JPMorgan employees back Cantor PAC

Employees of JPMorgan Chase donated more than $45,000 to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor the same month their company disclosed that they lost more than $2 billion in a trading snafu, according to campaign filings.

The influx of cash comes at the same time JPMorgan's political action committee cut-off its federal giving.

The $45,250 Cantor netted from the financial institution represents roughly 15 percent of the overall amount raised by Every Republican Is Crucial, Cantor's main fundraising vehicle, which took in $285,500 in May. Other donors include James Davis, chairman of New Balance, who gave Cantor $5,000, and Ken Mehlman, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee who is the global head of public affairs for finance giant Kohlberg, Kravis Roberts.

That's not all Cantor raised -- his Cantor Victory Fund took in $276,902 in May. Ronald Lauder, the wealthy New York businessman, gave the committee $5,000. Itzhak Fisher, the executive vice president of the Nielsen Company, gave $49,800- by far the biggest donation. Cantor also spent $15,769 at Meridian Air Charter, a private jet company.

Freedom Project, Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) PAC, only collected donations from 18 individuals in May - far fewer than Cantor. Boehner raised $154,820, according to the filing, including a $5,000 contribution from Rep. Mike Pence, the Republican nominee for governor of Indiana. Pence also ran against Boehner for minority leader in 2006. Other K Street contributors include Michael Chappell of Fierce, Isakowitz & Blalock, who gave $1,000, and Gregg Hartley of Cassidy & Associates, who contributed $5,000.