List of political action committees
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This list of political action committees is organized by the nature of each particular U.S. PAC's work.
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Animals
- Humane USA PAC - Washington DC
Banking, credit, finance, insurance
Banks
- American Bankers Association PAC - Washington, DC
- Bank of America Federal PAC - Washington, DC
- Citigroup, Inc. PAC - Washington, DC
- HSBC North America Political Action Committee (H-PAC) - Mettawa, IL
- Independent Community Bankers of America PAC - Washington, DC
Credit
- American Express PAC (AXP PAC) - Washington, DC
- American Financial Services Association PAC (AFSA PAC) - Washington, DC
- Capital One Associates PAC - McLean, VA
- Cash America International PAC - Fort Worth, TX
- MasterCard Inc. Employees PAC - Purchase, NY
- Sallie Mae PAC - Reston, VA
Finance
- Credit Suisse Securities PAC - Washington, DC
- Deutsche Bank Americas Corp / Taunus Corporation PAC – Washington, DC
- Goldman Sachs PAC - Washington, DC
- Investment Company Institute PAC (ICI PAC) - Washington, DC
- Morgan Stanley PAC - Washington, DC
- National Venture Capital Association PAC (VENTUREPAC) - Arlington, VA
- Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association PAC (SIFMA PAC) - Washington, DC
- UBS Americas Fund for Better Government - Stamford, CT
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
Education
- WEA-PAC (Washington Education Association)
- Student Debt Reform PAC
- COPE American Federation of Teachers
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.
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
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
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
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
Environment
- League of Conservation Voters Action Fund - Washington, DC
- Sierra Club Political Committee - San Francisco, CA
Ethnic
- Asian Pacific Americans for Progress - Los Angeles, CA
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Leadership PAC, Washington, DC
- 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
- National Action Committee (NACPAC) - Pro-Israel - Hollywood Florida
- Indian Americans for Freedom - Carol Stream, IL
- United Puerto Rican Political Action Committee - Lawrence, MA
- Pakistani American Political Action Committee - Laurel, MD
General ideology
Progressive
- ActBlue—Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC - Somerville, 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
- RAT-PAC (The Resistance Arts Trust Political Action Committee) - Washington, DC
- Riverside County Progressive PAC - Riverside County, CA
- Texas Federal Blue Seed PAC - Arlington,Texas
Conservative
- 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
- Maggie's List - Florida
- Move America Forward
- National Conservative Campaign Fund - Washington, DC
- National Conservative Political Action Committee
- Ready For Right- Washington, DC
- Senate Conservatives Fund
- TitoPac - Tito the Builder
- SecurityIsStrength - Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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
Republican
- Republican Main Street Partnership PAC - Washington, DC
- Restore Our Future
- Tuesday Group PAC - Washington, DC
Democratic
- American Bridge 21st Century - Washington, DC
- Correct the Record - Washington, DC
- ReadyPAC - Washington, DC
- Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC) - Seattle, WA
- Democrats for Education Reform - New York, NY
- Wheeling West Virginia Democratic Socialist Union - Wheeling, WV
Other
- Liberty Now PAC - Aberdeen, WA
- 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
- Liberty For All Political Action Committee - Austin, Texas
- United States India Political Action Committee - Washington, DC
- Our Principles PAC
- Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands - Portland, OR
Gun rights
- Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund (GOA-PVF) - Springfield, VA
- Minnesota Gun Owners Political Action Committee - Saint Paul, MN
- National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) - Arlington, VA
Health care
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
Pharmaceutical and biotech
- Abbott Laboratories Employees PAC - Abbott Park, IL
- AmGen, Inc. PAC - Washington, DC
- Eli Lilly and Company PAC - Indianapolis, IN
- Genentech Inc Political Action Committee -
- GlaxoSmithKline PAC - Residential Triangle Park, NC
- Johnson & Johnson PAC (JJPAC) - New Brunswick, NJ
- MerckPAC - Washington, DC
- National Community Pharmacists Association PAC - Alexandria, Va.
- Pfizer Inc. PAC (PfizerPAC) - New York, NY
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Better Government Committee (PhRMA) - Washington, DC
Providers
- American Academy of Dermatology PAC (SkinPAC) - Washington, DC
- 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
- American Academy of Family Physicians PAC(FamMedPAC) - Washington, DC
- American Academy of Audiology PAC (AAAPAC) - Washington, DC
Industry
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
Aerospace
- BAE Systems USA PAC - Arlington, Va
- The Boeing Company PAC - Arlington, Va
- Lockheed Martin Employees PAC - Arlington, Va
- SpacePAC - Satellite Beach, FL. Founded by Bina and Martine Rothblatt creator of GeoStar and Sirius Radio [1]
- The United Technologies Company PAC - Washington, DC
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
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
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
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
Information technology
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
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
Marijuana
- Marijuana Policy Project - Washington, DC
- National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) - Washington, DC
- Medicinal Cannabis Super PAC - Oakland, CA
Natural resources
- Weyerhaeuser Company PAC - Detroit, MI
- MINEPAC, A Political Action Committee of the National Mining Association - Washington, DC
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 Apartment Association PAC (NAAPAC) - Arlington, VA
- National Association of Realtors PAC - Chicago, Il
- National Multi Housing Council PAC (NMHC PAC) - Washington, DC
- Real Estate Roundtable PAC (REALPAC) - Washington, DC
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
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
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
Leadership
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
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
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
- Former Senator Jim DeMint, Senate Conservatives Fund - Alexandria, VA
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
- Rand Paul - Human Action
- 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
State and local officials
- Mitch Daniels - Aiming Higher PAC
- Rahm Emanuel - Our Common Values PAC - Chicago, IL
Former elected and public officials
- Robert F. Benett - SNOWPAC - Salt Lake City, UT
- Hillary 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
Executive officials
- Barack Obama - Priorities USA - San Diego, CA
Religious
- Freethought Equality Fund PAC
- Godless Americans PAC (GAMPAC) - see American Atheists
- 613PAC - Orthodox Jewish Political Action Committee
- Republican Jewish Coalition - Washington, DC
Social issues
Children's and youth issues
- KIDS Pac - Belmont, Ma
- Children's Campaign Fund - Seattle, WA
- Take A Stand PAC - Reinholds, PA
- Teens for Teens PAC - Miami Beach, FL
- Youth Action PAC
LGBT issues
- Equality PAC
- Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund - Washington, D.C.
- Human Rights Campaign PAC - Washington, D.C.
- LPAC
- Pride PAC – San Francisco, CA
Pro-choice
- NARAL Pro-Choice America PAC - Washington, DC
- The Wish List - Alexandria, VA
- EMILY's List - Washington, DC
- Planned Parenthood Action Fund - New York, NY
Pro-life
- Life & Liberty PAC - Reston, VA
- National Pro-Life Alliance PAC - Annandale, VA
- Susan B. Anthony List - Arlington, V
Transportation
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
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
Road
- National Limousine Association PAC (NLA) - Marlton, NJ
- Taxicab, Limousine & Paratransit Association PAC (TLPA) - Rockville, MD
Construction
- American Road and Transportation Builders Association PAC (ARTBA PAC) - Washington, DC
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.