The authors acknowledge the great number of people who have contributed smaller and larger contributions to the CDK library.
A PAC can accept larger contributions -- a maximum of $5,000 per year -- and contribute larger sums than a normal campaign committee.
Members of certain strategic congressional committees get larger contributions.
The mayor said earlier this year that making the larger contributions would lead to "direct cuts in our classrooms".
The group hoped that the calls could build a stronger bond with donors, and garner larger contributions as well.
But the pilots had no way of knowing this and did not call for larger contributions or a more conservative investment strategy until it was too late.
But by building awareness of the charity's work and a connection with a large pool of potential new donors, the sale could generate much larger contributions, he said.
Mr. McCain, an Arizona Republican, later dismissed the provision allowing larger contributions to candidates facing wealthy opponents as "not the critical issue here".
She says: "I completely understand this is a huge cost for the state and we had been warned changes could come into force which would require larger contributions.
A23 Boosting Retirement Savings The House passed a proposal to strengthen retirement savings plans by permitting workers to make larger contributions to them.
Their success has increased their incomes still further, allowing them to make even larger contributions and to demand even bigger favors.
