Political action committee

In the United States, a political action committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect or defeat government officials in order to promote legislation, often supporting the group's special interests.

Related Topics:
United States - Special interest

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• See also List of political action committees.

PACs are limited in the amount of money that they can spend to the following per year:

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• at most $5,000 per candidate per election. Elections such as primaries, general elections and special elections are counted separately.
• at most $15,000 per political party.
• at most $5,000 per PAC. PACs are allowed to give to other PACs.

However, PACs are not limited to advertising spent on the support of their own issues.

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