List of political action committees

This list of political action committees is organized by the nature of each particular PAC's work.

Animals

• National Animal Interest Alliance

Banking, credit, finance, insurance

Banks

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

Credit

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

Finance

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

Insurance

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

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

• Arch Coal Political Action Committee (ARCHPAC) - St. Louis, MO.
• COALPAC, A Political Action Committee of the National Mining Association - Washington, DC
• Foundation Coal Corporation Political Action Committee - Linthicum Heights, MD
• Murray Energy PAC - Pepper Pike, OH
• Peabody Energy Corp. PAC (Peabody PAC) - St. Louis, MO

Electric

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

Oil and gas

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

Environment

• United States Natural Disasters Relief Fund Committee, Washington DC
• League of Conservation Voters Action Fund - Washington, DC
• Sierra Club Political Committee - San Francisco, CA

Ethnic

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

General ideology

Conservative

• Campaign for Working Families - Arlington, VA
• Citizens United Political Victory Fund - Washington, DC
• Eagle Forum - Alton, IL
• Move America Forward
• National Conservative Campaign Fund - Washington, DC
• National Conservative Political Action Committee

Liberal

• ActBlue - Cambridge, MA
• Asian American Action Fund - Washington, DC
• Democracy for America - Burlington, VT
• MoveOn.org PAC - Berkeley CA
• National Committee for an Effective Congress - Washington, DC

Republican

• American National Republican Delegates Federal PAC, Washington DC
• United States Republica Club, Washington DC
• Republican Main Street Partnership PAC - Washington, DC
• Tuesday Group PAC - Washington, DC

Democratic

• American National Democratic Super Delegates Federal PAC, Washington DC
• United States Democratic Club, Washington DC
• Democratic Advancement PAC (DAPAC) - Seattle, WA
• Democrats for Education Reform - New York, NY

Other

• Lyndon Larouche PAC (LaRouchePAC) - Leesburg, VA

Gun rights

• National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund - Arlington, VA

Youth Rights

• Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA

Health care

• American Hospitals Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Medical Centers Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Medical Clinics Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Nursing Homes Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Medical Laboratories Political Action Committee, Florida

Hospitals, care facilities

• United States Hospitals Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• United States Medical Doctors Federal PAC, Washington DC
• American Hospital Association PAC - Washington, DC
• American Healthcare Association PAC - Washington, DC
• American Seniors Housing PAC - Washington, DC
• Federation of American Hospitals PAC - Washington, DC

Pharmaceutical

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

Providers

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

Industry

Accounting

• American Accounting Firms Political Action Committee, Florida
• Florida Certified Public Accountants Political Committee, Florida
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants PAC (AICPA PAC) - Durham, NC
• Deloitte & Touche Federal PAC - Washington, DC
• Ernst & Young PAC - Washington, DC
• KPMG Partners/Principals & Employees PAC - Washington, DC
• PricewaterhouseCoopers PAC - Washington, DC

Aerospace

• American Commercial Airlines Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Airplanes Manufacturing Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Jets Manufacturing Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Helicopters Manufacturing Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Air Charters Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• United States Airlines Companies Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• United States Aircraft Industries Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• BAE Systems USA PAC - Arlington, Va
• The Boeing Company PAC - Arlington, Va
• Lockheed Martin Employees PAC - Arlington, Va
• The United Technologies Company PAC - Washington, DC

Agribusiness

• American Crystal Sugar Company PAC - Moorhead, MN
• American Veterinary Medical Association PAC - Washington, DC
• California Dairies Federal Political Action Committee - Turlock, CA
• Dean Foods Company PAC - Dallas, TX
• Deere & Company PAC (John Deere PAC) - Moline, IL
• Farm Credit Council PAC - Washington, DC
• Monsanto Company Citizenship Fund PAC - St. Louis, MO
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association PAC (NCBA-PAC) - Centennial, CO
• National Chicken Council PAC - Washington, DC
• National Cotton Council Committee for the Advancement of Cotton - Cordova, TN
• National Pork Producers Council PAC (PORK PAC) - Des Moines, IA
• Syngenta Corporation Employee PAC (Syngenta PAC) - Washington, DC
• Tyson Foods PAC (TYPAC) - Springdale, AR
• United Egg Producers PAC (Egg PAC) - Alpharetta, GA

Alcoholic Beverages

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

Entertainment

• American Entertainment Companies Political Action Committee, FLorida
• American Film Studios Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Music Recording Studios Political Action Committee, Florida
• Clear Channel Communications PAC - San Antonio, Tx
• Comcast Corporation PAC - Philadelphia, Pa
• DirectTV Group Fund (DIRECTTV PAC) - Washington, DC
• National Association of Broadcasters PAC (NABPAC) - Washington, DC
• National Cable & Telecommunications Association PAC (NCTA PAC) - Washington, DC
• Time Warner Cable PAC - Washington, DC
• Walt Disney Productions Employees PAC - Washington, DC

