List of political action committees

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

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[edit] Animals

Humane USA PAC - Washington DC

[edit] Banking, credit, finance, insurance

[edit] Insurance

AFLAC PAC - Columbus, Ga
America’s Health Insurance Plans PAC (AHIP PAC) - Washington, DC
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (INSUR PAC)- Washington, DC
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance PAC - Springfield, Ma
MetLife Employee Political Participation Fund - New York, NY
National Association of Health Underwriters PAC (HUPAC) - Arlington, Va
National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors PAC (NAIFA PAC) - Falls Church, Va
New York Life Insurance Company PAC - New York, NY
USAA Employees PAC - San Antonio, Tx

[edit] Education

WEA-PAC (Washington Education Association)

[edit] Energy

In the 2010 election cycle energy related industries spent more than $9 million through PACs. The largest amount was from electric utilities (which are regulated at the federal and state levels), which spent more than $5 million through various industry committees. Oil and gas industries and refiners spent more than $2.7 million through PACs.

[edit] Alternative Energy

American Wind Energy Association - Washington, DC
Apollo PAC - Washington, DC
Caithness Equities PAC - New York, NY
Growth Energy PAC - Ethanol - Washington, DC
POET Pac - Ethanol - Sioux Falls, SD
Solar Energy Industries Association PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Coal

Arch Coal Political Action Committee (ARCHPAC) - St. Louis, MO.
COALPAC, A Political Action Committee of the National Mining Association - Washington, DC
Foundation Coal Corporation Political Action Committee - Linthicum Heights, MD
Murray Energy PAC - Pepper Pike, OH
Peabody Energy Corp. PAC (Peabody PAC) - St. Louis, MO

[edit] Electric

American Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE) National Rural Electric Cooperative - Arlington, VA
The American Electric Power Committee for Responsible Government - Columbus, OH
Dominion Resources PAC - Richmond, VA
Duke Energy PAC - Richmond, VA
Exelon PAC - Chicago, IL
Florida Power & Light Employees PAC (FPL PAC) - Juno Beach, FL

[edit] Oil and gas

American Gas Association PAC - Washington, DC
Chevron Corporation Employees PAC - San Ramon, CA
ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC - Bartlesville, OK
ExxonMobil PAC - Indianapolis, IN
Independent Petroleum Association of America Wildcatters Fund (IPAA Wildcatters Fund) - Washington, DC
KochPAC - Washington, DC
Valero Energy PAC - San Antonio, TX
The Williams Companies PAC - Washington, DC
The American Petroleum coalition PAC - Boynton Beach, FL

[edit] Environment

League of Conservation Voters Action Fund - Washington, DC
Sierra Club Political Committee - San Francisco, CA

[edit] Ethnic

Asian Pacific Americans for Progress - Los Angeles, CA
Committee for Hispanic Causes - Building Our Leadership's Diversity (CHC Bold PAC) - Washington, DC
Council on American Islamic Relations, California PAC - Los Angeles, CA
US-Cuba Democracy PAC - anti-Castro group - Hialeah, FL
U.S. India PAC - Chantilly, VA
Hispanic Unity USA - Burbank, CA
Republican Jewish Coalition - Washington, DC
National Action Committee (NACPAC) - Pro-Israel - Hollywood Florida

[edit] General ideology

[edit] Progressive

Act Blue—Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC - Cambridge, MA
Blue America PAC - Washington, D.C.
Butler County Progressive PAC - Oxford, OH
Central Valley Progressive PAC - Fresno, CA
Progressive Alliance PAC - Cook County, IL
Progressive Change Campaign Committee - Washington, D.C.
Progressives United - Middleton, WI
Riverside County Progressive PAC - Riverside County, CA

[edit] Conservative

Americans for Prosperity - Arlington, VA
Arkansas Young Guns PAC - Little Rock, AR
Campaign for Working Families - Arlington, VA
Citizens United Political Victory Fund - Washington, DC
Conservative Victory Fund - Washington, DC
Eagle Forum - Alton, IL
Move America Forward
National Conservative Campaign Fund - Washington, DC
National Conservative Political Action Committee
TitoPac - Tito the Builder

[edit] Liberal

Asian American Action Fund - Washington, DC
Democracy for America - Burlington, VT
MoveOn.org PAC - Berkeley CA
National Committee for an Effective Congress - Washington, DC

[edit] Republican

Republican Main Street Partnership PAC - Washington, DC
Restore Our Future
Tuesday Group PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Democratic

Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC) - Seattle, WA
Democrats for Education Reform - New York, NY

[edit] Other

Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (The Colbert Super PAC) - Washington, DC
Lyndon LaRouche PAC (LaRouchePAC) - Leesburg, VA
Citizens for an Operational Government PAC (COGPAC) - Charleston, SC

