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What Is a Super PAC? A Short History - ABC News
Super PAC spending has changed the face of election season politics. But only an estimated 40 percent of Americans have any understanding of how they function. This is a brief explanation of the way Super PACs work, the history behind their creation, and who's utilizing them best ahead of Election Day in November.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/OTUS/super-pac-short-history/story?id=16960267
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Political Action Committee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
n the United States, a political action committee (PAC) is a type of organization that pools campaign contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee
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Open Secrets - Super PACs
Super PACs are a relatively new type of committee that arose following the July 2010 federal court decision in a case known as SpeechNow.org v. Federal Election Commission.
https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php
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Super PACs Explained - Infoplease
Read about the history of super PACs and how they effect elections.
http://www.infoplease.com/us/government/super-pacs.html
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Are Super PACs Harming U.S. Politics? - US News
A PAC, or political action committee, is the name given to any private group organized and funded with the goal of electing a political candidate or advancing a legislative agenda.
http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/are-super-pacs-harming-us-politics
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Can the Democrats Catch Up in the Super-PAC Game? - The New York Times
The Democrats have a distaste for the new rules of the campaign-finance game. But they are playing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/magazine/can-the-democrats-catch-up-in-the-super-pac-game.html
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The Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision Has Led to An Explosion of Campaign Spending - Slate
Most of what you hear about Citizens United v. FEC is negative. By opening the door for corporations to spend unlimited sums in elections and to allow for the creation of super PACs, the Supreme Court has made a campaign finance system that was already flooded with money much worse.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/03/the_supreme_court_s_citizens_united_decision_has_led_to_an_explosion_of_campaign_spending_.html
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Quick Answers To The PAC From The FEC
This page provides answers to frequently asked political action committee (PAC) questions.
http://www.fec.gov/ans/answers_pac.shtml
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Stephen Colbert: The Colbert Report, Super PACs and Campaign Finance
How Stephen Colbert Schooled Americans in Campaign Finance.
http://time.com/3600116/stephen-colbert-report-finale-super-pac/
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Super PAC - Ballotpedia
Ballotpedia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan professionally curated encyclopedia designed to connect people to politics and elections at the local, state and federal level.
https://ballotpedia.org/Super_PAC
