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In the
United States and
Canada, a
political action committee (PAC) is a
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 has been created in pursuit of
campaign finance reform in the United States. This term is quite specific to
all activities of
campaign finance in the United States. Democracies of other countries use
different terms for the units of campaign spending or spending on political
competition (see
political finance). At the U.S. federal level, an organization becomes a PAC
when it receives or spends more than $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a
federal election, and registers with the
Federal Election Commission, according to the
Federal Election Campaign Act as amended by the
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain-Feingold
Act).[3]
At the state level, an organization becomes a PAC according to the state's
election laws.
Contributions from corporate or labor union treasuries are illegal, though they
may sponsor a PAC and provide financial support for its administration and
fundraising. Union-affiliated PACs may only solicit contributions from members.
Independent PACs may solicit contributions from the general public and must pay
their own costs from those funds.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee
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Super PACs, officially known as "independent-expenditure
only committees", may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties,
but may engage in unlimited political spending independently of the campaigns.
Unlike traditional PACs, they can raise funds from individuals, corporations,
unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size.[19]
Super PACs were made possible by two judicial decisions: the aforementioned
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and, two months later,
Speechnow.org v. FEC. In Speechnow.org, the federal
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that PACs that did not make
contributions to candidates, parties, or other PACs could accept unlimited
contributions from individuals, unions, and corporations (both for profit and
not-for-profit) for the purpose of making independent expenditures.
The term "Super PAC" was coined by reporter Eliza Newlin Carney.[23]
According to Politico, Carney, a staff writer covering lobbying and
influence for CQ Roll Call, "made the first identifiable, published
reference to 'super PAC' as it's known today while working at National
Journal, writing on June 26, 2010, of a group called Workers' Voices, that
it was a kind of "'super PAC' that
could become increasingly popular in the post-Citizens United world."[24]
According to FEC
advisories, Super PACs are not allowed to coordinate directly with
candidates or political parties. This restriction is intended to prevent them
from operating campaigns that complement or parallel those of the candidates
they support or engaging in negotiations that could result in
quid
pro quo bargaining between donors to the PAC and the candidate or
officeholder. However, it is legal for candidates and Super PAC managers to
discuss campaign strategy and tactics through the media.[25][26]
The
Center for Responsive Politics maintains a list of the largest PACs by
election cycle on its website OpenSecrets.org.[44]
Their list can be filtered by receipts or different types of expenses, political
party, and type of PAC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee#Super_PACs
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