Fact Check: Is 60 Plus a Non-Partisan Senior Advocacy Organization?
Claim: The 60 Plus Association describes itself to the public as “a nonpartisan seniors-advocacy group.”
Fact: House of Representatives lobbying disclosure forms reveal that lobbyists employed by The 60 Plus Association have lobbied lawmakers on Capitol Hill for on-land and offshore oil drilling, internet gambling deregulation, and reduced gasoline taxes.
Fact: Federal Election Commission independent expenditure data (accessed October 22, 2010) show that The 60 Plus Association has spent $6,031,178 to fund 86 expenditures in the 2010 U.S. congressional elections. Every one of those expenditures was used for a mailing or a television advertisement opposing the election of a Democratic congressional candidate. Not one expenditure has been made by The 60 Plus Association to support a Republican congressional candidate. Not one expenditure has been made by The 60 Plus Association to support the election of a Republican congressional candidate.
Conclusion: the claims of The 60 Plus Association to be a “non-partisan seniors-advocacy group” are false.
Coda: The 60 Plus Association has failed to disclose the identity of its donors.
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