The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) is the principal super PAC aligned with Republican leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives. Founded in 2011 as the conservative counterpart to House Majority PAC, CLF has been endorsed by every House Republican Speaker and leadership team since.
CLF is structured as a hybrid PAC, meaning it operates two separate accounts: one for limited contributions directly to candidates, and one for unlimited contributions used for independent expenditures. The PAC works in tandem with its affiliated 501(c)(4) dark-money group, the American Action Network, which contributed roughly $69 million to influence 2024 elections. Major individual donors in recent cycles have included hedge-fund founder Ken Griffin and shipping-supplies magnate Richard Uihlein.
CLF’s current president, Dan Conston, also leads the American Action Network. CLF concentrates on the highest-tier competitive House races each cycle and, like its peers, has helped define the post-Citizens United model of party-aligned outside spending.
Website: congressionalleadershipfund.org · OpenSecrets profile: CLF