BNA Money and Politics ($$) reports that since the beginning of Sept. over $50 million has been spent on electioneering communications in the campaign for the presidency and Congress. Federal Election Commission (FEC) rules require organizations sponsoring ads that mention a federal candidate in the final 60 days before the election to file reports with the commission. According to the BNA report, 90 percent of the money is going for radio and television ads in House and Senate races, and 10 percent is for ads focused on the presidential campaign. The FEC reports on electioneering communications show much less activity than the independent expenditure reports. First, only seven of the 28 groups reporting electioneering communications have focused on the presidential campaign, and most of these have spent less than $1 million each. Second, the total amount spent by these groups was just over $5 million. The level of spending for electioneering communications so far in this year's presidential race is only a fraction of the amount spent by the candidates and parties. The level also has fallen dramatically, compared to the last campaign. In 2004, groups reporting electioneering communications that referred to presidential candidates spent a total of $40.8 million through Election Day, according to the FEC.