Delegation Resource Manual: The Lobbyists Dimension
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YMCA PA Youth & Government Program
Political Action Committees
Top 7 Contributors
January 1, 1999 - June 30, 2000
Emily’s List
$12,288,422
NRA Political Victory Fund
10,786,466
American Federation of State County & Municipal
6,465,424
Employees
Democrat Republican Independent Voter Education
5,501,792
(International Brotherhood of Teamsters)
UAW –V-CAP (United Auto Workers)
4,531,700
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Committee on
4,227,442
Political Education
American Medical Association Political Action Committee
4,021,519
1) Visit the websites for each of the PACs listed above. How would you describe the
membership of each group? What characteristics do the members of each group likely share?
2) How would you describe the goals of each group? What does each hope to achieve and
how does each plan to achieve it?
3) Are there connections between these PACs and current legislative priorities in Congress?
For each of the issues below, choose one PAC and explain how its members might wish to influence
legislation in that issue:
a)
the environment
b)
the minimum wage
c)
immigration
d)
the war on terrorism
e)
education
