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Political Action Committee

In US, Political action Committee (PAC) is an organization with the objective of distributing and raising funds to the candidates looking for political office. PACs are developed by labor unions, trade associations, corporations and many other individuals or organizations and provide the voluntary contributions required by them for raising offices, initially in US Senate and US House of Representatives.

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Political Action Committee

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  1. Political Action Committee

  2. Political Action Committee • In US, Political action Committee (PAC) is an organization with the objective of distributing and raising funds to the candidates looking for political office. PACs are developed by labor unions, trade associations, corporations and many other individuals or organizations and provide the voluntary contributions required by them for raising offices, initially in US Senate and US House of Representatives. PACS may spend their funds on independent expenses according to the definition in law as a message that expresses the avocation of election of a properly recognized candidate that is not made in consultation, cooperation or concert or if requested by any candidate or any of its agents.

  3. Political Action Committee • Political Action Committee was first established in1944 by Congress of Industrial Organizations that is supposed to raise funds for assisting the reelection done by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The PACs were an essential part of many political campaigns in United States that time until the commencement of Federal Election Campaign Act in 1971. Then the law was developed for the reduction of impact of money in different campaigns by devising some strict limitations and providing substantial funds for candidates as well.

  4. Political Action Committee • In the beginning of 21st century, many different types of PACs started to exert influence on it. These PACs include Leadership PACs which is formed by politicians who want to join higher office or have more influence within their political party by collecting funds and then disbursing them to the candidate’s campaign. Most of the times leadership PACs are the representative of the political aspirations for different leadership positions in higher office.

  5. Political Action Committee What are Super PACs? • The term super PAC was first discovered by Eliza Newline Carney. According to the FEC advisories, super PACs are not allowed for coordinating with political parties and candidates in the direct manner. This limit has the intention of preventing them from operating campaigns that are just in accordance with the

  6. Political Action Committee • Super PACs are mostly known as independent-expenditure only committees that might not contribute in the campaigns of candidates, but might get involved in different type of political activities independently other than campaigns. Other than typical PACs, they can also raise funds from corporations, unions, individuals and other groups without having any legal restriction on the size of donation.

  7. Political Action Committee • According to FEC advisories, super PACs do not have the permission of direct coordination with any political party or candidate. But it is legal for candidates and super PAC manager to explain their campaign strategy and marketing tactics with the help of media.

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