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unusual facts about Political action committee



Adam Parkhomenko

In January 2013, Parkhomenko launched Ready for Hillary, a super PAC that aims to persuade Hillary Clinton to run for the presidency of the United States in 2016, with Allida Black, a George Washington University historian and professor.

Adam Parkhomenko is the executive director of Ready for Hillary, a super PAC that aims to persuade Hillary Clinton to run for the presidency of the United States in 2016.

Barrett Brown

Brown served as the Director of Communications for Enlighten the Vote, an atheist PAC that provides financial and strategic assistance to political candidates that advocate strict enforcement of the Establishment Clause.

Center for Responsive Politics

For example, their first book published in 1990 analyzed contributions by political action committees in the 1988 congressional elections in the space of 1,300 pages.

Frank Kratovil

A "Super PAC" group called The Concerned Taxpayers of America paid $150,000 for ads attacking Kratovil, and $300,000 for ads attacking Peter DeFazio of Oregon.

Jeffrey C. Thomas

In the 2006 election, Thomas was critical of incumbent Republican Paul Ryan and other politicians who had received money from Tom DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority political action committee and from indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Liz Shuler

Shuler is active in the Women's Campaign Fund, a political action committee which supports pro-choice women running for election to political office, and a supporter of the International Women's Democracy Center.

Mauricio Claver-Carone

In an independent capacity, he also serves on the Board of Directors of the US-Cuba Democracy PAC, which purports to be the largest, single foreign-policy political action committee in the United States, and the largest Hispanic political action committee in history.

Rely on Your Beliefs Fund

The Rely on Your Beliefs Fund (ROYB Fund) is an American Political Action Committee associated with Rep. Roy Blunt.

Richard Baxter Gilliam

Gilliam is a major conservative donor in Virginia, giving $750,000 in 2012 to American Crossroads, a Super PAC established by Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, and to pro-Mitt Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future.

Ron Ramsey

During the 2004 election cycle, Ramsey was one of a few prominent Tennessee General Assembly leadership members who accepted campaign contributions from both the Jack Daniel's PAC and the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC.

Victor Kamber

In 1992, Kamber started a PAC, Americans for Change, hoping to be the Democratic party's answer to Floyd Brown, the Republican party's opposition research specialist known for inethical, negative campaign tactics.

Willie Horton

Beginning on September 21, 1988, the Americans for Bush arm of the National Security Political Action Committee (NSPAC), under the auspices of Floyd Brown, began running a campaign ad entitled "Weekend Passes", using the Horton case to attack Dukakis.


see also

AAAF

Asian American Action Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based Democratic political action committee

Armenian American Political Action Committee

Armenian American Political Action Committee (A.A.P.A.C.), was founded by Albert A. Boyajian.

Buddy Roemer presidential campaign, 2012

On November 8, 2011, Roemer appeared on the Colbert Report in an "issue ad" coordinated directly with the Colbert Super PAC, a political action committee.

Deborah Kafoury

Kafoury was a founder of the political action committee X-PAC and served two terms in the Oregon House of Representatives, including a leadership role in the Democratic Party caucus.

Frank Tsamoutales

He is currently Chairman of HuckPac, a national political action committee chaired by TV host and best selling author Governor Mike Huckabee.

James C. Roberts

In February 1981, Roberts was appointed director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships, a position which he held until June 1984 at which time he was named director of the Campaign for Prosperity Political Action Committee, headed by Congressman Jack Kemp.

John Ramsey

John A. Ramsey, founder of the libertarian Liberty For All Political Action Committee

Madeline Davis

As part of the Political Action Committee of Mattachine, she confronted the Buffalo Vice Squad on the issue of entrapment and gay bar raids.

Nalco Holding Company

The Center for Responsive Politics documents Nalco Company Political Action Committee financial contributions to political candidates, with 2010 contributions to Judy Biggert (R-IL), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Dan Lipinski (D-IL), John Shimkus (R-IL) and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

Thomas Gaffey

In January 2009 the Hartford Courant announced state auditors were looking into other instances of improper reimbursement by Gaffey, including double billing of out of state travel to both the state government and his political action committee.