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Top 50 PAC's - Cash on Hand
As of December 31, 1996
RANK NAME CASH
ON HAND
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1 INTERNATIONAL LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION ILA-COPE $4,635,579
2 UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) $4,108,561
3 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES - P E O P L E, QUALIFIED $2,926,770
4 DEALERS ELECTION ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION (NADA) $2,599,195
5 UNION OF NEEDLETRADES INDUSTRIAL & TEXTILE EMPLOYEES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE (UNITE CAMP COMM) $1,814,283
6 NRA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $1,424,467
7 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NARFE-PAC) $1,186,369
8 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,039,826
9 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION $1,021,105
10 COMMITTEE FOR THOROUGH AGRICULTURAL POLITICAL EDUCATION OF ASSOCIATED MILK PRODUCERS, INC $840,656
11 COMMODITY FUTURES POLITICAL FUND OF THE CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE $818,399
12 TRANSPORTATION POLITICAL EDUCATION LEAGUE $716,058
13 VOICE OF TEACHERS FOR EDUC/CMTE ON POL EDUC OF NY STATE UNTD TEACHERS (VOTE/COPE) OF NYSUT $669,096
14 DISTRICT NO 1-PCD MEBA POLITICAL ACTION FUND (MEBA-PAF) $644,325
15 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LIFE UNDERWRITERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $633,863
16 ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $628,889
17 ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS $602,116
18 SUNBELT GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE OF WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC. $582,456
19 CAMPAIGN AMERICA $536,759
20 ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $533,454
21 COMPASS BANCSHARES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (COMPASS BANCPAC) $519,663
22 NEW YORK STATE LABORERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $501,868
23 NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONGRESS $499,257
24 BANC ONE PAC $484,708
25 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POSTMASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $469,091
26 MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $460,705
27 LOCAL 745 DRIVE $449,090
28 NEW JERSEY STATE LABORERS' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE/LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE (NJSLPAC) $448,071
29 MORGAN STANLEY & CO INCORPORATED BETTER GOVERNMENT FUND $443,127
30 AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $441,109
31 CWA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $431,133
32 EMILY'S LIST $428,646
33 NEW REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND $413,459
34 ALABAMA MEDICAL PAC $409,376
35 TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION - LOCAL 100 POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $390,470
36 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FOR CANDIDATE ELECTION $390,457
37 SUNTRUST BANKS OF FLORIDA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $379,184
38 NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $378,305
39 STONE CONTAINER CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $362,040
40 NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE - PAC $357,908
41 LOCKHEED MARTIN EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $345,848
42 FORD MOTOR COMPANY CIVIC ACTION FUND $338,973
43 COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT INTERNATIONAL UNION UAW $326,072
44 ACORN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $320,825
45 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION COMMITTEE $313,981
46 AUTO DEALERS AND DRIVERS FOR FREE TRADE PAC $312,842
47 BELLSOUTH TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $282,325
48 ERNST & YOUNG POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $279,151
49 ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (OMSPAC) $278,402
50 AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $269,694