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AJS has "steadfastly refused to disclose its contributors. The group’s explanation underlines why disclosure of funding sources of grassroots [[lobbying]] campaigns is needed: AJS President [[Mike Dubke]] has said that such disclosure would distract from the group’s message," ''[[Public Citizen]]'' wrote in a January 2007 report on [[astroturf]] groups.<ref name="clean">[http://www.cleanupwashington.org/documents/astroturf.pdf "Organizing Astroturf: Evidence Shows Bogus Grassroots Groups Hijack the Political Debate; Need for Grassroots Lobbying Disclosure Requirements ] ''Public Citizen''/CleaUpWashington.org, January 2007.</ref> AJS "has a history of injecting itself into Congressional campaigns," Carl Hulse wrote July 14, 2002, in the ''New York Times'',<ref>Carl Hulse, [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02EEDD1F30F937A25754C0A9649C8B63&n=Top/News/U.S./U.S.%20States,%20Territories%20and%20Possessions/South%20Dakota "Ads Push Estate Tax As Issue in Campaigns,"] ''New York Times'', July 14, 2002.</ref> and "was apparently used solely as a
conduit to hide corporate political spending and insulate companies from accountability," a May 2006 report by the [[Center for Political Accountability]] stated.<ref>[http://www.politicalaccountability.net/files/PressRelease-HiddenRivers6-06.pdf "CPA report calls trade associations 'Swiss bank accounts of American politics,' hiding and spending corporate political funds and heightening risks for shareholders,"] Center for Political Accountability, May 15, 2006.</ref>
One known funder of AJS is the [[Center to Protect Patient's Rights]] (CPPR), which gave AJS $4.8 million in 2010 as part of a $55 million dollar block of donations to conservative groups including the [[American Future Fund]], the [[60's Plus Association]] and [[Americans for Tax Reform]]. <ref> Viveca Novak: [http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2012/05/cppr.html Mystery Health Care Group Funneled Millions to Conservative Nonprofits]. Opensecrets, May 18th, 2012. Accessed August 10th, 2012. </ref> The CPPR
In the wake of ''Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission'', the FEC issued advisory opinions which stated that any group making an "independent expenditure" intended to influence a political race, either for or against a candidate but independent from any candidate's campaign, should register with the FEC as a political action committee and disclose their finances. AJS declined to do so, interpreting FEC rules to mandate disclosure only when a donor mandates that their money be used in a specific time, place and manner; a situation that almost never occurs.[http://www.americanindependent.com/americans-for-job-security-rebuffs-disclosure-requirements/]
===Known Funders===
==Republican affiliations==