PACs from A to Z

Banking, Credit, Finance, Insurance

  • American Bankers Association PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Bank of America Federal PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • Citigroup, Inc. PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • HSBC North America Political Action Committee (H-PAC) - Mettawa, IL - sitemore info
  • Independent Community Bankers of America PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info

Credit

  • American Express PAC (AXP PAC) - Washington, DC - more info
  • American Financial Services Association PAC (AFSA PAC) - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Capital One Associates PAC - McLean, VA - sitemore info
  • Cash America International PAC - Fort Worth, TX - more info
  • MasterCard Inc. Employees PAC - Purchase, NY - sitemore info
  • Sallie Mae PAC - Reston, VA - more info

Finance

  • Credit Suisse Securities PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • Goldman Sachs PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • Investment Company Institute PAC (ICI PAC) - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Morgan Stanley PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • National Venture Capital Association PAC (VENTUREPAC) - Arlington, VA - sitemore info
  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association PAC (SIFMA PAC) - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • UBS Americas Fund for Better Government - Stamford, CT - more info

Insurance

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

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.

Coal

  • COALPAC, A Political Action Committee of the National Mining Association - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Murray Energy PAC - Pepper Pike, OH - more info
  • Peabody Energy Corp. PAC (Peabody PAC) - St. Louis, MO - sitemore info

Electric

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

Oil and Gas

  • American Gas Association PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Chevron Corporation Employees PAC - San Ramon, CA - sitemore info
  • ConocoPhillips Spirit PAC - Bartlesville, OK - sitemore info
  • ExxonMobil PAC - Indianapolis, IN - sitemore info
  • Independent Petroleum Association of America Wildcatters Fund (IPAA Wildcatters Fund) - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Koch Industries PAC (KOCHPAC) - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Valero Energy PAC - San Antonio, TX - sitemore info
  • The Williams Companies PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info

Environment

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

Ethnic

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

General Ideology

Conservative

  • Campaign for Working Families - Arlington, VA - site
  • Citizens United Political Victory Fund - Washington, DC - site
  • Eagle Forum - Alton, IL - site
  • National Conservative Campaign Fund - Washington, DC - site

Liberal

  • ActBlue - Cambridge, MA - sitemore info
  • Democracy for America - Burlington, VT - sitemore info
  • Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC) - Seattle, WA - sitemore info
  • MoveOn.org PAC - Berkeley CA - [1]more info
  • National Committee for an Effective Congress - Washington, DC - sitemore info

Republican

  • Republican Main Street Partnership PAC - Washington, DC - site
  • Tuesday Group PAC - Washington, DC - site

Other

  • Lyndon Larouche PAC (LaRouchePAC) - Leesburg, VA - sitemore info

Gun Rights

  • National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund - Arlington, VA - sitemore info

Youth Rights

  • Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA - site

Health Care

Hospitals, Care Facilities

  • American Hospital Association PAC - Washington, DC AHA
  • American Healthcare Association PAC - Washington, DC sitemore info
  • American Seniors Housing PAC - Washington, DC sitemore info
  • Federation of American Hospitals PAC - Washington, DC sitemore info

Pharmaceutical

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

Providers

  • American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons PAC (The Orthopaedic PAC) - Washington, DC sitemore info
  • American College of Radiology PAC (RadPAC) - Reston, VA sitemore info
  • American Dental Association PAC (ADPAC) - Washington, DC sitemore info
  • American Medical Association PAC (AmPAC) - Washington, DC sitemore info
  • American Optometric Association PAC (AOA PAC) - Alexandria, VA sitemore info
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists PAC (ASAPAC) - Park Ridge, IL sitemore info
  • National Emergency Medicine PAC (NEMPAC) - Irving, TX sitemore info
  • American Physical Therapy Association PAC (PT-PAC) - Alexandria, VA sitemore info

Industry

Accounting

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

Aerospace

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

Agribusiness

  • American Crystal Sugar Company PAC - Moorhead, MN - sitemore info
  • California Dairies Federal Political Action Committee - Turlock, CA - sitemore info
  • Dean Foods Company PAC - Dallas, TX - sitemore info
  • Deere & Company PAC (John Deere PAC) - Moline, IL - sitemore info
  • Farm Credit Council PAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • National Cotton Council Committee for the Advancement of Cotton - Cordova, TN - sitemore info

Alcoholic Beverages

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

Entertainment

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

Food & Beverage

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

Information Technology

  • Microsoft MSPAC - Redmond, WA - sitemore info

Legal

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

Manufacturing

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

Natural Resources

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

Real Estate

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

Retailers

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

Tobacco

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

Labor

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

Leadership PACs

House leaders

  • Speaker Nancy Pelosi - PAC to the Future - Washington, DC - more info
  • Majority Leader Steny Hoyer - AmeriPac - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Republican Leader John Boehner - The Freedom Project - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Majority Whip James Clyburn - BridgePAC - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Republican Whip Eric Cantor - Every Republican is Crucial PAC (ERIC PAC) - Richmond, VA - more info
  • Chris Van Hollen Chair, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Victory Now PAC - Kensington, MD - more info
  • Pete Sessions Chair, National Republican Congressional Committee - People for Enterprise, Trade and Economic Growth - Alexandria, VA - more info

