Political Action Committees

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
PAC
Pronunciation
/pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈækʃən kəˈmɪtiz/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
Politics

Examples in Context

  1. But that could not prevent multiple contributions to various political organisations, with similar goals – such as the political action committees that then rallied behind individual candidates.
  2. The various conservative super political action committees so-called because they face no limits on donations and their related non-profit arms have raised more than $ 200m between them so far for the 2012 elections.
  3. In doing so, I realise that I am being somewhat presumptuous, inasmuch as I have never got around to announcing my candidacy, filing any of the proper papers or forming any of the necessary arms-length relationships with sympathetic political action committees.
  4. Because gifts from special interest groups, whether pharma companies or political action committees, could sway the opinions of decision-makers.
  5. Americans Elect plans to accept donations of up to $ 10,000, and to refuse money from political action committees and interest groups.

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