[edit] LGBT Rights

Pride PAC – San Francisco, CA

[edit] Gun rights

Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund (GOA-PVF) - Springfield, VA
National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) - Arlington, VA

[edit] Youth Rights

Take A Stand PAC - Reinholds, PA

[edit] Health care

[edit] Hospitals, care facilities

American Hospital Association PAC - Washington, DC
American Healthcare Association PAC - Washington, DC
American Seniors Housing PAC - Washington, DC
Federation of American Hospitals PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Pharmaceutical

Abbott Laboratories Employees PAC - Abbott Park, IL
AmGen, Inc. PAC - Washington, DC
Eli Lilly and Company PAC - Indianapolis, IN
GlaxoSmithKline PAC - Residential Triangle Park, NC
Johnson & Johnson PAC (JJPAC) - New Brunswick, NJ
MerckPAC - Washington, DC
National Community Pharmacists Association PAC^{[disambiguation needed]} - Alexandria, Va.
Pfizer Inc. PAC (PfizerPAC) - New York, NY
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Better Government Committee (PhRMA) - Washington, DC

[edit] Providers

American College of Pathology PAC (Path-PAC) - Milwaukee, WI
American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC (The Orthopaedic PAC) - Washington, DC
American College of Radiology PAC (RadPAC) - Reston, VA
American Dental Association PAC (ADPAC) - Washington, DC
American Medical Association PAC (AmPAC) - Washington, DC
American Naprapathic Association PAC (ANAPAC) - Chicago, IL
American Optometric Association PAC (AOA PAC) - Alexandria, VA
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist PAC (CRNA-PAC) - Washington, DC
American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (ASAPAC) - Park Ridge, IL
National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) - Irving, TX
American Physical Therapy Association PAC (PT-PAC) - Alexandria, VA

[edit] Industry

[edit] Accounting

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants PAC (AICPA PAC) - Durham, NC
Deloitte & Touche Federal PAC - Washington, DC
Ernst & Young PAC - Washington, DC
KPMG Partners/Principals & Employees PAC - Washington, DC
PricewaterhouseCoopers PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Aerospace

BAE Systems USA PAC - Arlington, Va
The Boeing Company PAC - Arlington, Va
Lockheed Martin Employees PAC - Arlington, Va
The United Technologies Company PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Agribusiness

American Crystal Sugar Company PAC - Moorhead, MN
American Quarter Horse Association Q-PAC - Amarillo, TX
American Veterinary Medical Association PAC - Washington, DC
California Dairies Federal Political Action Committee - Turlock, CA
Dean Foods Company PAC - Dallas, TX
Deere & Company PAC (John Deere PAC) - Moline, IL
Farm Credit Council PAC - Washington, DC
Monsanto Company Citizenship Fund PAC - St. Louis, MO
National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC) - Centennial, CO
National Chicken Council PAC - Washington, DC
National Cotton Council Committee for the Advancement of Cotton - Cordova, TN
National Pork Producers Council PAC (PORK PAC) - Des Moines, IA
Syngenta Corporation Employee PAC (Syngenta PAC) - Washington, DC
Tyson Foods PAC (TYPAC) - Springdale, AR
United Egg Producers PAC (Egg PAC) - Alpharetta, GA

[edit] Alcoholic Beverages

Anheuser-Busch Companies PAC - St. Louis, MO
Brown-Forman Corporation Non Partisan Committee on Responsible Government - Louisville, KY
Distilled Spirits Council of the United States PAC (DISCUS PAC) - Washington, DC
National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC (NBWA PAC) - Alexandria, VA
Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America PAC (WSWA-PAC) - Washington, DC

[edit] Entertainment

Clear Channel Communications PAC - San Antonio, Tx
Comcast Corporation PAC - Philadelphia, Pa
DirectTV Group Fund (DIRECTTV PAC) - Washington, DC
National Association of Broadcasters PAC (NABPAC) - Washington, DC
National Cable & Telecommunications Association PAC (NCTA PAC) - Washington, DC
Time Warner Cable PAC - Washington, DC
Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Food and beverage

American Meat Institute PAC - Washington, DC
American Beverage Association PAC - Washington, DC
Coca-Cola Company Non-Partisan Committee on Good Government - Atlanta, GA
ConAgra Foods Good Government Committee - Omaha NE
Flowers Foods Industries PAC - Thomasville, GA
Food Marketing Institute PAC (FOODPAC) (FOODPACE) - Arlington, VA
General Mills PAC - Minneapolis, MN
Kraft Foods PAC (KRAFTPAC) - Washington, DC
McDonald's Corporation PAC - Oak Brook, IL
National Restaurant Association PAC (NRA-PAC) - Washington, DC
OSI Restaurant Partners PAC - Tampa, FL
PepsiCo Concerned Citizens Fund - Purchase, NY
Taco Political Action Committee (TACO PAC) - Shawnee Mission, KS
Wendy's/Arby's Group PAC - Dublin, OH

