What were the aggregate limits for individual contributions to all federal candidates during the 2011–12 election cycle?

During the 2011–12 election cycle, the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) imposed aggregate limits on individual contributions to federal candidates and committees. For that two-year cycle, the aggregate limits were $46,200 to all candidates and $70,800 to all party committees and noncandidate political action committees (PACs).1

These aggregate limits were later challenged in the Supreme Court case McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. In 2014, the Court ruled that these aggregate limits violated the First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association, effectively striking them down. It is important to note that this ruling did not affect the "base limits," which are the specific caps on contributions an individual can make to a single candidate or committee.231