"The transfers, from Romney's Free and Strong America PAC, may have the added benefit of allowing Romney to burn off some funds in advance of forming a presidential campaign committee. Some of the PAC funds could be transferred to such a committee, but donors would be bound by federal contribution limits. All in all, the former Massachusetts governor has handed out more than $1 million to GOP candidates.
Romney insisted this week that he had not yet made a decision on whether to run for president, but his candidacy appears to be almost a certainty at this point. Four years ago, Romney announced his presidential bid in Michigan in mid-February.
According to Federal Election Commission records, between his federal committee and a network of state PACs, Romney had raised $6.3 million by the end of 2010, the most of any likely GOP entrant."
Mitt Romney's PAC sent almost $130,000 to fellow Republicans.
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