AAPA buys Congress Votes: Dem 22 / Rep 8
May 15, 2008 6:49 pm Congress, Political Action CommitteeSources:
1) AAPA News May 30, 2008
2) Federal Election Commission
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The May issue of the AAPA news has an article entitled, “Does Your Representative Care About Health Care?”.
This should attract our readers’ antennae. The article talks about the AAPA’s Political Action Committee (PAC). PACs are legal ways to bribe politicians to listen to you. So, who is the AAPA bribing? I thought I’d look. I went to the FEC (Federal Election Commission) website and found out EXACTLY who the AAPA PAC paid. Click here for my compiled summary of the AAPA PAC contributions by congress. I list the contributions by congress person and their party. Note : 22 Democrats and 8 Republicans received funds donated by PAs. On the FEC site you can also find out which PAs donated. The Center for Responsive Politics (at www.opensecrets.org links to the AAPA PAC info also)
So, is the AAPA PAC supporting congress people who you support? Check out the FEC or OpenSecrets.org which makes these contributions transparent. Is the AAPA PAC supporting health policy that you support?