List of political action committees explained
This list of political action committees is organized by the nature of each particular U.S. PAC's work. OpenSecrets also maintains a comprehensive and continuously updated list of PACs on its website OpenSecrets.org.[1]
Accounting
Affiliated party
Democratic
- 43 Alumni for Biden
- American Bridge 21st Century – Washington, D.C.
- Asian American Action Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Democracy for America – Burlington, VT
- DCCC – Washington, D.C.
- DSCC – Washington, D.C.
- Democratic Governors Association – Washington, D.C.
- Democrats for Education Reform – New York, NY
- Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) – Washington, D.C.
- Midwest Values PAC – Minneapolis, MN
- MoveOn PAC – Berkeley CA
- National Committee for an Effective Congress – Washington, D.C.
- People's Action – Washington, D.C.
- – St. Paul, MN
- WelcomePAC
Republican
- America First – Washington, D.C.
- America First Policies Action Fund – Arlington, VA
- America PAC - Marion, IA
- Americans For Prosperity – Arlington, VA
- Citizens United Political Victory Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Club for Growth PAC – Washington DC
- Committee to Defend the President PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Congressional Leadership Fund PAC
- John Bolton PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Maggie's List – Tallahassee, FL
- Move America Forward – Melbourne, FL
- National Conservative Political Action Committee – McLean, VA
- Our Principles PAC – Alexandria, VA
- Republican Main Street Partnership PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Restore Our Future
- Susan B. Anthony List PAC – Washington, D.C.
Agribusiness
- American Veterinary Medical Association PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Dean Foods Company PAC – Dallas, TX
- Deere & Company PAC (John Deere PAC) – Moline, IL
- Farm Credit Council PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Koch Industries Action Fund – Wichita, KS
- Monsanto Company Citizenship Fund PAC – St. Louis, MO
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC) – Centennial, CO
- National Chicken Council PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Syngenta Corporation Employee PAC (Syngenta PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- Tyson Foods PAC (TYPAC) – Springdale, AR
- United Egg Producers PAC (Egg PAC) – Alpharetta, GA
Alcoholic beverages
Animals
Energy sector
Alternative energy
Coal
Electric
Oil and gas
Environment
Ethnic
- Advancement Project PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Asian American Action Fund (pro-democratic Asian-American group) – Washington, D.C.
- Black Economic Alliance (African American business leaders) – Boston, MA
- Color of Change – Washington, D.C.
- Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Leadership PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Indian Americans for Freedom – Carol Stream, IL
- Latino Victory PAC – Washington, D.C.
- United Puerto Rican Political Action Committee – Lawrence, MA
- United We Dream PAC – Washington, D.C.
- US-Cuba Democracy PAC (pro-democratic Cuba group) – Hialeah, FL
- Voto Latino Super PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Asian Americans for Good Government (AAGG) PAC – Sacramento, CA
Finance, banking, credit, and insurance
- American Bankers Association PAC – Washington, D.C.
- American Express PAC (AXP PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American Financial Services Association PAC (AFSA PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- Bank of America Federal PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Capital One Associates PAC – McLean, VA
- Cash America International PAC – Fort Worth, TX
- Citigroup, Inc. PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Credit Suisse Securities PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Cryptocurrency Alliance Super PAC – Washington, D.C.[2]
- Deutsche Bank Americas Corp / Taunus Corporation PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Goldman Sachs PAC – Washington, D.C.
- HSBC North America Political Action Committee (H-PAC) – Mettawa, IL
- Independent Community Bankers of America PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Investment Company Institute PAC (ICI PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- MasterCard Inc. Employees PAC – Purchase, NY
- Morgan Stanley PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Sallie Mae PAC – Reston, VA
- Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association PAC (SIFMA PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- UBS Americas Fund for Better Government – Stamford, CT
Gun rights
Insurance
Ideology
Bipartisanship or nonpartisanship
- Bipartisan Policy Center Action
Conservative
Liberal
- American Bridge – Washington, D.C. (David Brock PAC)
- AllOfUs – Washington, D.C.
- America Votes – Washington, D.C.
- Democracy Alliance – Washington, D.C.
- Democracy Spring – Washington, D.C.
- Democratic Socialists of America – Washington, D.C.
- Free Press Action – Washington, D.C.
- Fwd.us – Washington, D.C.
