Number	20633
Subject	Campaign Finance
Source	Associated Press
State	DC
Year	2003
Publication Date	September 19, 2003
Summary	Jonathan Salant of the Associated Press performed a computer-assisted analysis of PAC contributions to House freshmen, and found that the first-year lawmakers received more money from special interests under the jurisdiction of their committees than they received prior to their election. Using campaign finance disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission and analyses done by the Center for Responsive Politics, the reporter built a database of 37 freshmen House members. It revealed that "all but two of the lawmakers got a larger percentage of their PAC money from the industries and unions under their panel's jurisdiction than they had received before getting their committee assignments." Said one source: "Committees are often where the action is."
Category	General
Pages	8
Keywords	contributions;freshmen;congress;federal election commission;FEC;CAR;special interests;PAC;political action committee;Ginny Brown-Waite;donations;center for responsive politics;database;data
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