Irish National Caucus

Irish National Caucus

The Irish National Caucus (INC) is an Irish-American lobby group. It was founded by Father Sean Gabriel McManus in September 1974, at a meeting of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. [Cite book
publisher = Praeger
isbn = 9780275965174
pages = 50
last = Thompson
first = Joseph
title = American Policy and Northern Ireland: A Saga of Peacebuilding
location = Westport Conn.
date = 2001] The lobby group was formed to counterbalance British influences in the United States Congress and government, at a time when Northern Ireland was engulfed in violence.

In the 1976 presidential race, Democratic challenger Jimmy Carter approached the INC in an effort to attract votes from a group, stating his belief that "it is a mistake for our country's government to stand quiet on the struggle of the Irish for peace, for the respect of human rights, and for unifying Ireland." [Cite book
publisher = Northeastern University Press
isbn = 9781555531331
pages = 175
last = DeConde
first = Alexander
title = Ethnicity, Race, and American Foreign Policy: A History
location = Boston
date = 1992] On election, Carter did take a stronger position in the conflict.

One of the INC's main activities is lobbying for the MacBride Principles, a manifesto promulgated by the Caucus and written by its founder, Father McManus. The manifesto demands the cooperation of US companies doing business in Northern Ireland in fighting alleged discrimination and abuses there. [Univerity of Minnesota Human Rights Library. [http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/links/macbride.html The MacBride Principles] ]

Related Organizations

The Irish National Caucus also operated a registered political action committee under the name INC Irish PAC, also coordinated by Father McManus. The PAC is currently defunct; its last Federal Election Commission filings were in 2002. [Federal Election Commission. [http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00179614 "FEC Disclosure Reports - Filer ID C00179614"] ] The PAC was relatively minor, drawing only a couple of major donors.

In September 1997, the INC formed a tax-exempt charitable organization, the Irish Peace Foundation, to support "a non-violent solution in Ireland." [TaxExemptWorld.com [http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organizations/washington_dc_20003.asp "Washington, DC 20003: Tax Exempt/Nonprofit Organizations"] ] [ [http://irishnationalcaucus.org/IrishPeaceFoundation/default.asp Irish Peace Foundation] ]

Endorsements

In the 2000 New York Senate race, INC leader Father McManus and the INC PAC endorsed then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, drawing a rebuke from New York Cardinal John O'Connor for supporting a pro-choice candidate. [New York Daily News. January 4, 2000. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2000/01/04/2000-01-04_cardinal_presses_backer_of_h.html Cardinal Presses Backer of Hillary] .] McManus explained that the PAC supported candidates solely based on their support for Northern Ireland, not their other positions.

External link

* [http://www.irishnationalcaucus.org/ Irish National Caucus] website
* [http://irishnationalcaucus.blogspot.com/ Irish National Caucus] blog

References


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