Our work
What the committee does, and where.
The committee's work is research into the public record of candidates for federal office, publication of what that record shows with its sources, and, where the committee chooses, communications to voters paid for as independent expenditures.
Activities
Research
The committee assembles the public record of a candidate: roll-call votes, sponsored and cosponsored legislation, court filings, financial disclosures, campaign finance reports, and statements made on the record. Each item is traced to its original source before it is used.
Publication
The committee publishes what the record shows, in video and in writing, with the underlying records listed beside each item. Documented facts are kept separate from the committee's own assessment. Publications appear on the Publications page.
Independent expenditures
The committee may pay to distribute communications that expressly call for the election or defeat of a federal candidate. Federal law treats that spending as an independent expenditure. It must be made without coordination with any candidate or party, and it is reported to the Federal Election Commission, including on accelerated schedules close to an election when spending reaches the thresholds set in federal rules.
How projects are chosen
Draft dated October 22, 2026
The following criteria have been drafted to guide which federal races the committee takes on. They are proposed, not yet adopted. Once the committee’s leadership adopts them, this page will state the adoption date and any changes.
Under the proposal, a federal race, whether for a House seat, a Senate seat, or the presidency in a particular state, would be eligible only when all of the following are true:
- Competitive. The most recent election for the seat was decided by a narrow margin, or independent, nonpartisan ratings place the race in a toss-up or lean category.
- A documented record. A candidate in the race has a public record, in roll-call votes, sponsored legislation, court filings, FEC reports, or statements made on the record, that bears directly on the questions voters in that race face.
- Within the committee’s means. The committee can research the record thoroughly and communicate with voters in the race at a meaningful level.
- Not duplicative. The committee’s work would not duplicate a larger independent effort already making the same case.
- Approved in writing. Two officers and at least one outside advisor, once appointed, have approved the selection in writing, and the approval is dated in the project list.
A project would be ended when the race no longer meets the first or second criterion, or when the committee cannot continue to fund meaningful work on it. Endings would be dated in the project list as well.
Current projects
The committee has not announced any projects. When it does, each will be listed here by race, with the reason it meets the selection criteria and the date it was added.