24-985: PACS is an acronym with several meanings: PACs is the plural of PAC ; for example: PAC (disambiguation) (Redirected from PAC (disambiguation) ) [REDACTED] Look up pac , Pac , or PAC in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pac or PAC may refer to: Aviation [ edit ] IATA code PAC Albrook "Marcos A. Gelabert" International Airport in Panama City, Panama Pacific Aerospace Corporation , New Zealand, manufacturer of aircraft: PAC 750XL PAC Cresco PAC CT/4 PAC Fletcher Pakistan Aeronautical Complex , aerospace manufacturer Polar Air Cargo airline, Purchase, New York, US Commerce [ edit ] Panasonic Avionics Corporation , produces equipment and services for in-flight entertainment, etc. Peruvian Amazon Company ,
48-542: A PAC according to the state's election laws . Contributions to PACs from corporate or labor union treasuries are illegal, though these entities may sponsor a PAC and provide financial support for its administration and fundraising. Union-affiliated PACs may solicit contributions only from union members. Independent PACs may solicit contributions from the general public and must pay their own costs from those funds. Federal multi-candidate PACs may contribute to candidates as follows: In its 2010 case Citizens United v. FEC ,
72-522: A candidate or candidate committee. The political action committee emerged from the labor movement of 1943. The first PAC was the CIO-PAC , formed in July 1943 under CIO president Philip Murray and headed by Sidney Hillman . It was established after the U.S. Congress prohibited unions from giving direct contributions to political candidates. This restriction was initially imposed in 1907 on corporations through
96-601: A central committee maintained by said PAC. Furthermore, it required PACs to file regular reports with the Federal Election Commission(FEC) disclosing anyone who has donated at least $ 200. The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional limits imposed on PACs by the legislature under First Amendment grounds in many cases, starting with Buckley v. Valeo . Throughout the past 30 years, campaign donations from PACs have been increasingly growing, with $ 333 million being raised in 1990 to $ 482 million in 2022. Even with
120-608: A criminal gang and welfare group associated with the Pakistan Peoples Party Political action committee , U.S. political fundraiser Political Affairs Committee (British Guiana) Polish American Congress Public Accounts Committee (India) Public Accounts Committee (Malaysia) Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom) Public Affairs Committee (Malawi) Science and technology [ edit ] Biology and medicine [ edit ] Physician assistant, certified , commonly abbreviated in
144-590: A former rubber company Planned Amortization Class, a type of collateralized mortgage obligation Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento , an investment plan in Brazil Education [ edit ] Panasonic Academic Challenge , a US national competition Postgraduate Applications Centre , Ireland Prince Alfred College , Australia Professionals' Academy of Commerce , an accounting school in Pakistan Peres Academic Center ,
168-808: A lossy audio compression algorithm Pin Array Cartridge, an integrated circuit packaging type Probably approximately correct , in machine learning Presentation–abstraction–control , in software architecture Programmable Automation Controller; see Computer appliance Proxy auto-config , a web browser technology Other science and technology [ edit ] Perturbed angular correlation Polyaluminium chloride, less effective than aluminium chlorohydrate for water treatment Porting Authorisation Code , to transfer mobile phone numbers Pseudo algebraically closed field (PAC field), in mathematics Powdered activated carbon, used in electrochemical regeneration Pure and Applied Chemistry ,
192-522: A private college in Israel Military [ edit ] Civil Defense Patrols ( Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil ), Guatemalan militia and paramilitary group Patriot Advanced Capability, of the MIM-104 Patriot missile Rapid Deployment Force (Malaysia) , an armed forces unit People [ edit ] Pac (wrestler) (born 1986), English professional wrestler Pac (family) , of
216-838: A way dominant parties can capture seats from other parties. A leadership PAC sponsored by an elected official cannot use funds to support that official's own campaign. However, it may fund travel, administrative expenses, consultants, polling, and other non-campaign expenses. In the 2018 election cycle, leadership PACs donated more than $ 67 million to federal candidates. Super PACs, officially known as "independent expenditure-only political action committees," are unlike traditional PACs in that they may raise unlimited amounts from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups to spend on, for example, ads overtly advocating for or against political candidates. However, they are not allowed to either coordinate with or contribute directly to candidate campaigns or political parties. Super PACs are subject to
240-491: Is a tax-exempt 527 organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaigns for or against candidates, ballot initiatives , or legislation . The legal term PAC was created in pursuit of campaign finance reform in the United States . Democracies of other countries use different terms for the units of campaign spending or spending on political competition (see political finance ). At
264-455: The 2018 election , the top ten PACs donated a total of $ 29,349,895 (directly, and via their affiliates and subsidiaries) to federal candidates: In the 2020 election , the top ten PACs donated a total of $ 28,276,448 (directly, and via their affiliates and subsidiaries) to federal candidates: In the 2022 election , the top ten PACs donated a total of $ 28,051,395 (directly, and via their affiliates and subsidiaries) to federal candidates: In
