expenditures: Operating Expenditures

In baumer-lab/fec12: Data Package for 2012 Federal Elections

Description

Operating expenditure information for a simple random sample of 1000 entries

Usage

expenditures

Format

A data frame with 1000 rows and 20 columns:

cmte_id

A 9-character alpha-numeric code assigned to a committee by the Federal Election Commission

amndt_ind

Amendment indicator: Indicates if the report being filed is new (N), an amendment (A) to a previous report or a termination (T) report

rpt_yr

Report year

rpt_tp

Indicates the type of report filed, listed here: https://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/report-type-code-descriptions

line_num

ndicates FEC form line number

form_tp_cd

Indicates FEC form type

sched_tp_cd

Schedule type: Schedule B - Itemized disbursements

name

Contributor/lender/Transfer Name

city

City

state

State

zip_code

ZIP Code

transaction_dt

Transaction date (YYYY-MM-DD)

transaction_amt

Transaction Amount

transaction_pgi

Primary general indicator

purpose

Purpose

category

Disbursement category code: 001-012 and 101-107

category_desc

Disbursement Category Code Description, listed here: https://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/disbursement-category-code-descriptions

entity_tp

Entity Type:

CAN = Candidate

CCM = Candidate Committee

COM = Committee

IND = Individual (a person)

ORG = Organization (not a committee and not a person)

PAC = Political Action Committee

PTY = Party Organization

tran_id

Only for Electronic Filings. A unique identifier associated with each itemization or transaction appearing in an FEC electronic file. A transaction ID is unique for a specific committee for a specific report.

back_ref_tran_id

Back reference transaction ID: Used to associate one transaction with another transaction in the same report (using file number, transaction ID and back reference transaction ID). For example, a credit card payment and the subitemization of specific purchases. The back reference transaction ID of the specific purchases will equal the transaction ID of the payment to the credit card company.

Source

https://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/operating-expenditures-file-description/, updated 2020-03-02

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