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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.
OpenSecrets is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that tracks and publishes data on campaign finance and lobbying, including a revolving door database which documents the individuals who have worked in both the public sector and lobbying firms and may have conflicts of interest.
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.
Requesters may also appeal to the Public Access Counselor (PAC), which issues binding opinions on rare occasions, typically opting to resolve disputes through non-binding opinions or other informal means. Illinois was the last state in the United States to enact freedom of information legislation.
According to data from OpenSecrets, the top 100 individual super PAC donors in 2011–2012 made up just 3.7% of contributors, but accounted for more than 80% of the total money raised, [33] while less than 0.5% of the money given to "the most active super PACs" was donated by publicly traded corporations. [34]
The Illinois States Attorneys Association objected to the changes, as the Attorney General and the PAC acquired an expanded role under the new law. The Association suggested that the role of the state's attorney should be expanded instead. [7] As of 2019, the PAC employed 13 full-time attorneys, three supervisors, and four support staff. [4]
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The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is a free market nonprofit think tank based in Chicago. [2] Founded in 2002, it is active in the areas of education policy, pension policy, and state budget issues. [3] IPI advocates for smaller government and lower taxes. [4] [5] It has an affiliated lobbying arm and legal arm. [4]