Abstract
Candidates and newspaper headline writers discovered political action committees [PAC's] in the 1978 elections. While candidates generally have found political action committee contributions to be an essential part of their budgets, there has been a barrage of criticism about the future role of PAC's in congressional races.
The defense of corporate political action committees is quite simple—they are an outgrowth of greater corporate involvement in politics. The PAC merely channels contributions from individuals (in this case, individuals who work for corporations) to candidates who espouse an acceptable philosophy toward business and government.
This Article will first trace the background of the Federal Election Campaign Act [FECA] as it relates to corporate employee political involvement. It will then outline some of the shortcomings of that law and explore a little-studied portion of corporate political activity—involvement with state political action committees.
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22 Ariz. L. Rev. 555 (1980)
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