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MCCUTCHEON v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMM’N
 

BREYER, J., dissenting 
Appendix B to opinion of BREYER, J. 

Table 2(b): Circumvention of the $3.6 Million Check 

National Party 
Committees 

State Party 
Committees 

Candidates 
(Senate) 

Candidates 
(House) 

Total Direct 
Contributions 

Number 
(committees/ 
candidates) 

Elec-
tions 

Direct 
Contribu-
tions to 
Candidate 
(per 
election) 

$5,000 

$5,000 

$2,000 

3 

50 

33 

2 

2 

2 

2 

$2,000 

435 

Independent Expendi-
tures (IEs) 
(per general election) 

Elec-
tions 

House 
Candidate 

Senate 
Candidate 

Total 
Direct 
Contribu-
tions (per 
2-year 
cycle) 

$30,0001 

$500,000 

$132,000 

$1,740,000 

$2,372,000 
Total IEs 
(per 
general 
election) 

National Party 
Committees 

$46,600 
(min)2 

State Party 
Committees

  $46,600 
(min)2 

$94,100 
(min)3 

$94,100 
(min)3 

$46,600–
  $93,100 
(min) 
$46,600– 
$93,100 
(min) 

1 

1 

$46,600– 
$93,100 
(min)

  $46,600 
(min)2 

$94,100 
(min)3 

Total IEs 
 1 $45,400 for a Senate candidate.  §441a(h); 78 Fed. Reg. 8532. 
2If the State has more than one House seat, this figure is $46,600.  If 

it has one House seat, this figure is $93,100.  Id., at 8531. 

3This  figure  ranges  from  $93,100  (Del.)  to  $2,68  million  (Cal.),

depending on the State’s population.  Ibid. 

Source:  See  2  U. S. C.  §§432(e)(3)(B),  441a(a)(2)(A);  11  CFR 

§110.3(b); 78 Fed. Reg. 8530–8532.