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AP U.S. Government 1.5 Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Mass Media. All of the following can create political action committees (PACs) except which?
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Thank you We sneak And here's your shmoop du jour
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brought to you by single issue groups Tireless advocates for
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the one dollar bills all of the following concrete's political
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action committees Pax except what and hear the potential answers
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you need All right Political action committees or packs are
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groups that collection distribute money to be spent on political
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campaigns So let's get our pack on and peanut butter
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and jelly baby jacquelyn hide money in politics Three things
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that just can't really let the other one go Wealthy
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individuals can definitely create your run of the mill packs
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But after the supreme court's decision in citizens united versus
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f e c they can also spend unlimited amounts of
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money on so called super pacs just so long as
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they don't coordinate with the candidate Compacts be created by
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b unions Well sure they can union's work on behalf
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of their members to support candidates favoring the plight of
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the working man or trade laws that are advantageous to
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whatever industry that union happens to represent That's A big
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old striking is b Can pax be overseen by sea
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corporations Remember that citizens united ruling Yeah It also declared
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that limited corporate political donations were a kindle limiting free
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speech The corporations are free to support their pack of
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the litter A single issue group is one that focuses
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on a real shocker Here a single issue Groups like
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the nhra national rifle association or people for the ethical
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treatment of animals pita hone in on just one specific
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area whereas interest groups like are three american association for
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retired persons or emma the american medical association support the
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interests of a constituency every interest group not to mention
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every academic can sure pack a punch Which means that
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the only group on the list that can't create a
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political action committee is e political parties Packs are totally
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separate from political parties which have very different regulations on
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how money khun b smith during an election So option
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is the correct answer Now please excuse us We're going
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to be heading to hollywood to pitch our new superhero 00:02:16.095 --> [endTime] movie super pac
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