American officials cautioned that sorting who gives how much would be complicated because of multiyear contributions.
No one is quite sure who gives how much to the 501(c)(4 s, because they are allowed to keep their donors' names secret.
But no breakdown of who gives how much is ever published.This secrecy is so strict that not even members of the Tory Party's own board of finance know what is going on.
In these days of sophisticated databases it is possible to crunch numbers and find out not only who gives how much, but where they live, in what ZIP codes -- even in what buildings.
Full and complete disclosure of who gives how much to political campaigns is a concept embraced by everyone from President Bush and Senator John McCain to many legislative enemies of campaign finance reform.
Roy and his lawyer have a new will for Izzy, Ms. Gallagher's father, to sign, and her explanation of why she kept that from happening gives "How I Came Into My Inheritance" its title.
