbers yet, including Republican front-runner Jeb Bush, a former Florida governor.
Grayson also, the last time fundraising numbers were released, raised more cash (from people across the country grateful he was actually standing up and fighting for the Democratic position) than anyone else.
Wikimedia has set aside a 2-month fundraising period and released two "personal appeals" from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (See them here. Find out more about making a donation here).
Unlike Australia, politics in the US is a huge industry, and as we speak thousands of young slightly dysfunctional political campaigners are holed up around the country in shitty ex-urban low rent campaign offices on the wrong side of town eating frozen burritos and banging out fundraising calls, press releases, walk lists and policy statements for their candidate.
Most Republican campaigns have yet to release their fundraising totals for the third quarter, although retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson raised about $20m.