[edit] Information technology

FLIXPAC (Netflix) - Los Gatos, CA
Microsoft MSPAC - Redmond, WA

[edit] Legal

American Association for Justice - Washington, DC
DLA Piper PAC - Washington, DC
Greenberg Traurig PAC - Miami, FL
Holland & Knight Committee for Effective Government - Washington, DC
K&L Gates PAC - Washington, DC
Patton Boggs PAC - Washington, DC
Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal PAC (Sonnenschein PAC) - Washington, DC

[edit] Manufacturing

3M Company PAC - St. Paul, Mn
General Electric PAC (GEPAC) - Washington, DC
Honeywell International PAC - Washington, DC
Procter & Gamble Good Government Committee (P&G PAC) - Cincinnati, Oh
The Shaw Group PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Marijuana

Marijuana Policy Project - Washington, DC
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) - Washington, DC

[edit] Natural resources

Weyerhaeuser Company PAC - Detroit, MI
MINEPAC, A Political Action Committee of the National Mining Association - Washington, DC

[edit] Real estate

American Resort Development Association/Resort Owners Coalition (ARDA-ROC PAC) - Washington, DC
Build Political Action Committee of the National Association of Home Builders (BUILD-PAC) - Washington, DC
National Association of Realtors PAC - Chicago, Il
National Multi Housing Council PAC (NMHC PAC) - Washington, DC
Real Estate Roundtable PAC (REALPAC) - Washington, DC

[edit] Retailers

CVS Caremark Employees PAC - Washington, DC
The Home Depot PAC - Washington, DC
International Council of Shopping Centers PAC (ICSC PAC) - Washington, DC
National Association of Chain Drug Stores PAC - Alexandria, VA
National Association for Convenience Stores PAC (NACSPAC) - Washington, DC
Target Citizens Political Forum - Minneapolis, MN
Wal-Mart Stores PAC For Responsible Government - Washington, DC

[edit] Tobacco

Altria PAC (ALTRIAPAC) - Washington, DC
Lorillard Tobacco Company Public Affairs Committee - Greensboro, NC
RJ Reynolds PAC - Winston-Salem, NC 27102
US Smokeless Tobacco Executives Administrators and Managers PAC - Washington, DC

[edit] Labor

Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee - Washington, DC
IBEW PAC - Washington, DC
International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Political Education Committee - Washington, DC
Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) PAC - Washington, DC
Non-Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Upper Marlboro, MD
Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education (SEIU COPE) - Washington, DC
Transport Workers Union Political Contributions Committee - New York, NY
Transportation Communications International Union Responsible Citizens Political League - Rockville, Maryland

[edit] Leadership

[edit] House leaders

Speaker John Boehner - The Freedom Project - Washington, DC
Majority Leader Eric Cantor - Every Republican is Crucial PAC (ERIC PAC) - Richmond, VA
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi - PAC to the Future - Washington, DC
Minority Whip Steny Hoyer - AmeriPac - Washington, DC
Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn - BridgePAC - Washington, DC

[edit] House members

Mo Brooks - Make Opportunity (MO) PAC
John Conyers - America Forward PAC - Washington, DC
Joseph Crowley - Jobs, Opportunity & Education PAC (JoePAC) - Elmhurst, NY
John Dingell - Wolverine PAC - Washington, DC
Bob Filner - San Diego PAC - San Diego, Ca
Darrell Issa - Invest in a Safe & Secure America PAC (IssaPAC) - Vista, CA
Kevin McCarthy - Majority Committee PAC (MC PAC) - Bakersfield, CA
Frank Pallone - SHORE PAC - Long Branch, NJ
Ron Paul - Liberty PAC - Lake Jackson, Tx
Nick Rahall - 3T PAC - Beckley, WV
Charles Rangel - National Leadership PAC - New York, NY
Pete Sessions - People for Enterprise, Trade and Economic Growth - Alexandria, VA
Bennie G. Thompson - Secure PAC - Bolton, MS
Chris Van Hollen - Victory Now PAC - Kensington, MD
Nydia M. Velazquez - Progress PAC - Gaithersburg, Md
Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Democrats Win Seats - Weston, FL
Henry Waxman - LA Pac - Los Angeles, Ca

[edit] Senate leaders

Majority Leader Harry Reid - Searchlight Leadership Fund - Washington, DC
Majority Whip Dick Durbin - Prairie PAC - Springfield, IL
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell - Bluegrass Committee -Washington, DC
Minority Whip John Kyl - Senate Majority Fund - Washington, DC
John Cornyn Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee - Alamo PAC - Austin, TX

