List of political action committees

List of political action committees

This list of political action committees is organized by the nature of each particular PAC's work.

Environment

*Arizona League of Conservation Voters
*Coastal Conservation Assn
*Connecticut League of Conservation Voters
*Friends of the Earth
*Green Worlds Coalition Fund
*League of Conservation Voters
*Montana Conservation Voters
*Ocean Champions
*Oregon Natural Resources Council
*PawPAC
*Republicans for Environmental Protection
*Sierra Club
*Wild PAC
*Florida Conservation Society

Banking, Credit, Finance

*HSBC North America Political Action Committee

Ethnic

* US-Cuba Democracy PAC - anti-Castro group, approx 71% of contributions are to Republicans.
* [http://www.usinpac.com US India PAC]
* HISPAC - Hispanic Political Action Committee- Palm Beach County , Florida
* http://www.hispacpb.org
* Young Jewish Leadership PAC (YJLPAC) - Jewish Republicans supporting pro-Israel federal candidates for Congress. Chapters in New York City -- http://www.yjlpac.org -- and Washington, DC -- http://www.yjlpac.org/dc .
* RightVote.org PAC - Group of Minority Conservatives dedicated to changing the voting pattern of Black America- http://www.rightvote.org

Extraterrestrial Policy

*X-PPAC Extraterrestrial Phenomena PAC [http://www.x-ppac.org/main.htm]

General Ideology

General Conservative

*Doing Our Nation's Service PAC
*GOPAC - trains Republican candidates for higher office.
*Responsible Citizens Political League - (unknown) Rockville, Maryland
*National Association of Young Libertarians- Young Paleoconservatives, founded by Sean Kharazmi
* [http://www.unitedforliberty.com/index.html Americans United for Liberty] TH

General Liberal

*Democracy for America (DFA) [http://www.democracyforamerica.com/]
*MoveOn PAC [http://www.moveon.org/]
*Dapac Democratic Advancement PAC [http://www.dapac.org]
*LitPAC
*John Edwards - "One America Committee"
*Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
*Democratic Youth Strategy Council [http://www.democraticyouth.org]
*CitrusPAC
*Generation Blue
*Blue Catapult
*Council for a Livable World [http://www.clw.org]
*ActBlue
*National Democratic Law Students Council [http://www.lawschooldems.org/]

General Libertarian

*Liberty PAC [http://www.libertypac.net/] - Congressman Ron Paul's political action committee
*Liberty Racing PAC [http://www.libertyracingpac.org/] - Promoting liberty with a focus on advertising at high speed motorsports events.

Voting Rights and Turnout

*America Votes
*Vote from Home [http://www.votefromhome08.com/]

Health Care

* [http://www.1199seiu.org/issues/pac.cfm 1199 SEIU PAC]

Immigration

*Immigrants' List

Industry

*Association of Trial Lawyers of America
*International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
*Laborers Union
*National Association of Realtors - top contributor to federal candidates in 2003-04.
*National Auto Dealers Association
*National Beer Wholesalers Association
*Computing Technology Industry Association - CompTIA PAC

Leadership PACs

*Evan Bayh's All America PAC [http://www.allamericapac.com]
*Joe Biden's Unite Our States [http://www.uniteourstates.com]
*Barbara Boxer's PAC for a Change [http://www.barbaraboxer.com]
*Wesley Clark's WesPAC [http://www.securingamerica.com/]
*Hillary Rodham Clinton's HILLPAC [http://www.hillpac.com/]
*Chuck Hagel's Sandhills PAC [http://www.sandhillspac.com/]
*John McCain's Straight Talk America [http://www.straighttalkamerica.com/]
*Barack Obama's Hopefund [http://www.hopefundamerica.com/]
*Mitt Romney's Commonwealth PAC [http://www.thecommonwealthpac.com]
*Mark Warner's Forward Together PAC [http://www.forwardtogetherpac.com]
*Nancy Pelosi's PAC to the Future
*Mike Huckabee's Huck PAC [http://www.huckpac.com]

Religious

*Godless Americans PAC (GAMPAC) - see American Atheists
*613PAC - Orthodox Jewish Political Action Committee [http://www.613PAC.org 613PAC]

exuality, Gender, and Abortion

*Human Rights Campaign
*Democrats For Life of America PAC
*Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund - works to elect LGBT public officials
*National Right to Life PAC
*National Organization for Women
*Republicans Majority for Choice

Transportation

*NLA PAC [http://www.limo.org]

Foreign Affairs

*NORPAC
*VoteVets.org - veterans group whose main goal is "to put Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans in Congress who are critical of the execution of the war in Iraq. . ."

External links

* [http://www.OpenSecrets.org/ OpenSecrets]
* [http://www.PoliticalMoneyLine.com/ PoliticalMoneyLine]


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