Corporations, labor unions and trade associations are barred from making contributions except through political-action committees.
I'm sure it's easier to deal with the gun issue when you're talking about abstract statistics or contributions from political-action committees.
President Bush's proposal to ban special-interest political-action committees is part of the remedy.
Present law also imposes a limit of $25,000 a year on cumulative individual donations to candidates, the parties and political-action committees.
No political-action committee in recent history had appeared with as much muscle behind it.
He has enjoyed considerably less success in persuading members to form a political-action committee.
The race is expected to be the most expensive in Connecticut history, but neither money nor contributions from political-action committees have become a major issue.
Under laws enacted in 1974, individuals can give only $1,000 to a Presidential candidate and corporate political-action committees are limited to $5,000 donations.
The industry contributed nearly $10 million directly to political-action committees.
Funds that cannot be given directly by political-action committees to candidates may also pop up as "individual contributions."