[edit] Senators

Max Baucus - Glacier PAC - Missoula, MT
Roy Blunt - Rely on Your Beliefs Fund - Tacoma, WA
Barbara Boxer - PAC for a Change - Los Angeles, CA
Sherrod Brown - America Works - Washington, DC
Kent Conrad - DAKPAC - Washington, DC
Dianne Feinstein - Fund for the Majority - Burbank, CA
Chuck Grassley - Hawkeye PAC - Des moines, IA
Tom Harkin - To Organize a Majority PAC (TomPAC) - Des Moines, IA
Daniel Inouye - DANPAC - Honolulu, HI
John Kerry - Campaign for Our Country - Washington, DC
Amy Klobuchar - Follow the North Star Fund - Minneapolis, MN
Mary Landrieu - Jazz PAC - Washington, DC
Patrick Leahy - Green Mountain PAC - Montpelier, VT
Joe Lieberman - Reuniting Our Country - Washington, DC
Robert Menendez - New Millennium PAC - Union City, NJ
John McCain - Country First PAC - Alexandria, VA
Mark Pryor - Priority PAC - Little Rock, AR
Charles Schumer - Impact - New York, NY
John Thune - Heartland Values PAC - Sioux Falls, SD
Mark R. Warner - Forward Together PAC - Alexandria, VA

[edit] State and local officials

Mitch Daniels - Aiming Higher PAC
Rahm Emanuel - Our Common Values PAC - Chicago, IL

[edit] Former elected and public officials

Robert F. Benett - SNOWPAC - Salt Lake City, UT
Hillary Rodham Clinton - HILLPAC - Washington, DC
Chris Dodd - Citizens for Hope, Responsibility, Independence & Service (Chris PAC) - Washington, DC
Byron Dorgan - Great Plains Leadership Fund - Washington, DC
Newt Gingrich - American Solutions PAC - Alexandria, VA
Mike Huckabee - Huck PAC - Little Rock, AR
Jon Huntsman - HorizonPac/H-PAC - Washington, DC
Blanche Lincoln - Leadership in the New Century (LINC PAC) - Little Rock, AR
David R. Obey - Committee for a Progressive Congress - Washington, DC
Sarah Palin - SarahPAC - Arlington, VA
Tim Pawlenty - Freedom First - St. Paul, MN
Mitt Romney - Free & Strong America PAC - Lexington, MA
Rick Santorum - America's Foundation PAC - Downingtown, PA
Ike Skelton The Show-Me Fund - Blue Bell, PA
John M. Spratt, Jr. - Palmetto PAC - Bethesda, MD

[edit] Executive officials

Barack Obama - Priorities USA - San Diego, CA

[edit] Religious

Council on American Islamic Relations California PAC
Godless Americans PAC (GAMPAC) - see American Atheists
613PAC - Orthodox Jewish Political Action Committee

[edit] Family, sexuality, gender, and abortion

[edit] Children's issues

KIDS Pac - Belmont, Ma
Children's Campaign Fund - Seattle, WA

[edit] Gay and lesbian

Human Rights Campaign - Washington, DC
Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund - Washington, DC

[edit] Pro-choice

NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC - Washington, DC
The Wish List - Alexandria, VA

[edit] Pro-life

Life & Liberty PAC - Reston, VA
National Pro-Life Alliance PAC - Annandale, VA
Susan B. Anthony List - Arlington, VA

[edit] Women's issues

EMILY's List - Washington, DC
Planned Parenthood Action Fund - New York, NY

Susan B. Anthony List

[edit] Youth issues

Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA

[edit] Transportation

[edit] Air

Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association PAC - Frederick, MD
American Airlines PAC - Washington, DC
Continental Airlines Employee Fund for a Better America - Houston, TX
Delta Air Lines PAC - Washington, DC
Federal Express PAC (FEDEXPAC) - Memphis, TN
United Parcel Service PAC (UPSPAC) - Atlanta, GA

[edit] Freight rail

Association of American Railroads PAC (RAILPAC) - Washington, DC
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association PAC (ASLRRA PAC) - Washington, DC
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation RailPac (BNSF RailPAC) - Fort Worth, Tx
CSX Corporation Good Government Fund - Washington, DC
Norfolk Southern Corporation Good Government Fund - Norfolk, VA
Union Pacific Corporation Fund for a Better Government - Washington, DC

[edit] Road

National Limousine Association PAC (NLA) - Marlton, NJ
Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association PAC (TLPA) - Rockville, MD

[edit] Construction

American Road and Transportation Builders Association PAC (ARTBA PAC) - Washington, DC

[edit] Foreign affairs

J Street PAC
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.

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