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Karen Scenna
Struthers City Schools
Kent, Ohio
Political Action Committees
Grade: 11
Principals of Democracy
Exploring Political Action Committees
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This Pathfinder has been developed
to help students learn the history of Political Action Committees (PACs)
and explore a particular PAC. By exploring a
particular PAC students will discover: its goals, how much money is spent
yearly, and how the political system is influenced by it.
Dewey Numbers: 320
Subject Headings: Political Action Committees, Lobbying, Pressure Groups,
The following Content Categories contain information about the history
and lists of various PACs. After students have researched the history and
chosen a particular PAC to analyze, they will be using individual PAC
websites.
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Non-Fiction - Print
Biersack,Robert. After
the Revolution:Pacs,lobbies,and
the Republican Congress
New York: Allyn & Bacon,Inc.1999.
Cigler, Allan J., Interest Group Politics. Washington D.C.: CQ Press. 1986.
Makinson, Larry. Open Secrets: The Dollar Power
of PACs in Congress.
Washington, D.C.:Congressional Quarterly, Inc.
1990.
Matasar, Ann B., Corporate PACs and Federal
Campaign Financing Laws. NewYork:
Quorum Books. 1986.
Sabato, Larry. PAC Power: Inside the World of
Political Action Committees.
New York: Norton. 1984.
Schram, Martin. Speaking Freely: Former Members
of Congress Talk about Money
In Politics. Washington D.C.: Center for
Responsive Politics. 1995
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The Power of PACs. Dallas County Community College District.
Center for
Telecommunications. Videorecording.
New York: Insight Media. 1990.
The Congress. Produced by Philip Burton Productions. Owings Mills, MD.:PBS Video.
1988.
Infohio Electronic Resources
EBSCO Host
Background, CQ Researcher, in EBSCO Host,
http://www.EBSCOHost.com
EBSCO Host
Carney, Timothy P. b Shutting Out the Social Right,
in EBSCO Host,
http://www.EBSCOHost.com
EBSCO Host
Weisberger, Bernard A. Annals
of the Third House, in EBSCO Host,
http://www.EBSCOHost.com
Web Sites- Electronic Resources
http://www.RNC.org
http://www.DNC.org
http://WWW.opensecrets.org/pacs
http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/giving/political.html
http://www.udel.edu/htr/Psc105/Texts/pac.html
- discusses the growth of PACs
http://www.governor.state.ut.us/lt_gover/pac.htm
- financial disclosures of PACs
http://www.sdsos.gov/cfr/Political
Action Committees_1.html - view reports of PACs acrobat
reader required
http://www.tray.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~indguard/pacs.html
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