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| political action committee definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates | 6 sets | |
| 2 | the political extension of special interest groups which have a major stake in public policy | 5 sets | |
| 3 | extention of an interest group that contributes money to political campaigns-financial arm of the interest group | 4 sets | |
| 4 | a committee set up by a corporation, labor union, or interest group that raises and spends campaign money from voluntary donations | 4 sets | |
| 5 | a private group that raises and distributes funds for use in election campaigns | 3 sets | |
| 6 | a legal organization whose function it is to collect money and make campaign contributions to selected candidates. | 3 sets | |
| 7 | (fdr), committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates | 2 sets | |
| 8 | politcal extension of special intrest groups that have a major stake in polictal policy | 2 sets | |
| 9 | an organization formed by a special-interest group, independent of political parties, to raise and spend money in support of political goals | 2 sets | |
| 10 | organization formed by special interest independent of political parties that raise and spend money | 1 set | |
| 11 | political organization formed by special interest groups | 1 set | |
| 12 | organizations that collect money to distribute to candidates who support the same issues as the contributors | 1 set | |
| 13 | a narrow form of interest group that seeks to influence policy by making contributions and parties in u.s politics | 1 set | |
| 14 | federally mandated, officially registered fund-raising committee that represents interest groups in the political process | 1 set | |
| 15 | political arm of a special interest group that seeks to influence elections and public policy decisions | 1 set | |
| 16 | a political organization formed by special-interest groups | 1 set | |
| 17 | run by special interest group to represent their ideas | 1 set | |
| 18 | us interest group set up specifically to contribute money to election campaigns | 1 set | |
| 19 | a group formed by special interest groups to raise money for candidates the group supports | 1 set | |
| 20 | the political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds on a voluntary basis from members, stockholders, or employees in order to contribute funds to favored candidates or political parties | 1 set | |
| 21 | the political arm of an interest group that is legally entitled to raise funds to contribute to a candidate or political party | 1 set | |
| 22 | an organization formed to collect money and provide financial support for political candidates | 1 set | |
| 23 | commtiee formed bye a speical interest group | 1 set | |
| 24 | an organization formed by special-interest groups, independent of political parties, to raise and spend money in support of political goals | 1 set | |
| 25 | an interest group that raises funds and donates to election campaigns. | 1 set | |
| 26 | it gives money to political candidates comes from individual employees, not from the corporate treasury | 1 set | |
| 27 | a political arm of an interest group set up to contribute to political campaigns. | 1 set | |
| 28 | a committee formed by business, labor, or other special-interest groups to raise money and make contributions to the campaigns of political candidates whom they support. | 1 set | |
| 29 | specialized organization for raising and spending campaign funds; often affiliated with an interest group or association | 1 set | |
| 30 | funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. a corporation, union, or some other interest group can create a pac and register it with the federal election commission, which will meticulously monitor the pac's spending | 1 set | |
| 31 | committees formed to fund a candidates campaign that must register with with fec | 1 set | |
| 32 | pac, organization financing candidates and may lobby. cannot contribute more than $5k to federal candidate in any election | 1 set | |
| 33 | federally registered fundraising group that pools money from individuals to give to political candidates and parties | 1 set | |
| 34 | an organization which finances candidates and may lobby. such organizations can contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in any election. | 1 set | |
| 35 | funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms. an organization or interest group can start a pac and register it with the federal election commission which will monitor the expenditures | 1 set | |
| 36 | pac-collect money for political candidates | 1 set | |
| 37 | intrest group set up to contribute to political campaigns, often called pac's | 1 set | |
| 38 | funding vehicles created by the 1974 campaign finance reforms; a corporation, union, or some other interest group can create one and register it with the federal election commission (fec), which will meticulously monitor its expenditures | 1 set | |
| 39 | private groups that raise and distribute funds for use in election campaigns. | 1 set | |
| 40 | specialized organization for raising and contributing campaign funds. | 1 set | |