What is Political action committee?
In the [[United States]], a '''political action committee''' ('''PAC''') is a type of organization that gives money to campaigns from members and donates those funds to [[political campaign|campaign]] for or against candidates, [[Ballot initiative#United States|ballot initiatives]], or [[legislation]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Janda|first=Kenneth|title=The Challenge of Democracy: American Government in a Global World|publisher=Cengage Learning|page=309|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZEDnrzMHFIC&pg=PA309|edition=10|author2=Berry, Jeffrey M. |author3=Goldman, Jerry |access-date=2013-05-13|date=2008-12-19|location=[[Boston]]|isbn=054720454X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sos.ky.gov/kids/civics/glossary.htm |title=Kentucky: Secretary of State - Civics Glossary |publisher=Sos.ky.gov |date=2010-12-20 |access-date=2012-01-04 |archive-date=2013-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607160220/http://www.sos.ky.gov/kids/civics/glossary.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The legal term PAC has been created in pursuit of [[campaign finance reform in the United States]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Politics of the United States]] {{US-stub}}