- Giffords Courage Action Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Issue One – Washington, D.C.
- Justice Democrats – Los Angeles, CA
- LCV PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Media Matters for America PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Onward Together – Washington, D.C.
- Our Revolution – Knoxville, TN
- People for the American Way – Washington, D.C.
- Progressive Caucus – Washington, D.C.
- Progressive Change Campaign Committee – Washington, D.C.
- Progressive Congress Action Fund – Washington, D.C.
- ProgressNow – Washington, D.C.
- Project Vote – Washington, D.C.
- Roosevelt Institute – New York, NY
- Southern Progress Fund – Fayetteville, AR
- Tax Policy Center – Washington, D.C.
- Ultraviolet – Washington, D.C.
- Working Families Party – Washington, D.C.
Other
Health care
Hospitals and care facilities
Pharmaceutical and biotech
Providers
- American Academy of Dermatology PAC (SkinPAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American Academy of Family Physicians PAC (FamMedPAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC (The Orthopaedic PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American College of Pathology PAC (Path-PAC) – Milwaukee, WI
- American College of Radiology PAC (RadPAC) – Reston, VA
- American Dental Association PAC (ADPAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American Medical Association PAC (AmPAC) – Washington, D.C.
- American Optometric Association PAC (AOA PAC) – Alexandria, VA
- American Physical Therapy Association PAC (PT-PAC) – Alexandria, VA
- American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (ASAPAC) – Park Ridge, IL
- Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist PAC (CRNA-PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) – Irving, TX
Entertainment
Food and beverage
- American Beverage Association PAC – Washington, D.C.
- American Meat Institute PAC – Washington, D.C.
- 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, D.C.
- McDonald's Corporation PAC – Oak Brook, IL
- National Restaurant Association PAC (NRA-PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- 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
Legal
Manufacturing
- 3M Company PAC – St. Paul, MN
- General Electric PAC (GEPAC) – Washington, D.C.
- Honeywell International PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Procter & Gamble Good Government Committee (P&G PAC) – Cincinnati, OH
- The Shaw Group PAC – Washington, D.C.
Marijuana
Natural resources
Real estate
Retailers
Tobacco
Labor
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee – Washington, D.C.
- IBEW PAC – Washington, D.C.
- International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Political Education Committee – Washington, D.C.
- Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) PAC – Washington, D.C.
- National Association of Social Workers PACE - Washington, D.C.
- 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, D.C.
- Transport Workers Union Political Contributions Committee – New York, NY
- Transportation Communications International Union Responsible Citizens Political League – Rockville, MD
- Working America PAC – Washington, D.C.
Leadership
House leadership
House members
- Pete Aguilar – Progressive Majority PAC – CA-LUV PAC – Washington, D.C.[8] [9]
- Katherine Clark – Fair Shot PAC – Boston, MA[10]
- Debbie Dingell – Wolverine PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Tom Emmer – Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans – Anoka, MN[11]
- Darrell Issa – Invest in a Safe & Secure America PAC (IssaPAC) – Vista, CA
- Pramila Jayapal – Medicare for All PAC – Seattle, WA[12]
- Hakeem Jeffries – Jobs Education & Families First PAC – Washington, D.C.[13]
- Patrick McHenry – Innovation PAC — Alexandria, VA[14]
- Seth Moulton — Serve America PAC — Salem, MA[15]
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez – Courage to Change PAC – Bronx, NY
- Frank Pallone – SHORE PAC – Long Branch, NJ
- Adam Schiff – Frontline USA – Los Angeles, CA[16]
- Pete Sessions – People for Enterprise, Trade and Economic Growth – Alexandria, VA
- Elise Stefanik – E-PAC – Glen Falls, NY[17]
- Bennie G. Thompson – Secure PAC – Bolton, MS
- Nydia M. Velazquez – Progress PAC – Gaithersburg, MD
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz – Democrats Win Seats – Weston, FL
Senate leadership
Senators
- Sherrod Brown – America Works PAC – Washington, D.C.[22]
- John Cornyn – Alamo PAC – Austin, TX
- Dianne Feinstein – Fund for the Majority – Burbank, CA
- Chuck Grassley – Hawkeye PAC – Des Moines, IA
- Amy Klobuchar – Follow the North Star Fund – Minneapolis, MN
- Robert Menendez – New Millennium PAC – Union City, NJ
- Rand Paul – Human Action – Tucson, AZ
- Mitt Romney – Free & Strong America PAC – Lexington, MA
- Chris Van Hollen – Victory Now PAC – Kensington, MD
- Mark R. Warner – Forward Together PAC – Alexandria, VA
Former elected and public officials
- Max Baucus – Glacier PAC – Missoula, MT
- Robert F. Benett – SNOWPAC – Salt Lake City, UT
- Roy Blunt – Rely on Your Beliefs Fund (ROYB Fund) – Tacoma, WA
- John Boehner – The Freedom Project – Washington, D.C.