Food and beverage

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

Information technology

• United States Software Companies Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• Microsoft MSPAC - Redmond, WA

Legal

• American Law Firms Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Lobbying Firms Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Law Offices Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Association for Justice - Washington, DC
• DLA Piper PAC - Washington, DC
• Greenberg Traurig PAC - Miami, FL
• Holland & Knight Committee for Effective Government - Washington, DC
• K&L Gates PAC - Washington, DC
• Patton Boggs PAC - Washington, DC
• Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal PAC (Sonnenschein PAC) - Washington, DC

Manufacturing

• American Automobiles Manufacturing Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Boats Manufacturing Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• 3M Company PAC - St. Paul, Mn
• General Electric PAC (GEPAC) - Washington, DC
• Honeywell International PAC - Washington, DC
• Procter & Gamble Good Government Committee (P&G PAC) - Cincinnati, Oh
• The Shaw Group PAC - Washington, DC

Natural resources

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

Real estate

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

Retailers

• American Department Stores Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Retail Stores Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Supermarkets Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Malls Political Action Committee, Florida
• United States Department Stores Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• United States Supermarkets Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• CVS/Caremark Corp Employees PAC - Washington, DC
• The Home Depot PAC - Washington, DC
• International Council of Shopping Centers PAC (ICSC PAC) - Washington, DC
• National Association of Chain Drug Stores PAC - Alexandria, VA
• National Association for Convenience Stores PAC (NACSPAC) - Washington, DC
• Target Citizens Political Forum - Minneapolis, MN
• Wal-Mart Stores PAC For Responsible Government - Washington, DC

Tobacco

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

Labor

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

Leadership

House leaders

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

House members

• Billionaire Josue Larose's Congressional Aides Committee, Florida
• Roy Blunt - Rely on Your Beliefs Fund - Washington, DC
• John Conyers - America Forward PAC - Washington, DC
• Joseph Crowley - Jobs, Opportunity & Education PAC (JoePAC) - Elmhurst, NY
• John Dingell - Wolverine PAC - Washington, DC
• Bob Filner - San Diego PAC - San Diego, Ca
• Darrell Issa - Invest in a Safe & Secure America PAC (IssaPAC) - Vista, CA
• Kevin McCarthy - Majority Committee PAC (MC PAC) - Bakersfield, CA
• David R. Obey - Committee for a Progressive Congress - Washington, DC
• Frank Pallone - SHORE PAC - Long Branch, NJ
• Ron Paul - Liberty PAC - Lake Jackson, Tx
• Nick Rahall - 3T PAC - Beckley, WV
• Charles Rangel - National Leadership PAC - New York, NY
• Ike Skelton The Show-Me Fund - Blue Bell, Pa
• John M. Spratt, Jr. - Palmetto PAC - Bethesda, MD
• Bennie G. Thompson - Secure PAC - Bolton, MS
• Nydia M. Velazquez - Progress PAC - Gaithersburg, Md
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Democrats Win Seats - Weston, FL
• Henry Waxman - LA Pac - Los Angeles, Ca

Senate leaders

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

Senators

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

Caucus

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

Former elected and public officials

• Billionaire Josue Larose's Gubernatorial Aides Committee, Florida
• Wesley Clark - WesPAC - Little Rock, AR
• Hillary Rodham Clinton - HILLPAC - Washington, DC
• Rahm Emanuel - Our Common Values PAC - Chicago, IL
• Mike Huckabee - Huck PAC - Little Rock, AR
• Sarah Palin - SarahPAC - Arlington, VA
• Mitt Romney - Free & Strong America PAC - Lexington, MA

Religious

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

Family, sexuality, gender, and abortion

Children's issues

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

Gay and lesbian

• Human Rights Campaign - Washington, DC

Pro-choice

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

Pro-life

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

Women's issues

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

Youth issues

• Take A Stand PAC - Shillington, PA

Transportation

Air

• American Commercial Airlines Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Air Charters Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• United States Airlines Companies Political Action Committee, Washington DC
• Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association PAC - Frederick, MD
• American Airlines PAC - Washington, DC
• Continental Airlines Employee Fund for a Better America - Houston, TX
• Delta Air Lines PAC - Washington, DC
• Federal Express PAC (FEDEXPAC) - Memphis, TN
• United Parcel Service PAC (UPSPAC) - Atlanta, GA

Freight rail

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

Road

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

Construction

• American Construction Companies Political Action Committee, Florida
• American Road and Transportation Builders Association PAC (ARTBA PAC) - Washington, DC

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.

External links

• Federal Elections Commission's PACs page
• OpenSecrets
• PoliticalMoneyLine