Legislation: Legislation Archive 109th Congress: Leadership PACs

July 28, 2006 -- Reform Groups Send Letter to Hill on Leadership PAC Proposal

July 25, 2006 -- Leadership PAC Ban Legislation: Statement of Meredith McGehee

Leadership PACs are little more than political slush funds that allow Members of Congress to essentially ignore a variety of campaign finance laws. Representative Joel Hefley (R-CO) is to be commended for his recent effort - H.R. 5839, the Leadership PAC Prohibition Act of 2006 - to curb the rampant abuses of the system executed through these PACs and the Members who use them as their personal expense accounts.

July 25, 2006 -- Reform Groups Urge Members to Support Ban on the Use of Leadership PACs

Sep 19, 2005 -- Groups Urge Senators to Vote Against Irresponsible, Incumbent Protection Appropriations Rider

Sep 9, 2005 -- Legal Center Sends Letter to the Senate on Leadership PAC "Rider"

A measure, which would allow so-called "leadership PACs" to make unlimited transfers to the national political party committees, was attached by the Senate Appropriations Committee to the Transportation Appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2006.