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#1732851533743288-690: The Supreme Court of the United States overturned sections of the Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain–Feingold Act) that had prohibited corporate and union political independent expenditures in political campaigns. Citizens United declared it was unconstitutional to prohibit corporations and unions from spending from their general treasuries to promote candidates or from contributing to PACs. It left intact these laws' prohibitions on corporations or unions contributing directly to
312-540: The Tillman Act . The Smith–Connally Act extended its coverage to labor unions in 1943. A series of campaign reform laws enacted during the 1970s facilitated the growth of PACs after these laws allowed corporations, trade associations, and labor unions to form PACs. In 1971 the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) created rules for disclosure, which made it so all donations received by PACs must go through
336-840: The 4,600 active, registered PACs, named "connected PACs", sometimes also called "corporate PACs", are established by businesses, non-profits, labor unions, trade groups, or health organizations. These PACs receive and raise money from a "restricted class", generally consisting of managers and shareholders in the case of a corporation or members in the case of a non-profit organization, labor union or other interest group. As of January 2009, there were 1,598 registered corporate PACs, 272 related to labor unions and 995 to trade organizations. Groups with an ideological mission, single-issue groups, and members of Congress and other political leaders may form "non-connected PACs". These organizations may accept funds from any individual, connected PAC, or organization. As of January 2009, there were 1,594 non-connected PACs,
360-883: The Appalachian region of the United States Pocket Athletic Conference , a high school athletic conference located in Indiana, United States Other uses [ edit ] Pac, Albania , a village in Bytyç, Albania Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea , a museum in Milan, Italy Pan Asian Coalition, faction in the computer game Battlefield 2142 Parent-Adult-Child , a model in transactional analysis Perfect authentic cadence , in music Performing arts center Providence Anime Conference , 2008 Public assistance committee , former UK institutions for assisting
384-568: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania Tupac Shakur or Pac, 2Pac (1971–1996), American rapper Politics [ edit ] Anti-Corruption Party ( Partido Anti-Corrupción ), Honduras Armed Proletarians for Communism ( Proletari Armati per il Comunismo ), a former Italian group Pan Africanist Congress , South Africa Partido Acción Ciudadana (disambiguation) , several political parties in Latin America Peoples' Aman Committee ,
408-614: The U.S. federal level, an organization becomes a PAC when it receives or spends more than $ 1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election, and registers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), according to the Federal Election Campaign Act as amended by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (also known as the McCain–Feingold Act). At the state level, an organization becomes
432-559: The USA as PA-C Plasma aldosterone concentration Post-abortion care Pre-anesthesia checkup Premature atrial contraction , a cardiac dysrhythmia Photoactivated adenylyl cyclase , a light-sensitive protein Proanthocyanidin , a type of flavanol Pulmonary artery catheterization Computing and industrial [ edit ] Pacifica Coin, see List of TCP and UDP port numbers#Registered_ports Perceptual Audio Coder ,
456-617: The fastest-growing category. Elected officials and political parties cannot give more than the federal limit directly to candidates. However, they can set up a leadership PAC that makes independent expenditures . Provided the expenditure is not coordinated with the other candidate, this type of spending is not limited. Under the FEC (Federal Election Commission) rules, leadership PACs are non-connected PACs, and can accept donations from individuals and other PACs. Since current officeholders have an easier time attracting contributions, Leadership PACs are
480-400: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PAC&oldid=1259824698 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Political action committee In the United States, a political action committee ( PAC )
504-423: The major growth, PAC contributions only made up 23% of the money raised by House candidates and only 10% for senate candidates, despite media coverage which tends to exaggerate contributions. Federal law formally allows for two types of PACs: connected and non-connected. Judicial decisions added a third classification, independent expenditure-only committees, which are colloquially known as "super PACs". Most of
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552-406: The poor See also [ edit ] Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12), a US college athletic conference Pac-Man (disambiguation) Public Affairs Council (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title PAC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
576-529: The same organizational, reporting, and public disclosure requirements of traditional PACs. A hybrid PAC (sometimes called a Carey Committee) is similar to a super PAC, but can give limited amounts of money directly to campaigns and committees, while still making independent expenditures in unlimited amounts. OpenSecrets maintains a list of the largest PACs by election cycle on its website OpenSecrets.org. Their list can be filtered by receipts or different types of expenses, political party, and type of PAC. In
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