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Political Action Committees

What are PACs (Political Action Committees)? Political Action Committees, commonly called "PACs," are organizations dedicated to raising and spending money to either elect or defeat political candidates.

Political Action Committees Most PACs are directly connected to specific corporations, labor groups, or recognized political parties.

Political Action Committees PACs solicit contributions from employees or members and make contributions in the PACs name to candidates or political parties.

Political Action Committees Non-connected or ideological PACs raise and spend money to elect candidates -- from any political party -- who support their ideals or agendas

Political Action Committees Under federal election laws, PACs can legally contribute only $5,000 to a candidate committee per election (primary, general or special). They can also give up to $15,000 annually to any national party committee, and $5,000 annually to any other PAC.

Top PACs in Contributions to Federal Candidates 2018

Super PACs Super PACs came into existence in 2010 when federal court decisions found that limitations on both corporate and individual contributions is an unconstitutional violation of the 1st Amendment. -- a PAC that is allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money from corporations, unions, individuals and associations -- the most important difference between a PAC and a Super PAC is in who can contribute and in how much they can give

Super PACs -- candidates can accept up to 5K per election from a PAC; they cannot accept money from corporations, unions and associations -- for Super PACs there is no limit on who contributes or how much they can contribute but they cannot work in conjunction with the candidate they are supporting

The Top Super PACs in 2018

Find a Super PAC Who are they? How much have they raised? Who have they donated to? What are they up to today?