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the role of lobbying in government, and identifies powerful lobbying groups and their role in legislation. Discussion Political action committees go back to the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In
1944, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), a very powerful labor union that today is part of the AFL-CIO, wanted to help Roosevelts re-election efforts (Longley, 2008). However, the Smith
Connally Act of 1943 made it "illegal for labor unions to contribute funds to federal candidates" (Longley, 2008). The organization itself could not contribute to Roosevelts campaign, but there was
nothing about the union urging its members to make individual, voluntary contributions to the campaign (Longley, 2008). The idea worked extremely well and PACs were born (Longley, 2008). Since that
time, they have raised "billions of dollars for thousands of candidates and causes" (Longley, 2008). There are a number of different types of PACs. The most common are "directly connected
to specific corporations, labor groups or recognized political parties" (Lonely, 2008). PACs of this type include the Teamsters Union, which represents organized labor; and Microsoft, which is a "corporate PAC"
(Longley, 2008). PACS such as these "may solicit contributions from their employees or members and make contributions in the PACs name to candidates or political parties" (Longley, 2008). "Ideological" or
"nonconnected" PACs are not connected with a specific party, corporation or other organization, but instead exist to support those candidates-of any party-whose philosophical and ideological positions agree with those of
the PAC. PACs of this type include EMILYs List, a progressive group that supports progressive women candidates; and the National Rifle Association, which works to support the rights of gun
owners (Longley, 2008). There is a third type of PAC known as a "leadership PAC"; these groups are formed by politicians to "help fund the campaigns of other politicians" (Longley,
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