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Congressional Candidates who received campaign money from the NRA -- click on arrows to sort the columns -- Candidate State House (H) or Senate (S)
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In the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation. [1] [2] The legal term PAC was created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States.
American Academy of Family Physicians PAC (FamMedPAC) – Washington, D.C. American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC (The Orthopaedic PAC) – Washington, D.C. American College of Pathology PAC (Path-PAC) – Milwaukee, WI; American College of Radiology PAC (RadPAC) – Reston, VA; American Dental Association PAC (ADPAC) – Washington, D.C.
Independent expenditure-only political action committees, better known as super PACs, are a type of political action committee (PAC) in the United States.Unlike traditional PACs, super PACs are legally allowed to fundraise unlimited amounts of money from individuals or organisations for the purpose of campaign advertising; however, they are not permitted to either coordinate with or contribute ...
Feb. 17—A 56-second social-media video showing Mid-Pacific Institute students using hate speech and making references to various forms of sexual assault has led the administration to take ...
Full public disclosure of lobbying activity Requires lobbyist disclosure filings to be filed twice as often, by decreasing the time between filing from semi-annual to quarterly. Requires lobbyist disclosures in both the Senate and House to be filed electronically and requires creation of a public searchable Internet database of such information.