House Members

  • Roy Blunt - Rely on Your Beliefs Fund - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • John Conyers - America Forward PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • Joseph Crowley - Jobs, Opportunity & Education PAC (JoePAC) - Elmhurst, NY more info
  • John Dingell - Wolverine PAC - Washington, DC more info
  • Bob Filner - San Diego PAC - San Diego, Ca - more info
  • Darrell Issa - Invest in a Safe & Secure America PAC (IssaPAC) - Vista, CA sitemore info
  • David R. Obey - Committee for a Progressive Congress - Washington, DC - more info
  • Frank Pallone - SHORE PAC - Long Branch, NJ more info
  • Ron Paul - Liberty PAC - Lake Jackson, Tx - sitemore info
  • Nick Rahall - 3T PAC - Beckley, WV - more info
  • Charles Rangel - National Leadership PAC - New York, NY - info here
  • Ike Skelton The Show-Me Fund - Blue Bell, Pa - more info
  • John M. Spratt, Jr. - Palmetto PAC - Bethesda, MD - more info
  • Bennie G. Thompson - Secure PAC - Bolton, MS more info
  • Nydia M. Velazquez - Progress PAC - Gaithersburg, Md - more info
  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Democrats Win Seats - Weston, FL sitemore info
  • Henry Waxman - LA Pac - Los Angeles, Ca - more info

Senate leaders

  • Majority Leader Harry Reid - Searchlight Leadership Fund - Washington, DC - website
  • Majority Whip Dick Durbin - Prairie PAC - Springfield, IL - info here
  • Minority Leader Mitch McConnell - Bluegrass Committee -Washington, DC - info here
  • Minority Whip John Kyl - Senate Majority Fund - Washington, DC - info here
  • Republican Whip Eric Cantor - Every Republican is Crucial PAC - Richmond, VA - info here
  • Robert Menendez Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee - New Millennium PAC - Union City, NJ info here
  • John Cornyn Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee - Alamo PAC - Austin, TX info here

Senators

  • Max Baucus - Glacier PAC - Missoula, MT more info
  • Robert F. Benett - SNOWPAC - Salt Lake City, UT more info
  • Barbara Boxer - PAC for a Change - Los Angeles, Ca - sitemore info
  • Kent Conrad - DAKPAC - Washington, DC - more infomore info
  • Chris Dodd - Citizens for Hope, Responsibility, Independence & Service (Chris PAC) - Washington, DC - more info
  • Byron Dorgan - Great Plains Leadership Fund - Washington, DC - more info
  • Dianne Feinstein - Fund for the Majority - Burbank, CA more info
  • Tom Harkin - To Organize a Majority PAC (TomPAC) - Des Moines, IA more info
  • Daniel Inouye - DANPAC - Honolulu, HI sitemore info
  • John Kerry - Campaign for Our Country - Washington, DC - sitemore info
  • Amy Klobuchar - Follow the North Star Fund - Minneapolis, MN more info
  • Mary Landrieu - Jazz PAC - Washington, DC - more info
  • Patrick Leahy - Green Mountain PAC - Montpelier, VT sitemore info
  • Joe Lieberman - Reuniting Our Country - Washington, DC - more info
  • Blanche Lincoln - Leadership in the New Century (LINC PAC) - Little Rock, Ar - more info
  • John McCain - Country First PAC - Alexandria, VA sitemore info
  • Mark Pryor - Priority PAC - Little Rock, AR more info
  • Charles Schumer - Impact - New York, NY more info
  • John Thune - Heartland Values PAC - Sioux Falls, SD sitemore info

Caucus

  • Blue Dog Democrats - Blue Dog PAC - McLean, VA - info here
  • Congressional Black Caucus - Congressional Black Caucus PAC - Washington, DC - info here
  • Senate Conservatives Fund - Alexandria, VA - sitemore info

Former elected and public officials

  • Wesley Clark - WesPAC - Little Rock, AR - sitemore info
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton - HILLPAC - Washington, DC - info here
  • Rahm Emanuel - Our Common Values PAC - Chicago, IL - info here
  • Mike Huckabee - Huck PAC - Little Rock, AR - site
  • Sarah Palin - SarahPAC - Arlington, VA - more info
  • Mitt Romney - Free & Strong America PAC - Lexington, MA - site

Religious

  • Godless Americans PAC (GAMPAC) - see American Atheists
  • 613PAC - Orthodox Jewish Political Action Committee 613PAC

Family, Sexuality, Gender, and Abortion

Children's Issues

  • KIDS Pac - Belmont, Ma - more info
  • Children's Campaign Fund - Seattle, WA - site

Gay/Lesbian

  • Human Rights Campaign - Washington, DC - sitemore info

Pro-Choice

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

Pro-Life

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

Women's Issues

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

Youth Issues

  • Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA - site

Transportation

Freight Rail

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

Road

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

Construction

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

Foreign Affairs

  • 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.