The Republicans currently have 54 Senate seats, and the Democrats 44, along with two independents who caucus with them. Weber has helped raise funds for a politically-active non-profit, the American Action Network, and an allied Super Pac, the Congressional Leadership Fund, that are trying to keep the GOP majority. Two other cash-rich outside groups, a Super Pac dubbed the Senate Leadership Fund and an allied non-profit called One Nation, have stepped up their fundraising efforts. Adelson and his wife have has given the Super Pac $20m and chipped in $10m to the allied non-profit, according to records and fundraising sources. “Trump is a destructive force … He’s hurting the country, the GOP and the Trump brand.”

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2016 12:33 UTC