- Mo Brooks – Make Opportunity (MO) PAC – Huntsville, AL
- Barbara Boxer – PAC for a Change – Los Angeles, CA
- Liz Cheney – Cowboy PAC – Arlington, VA[23]
- Hillary Clinton – HILLPAC – Washington, D.C.
- Joe Crowley – Jobs, Opportunity & Education PAC (JoePAC) – Elmhurst, NY
- Kent Conrad – DAKPAC – Washington, D.C.
- John Conyers – America Forward PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Mitch Daniels – Aiming Higher PAC
- Jim DeMint – Senate Conservatives Fund – Alexandria, VA
- Chris Dodd – Citizens for Hope, Responsibility, Independence & Service (Chris PAC) – Washington, D.C.
- Byron Dorgan – Great Plains Leadership Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Rahm Emanuel – Our Common Values PAC – Chicago, IL
- Bob Filner – San Diego PAC – San Diego, CA
- Newt Gingrich – American Solutions PAC – Alexandria, VA
- Nikki Haley – Stand for America – Washington, DC
- Tom Harkin – To Organize a Majority PAC (TomPAC) – Des Moines, IA
- Mike Huckabee – Huck PAC – Little Rock, AR
- Jon Huntsman – HorizonPac/H-PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Daniel Inouye – DANPAC – Honolulu, HI
- John Kerry – Campaign for Our Country – Washington, D.C.
- Minority Whip John Kyl – Senate Majority Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Mary Landrieu – Jazz PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Patrick Leahy – Green Mountain PAC – Montpelier, VT[24]
- Joe Lieberman – Reuniting Our Country – Washington, D.C.
- Blanche Lincoln – Leadership in the New Century (LINC PAC) – Little Rock, AR
- John McCain – Country First PAC – Alexandria, VA
- David R. Obey – Committee for a Progressive Congress – Washington, D.C.
- Sarah Palin – SarahPAC – Arlington, VA
- Ron Paul – Liberty PAC – Lake Jackson, TX
- Mark Pryor – Priority PAC – Little Rock, AR
- Tim Pawlenty – Freedom First – St. Paul, MN
- Nick Rahall – 3T PAC – Beckley, WV
- Charles Rangel – National Leadership PAC – New York, NY
- 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
- Donald Trump – MAGA Inc. super PAC and Save America PAC – Arlington, VA[25]
- Henry Waxman – LA PAC – Los Angeles, CA
Religious/Ethnic
Social issues
LGBT issues
Pro-LGBTQ
- Equality PAC – Washington, D.C.
- Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund – Washington, D.C.
- Human Rights Campaign PAC – Washington, D.C.
- LPAC – Washington, D.C.
- Pride PAC – San Francisco, CA
Anti-LGBTQ
Abortion
Pro-abortion rights
Anti-abortion rights
Transportation
Air
Freight rail
Road
Construction
Foreign affairs
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Find a PAC . . 28 November 2018.
- Web site: FEC- Super PACs- Cryptocurrency Alliance. Federal Election Commission.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: BRIDGE PAC . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: Majority Cmte PAC . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: PAC to the Future . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Eye of the Tiger PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Progressive Majority PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: CA-LUV PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Fair Shot PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Medicare for All PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Jobs Education & Families First . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Innovation PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/serve-america-pac/C00571174/summary/2022
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Frontline USA . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: E-PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: Prairie PAC . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: Bluegrass Cmte . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Impact (Schumer) . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Heartland Values PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: America Works PAC . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: Cowboy PAC . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 9, 2022 . PAC Profile: Green Mountain PAC . December 9, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
- Web site: December 8, 2022 . PAC Profile: Save America . December 8, 2022 . OpenSecrets . en.
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