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Recent Examples of political action committee
Pearson has capitalized on his rising star by setting up a political action committee and supporting some local Memphis candidates and Democrats outside of Tennessee.
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Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Feely has also received $10,000 from the NFL’s political action committee, Gridiron PAC.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wrong hands in Broward, the sheriff’s office is a menacing presence, a political action committee with badges and guns.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Strnad is a former union steward for Workers United and the founder and managing member of Drinks In The Seats, a political action committee that lobbies on behalf of in-seat beer vendors.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Feely has also received $10,000 from the NFL’s political action committee, Gridiron PAC.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2025
In the wrong hands in Broward, the sheriff’s office is a menacing presence, a political action committee with badges and guns.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Strnad is a former union steward for Workers United and the founder and managing member of Drinks In The Seats, a political action committee that lobbies on behalf of in-seat beer vendors.
—Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for political action committee
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Connecticut’s lawmakers have a vested interest in the success of Sikorsky, its workforce and suppliers, since it is based in their state and represents a significant part of its defense industry and economy.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2023
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Applying to become a charter school can take years and require the signoff of any number of gatekeepers, some of whom have a vested interest in limiting competition for existing providers.—
Mike McShane,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2023
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Yet financial interventions from powerful interest groups short-circuit the most basic channels of representative government.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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All this at a time when minority writers are also disproportionately the targets of censorship by Republican state houses and right-wing interest groups.—
Kevin Dickinson,
Big Think,
2 Sep. 2025
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Although each country that lowers its own ACMDs will benefit, ACMDs often are the fruit of special interest lobbying and thus are hard to dislodge.—
Alden Abbott,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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This is unsurprising given the makeup of the Legislature, with a Democratic supermajority backed by various special interests, especially public sector unions, eager to raid public coffers whenever possible.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Political action committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/political%20action%20committee. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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