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N
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Practical PACs
With control of House in question,
interest groups giving to Democrats
RAC money
Here is a look at the percento'
corporate political action coir
contributions that went to Der;
in the 1998 election comparec
current campaign. The PAC
utors were the 10 largest in
WASHINGTON (AP) — With
control of the House up for grabs,
business groups that overwhelm
ingly favored Republicans during
the Gingrich years have begun
spreading more political money to
Democratic candidates.
Eight of the 10 biggest corporate
political action committees (PACs)
have anted up a larger than usual
share of their donations to Democ
rats in 1999, an Associated Press
analysis of Federal Election Com
mission records shows.
In many cases. Democrats —
needing just five more seats to re
gain a House majority — are get
ting their largest percentage of busi
ness PAC contributions since the
1994 election, when they lost con
trol of Congress to the GOP.
PACs are the donating arms of
special interest groups and can give
up to $5,000 per election to each fed
eral candidate. That compares with
a $1,000 limit for individual donors.
PAC directors said they are not
boosting donations to Democrats
because they expect a change of
control in 2000. But they said some
new Democratic members who
picked up seats in the last two elec
tions are more moderate than more
veteran Democrats and more likely
to vote with business.
"We normally give to people
who support our positions. That in
cludes people on both sides of the
aisle,” Gary Lytle, vice president of
federal relations for Ameritech,
which gave 41 percent of its PAC
donations to Democrats during the
first six months of 1999, compared
with 37 percent during the 1998
elections, said.
Added Dan Danner, vice presi
dent of federal public policy for the
National Federation of Independent
Business: "At this juncture, there
are probably more Democrats, at
least in the House, who have voted
with us more than in the past.”
United Parcel Service
1998 MNMN21%
2000 MHMMWBi 28%
Lockheed Martin
Federal Express
25%
Union Pacific
■■■■■15%
■■■■■116%
Philip Morris
31 %
Bell Atlantic
37% I
AT&T
43S
'
SBC Communications
40%
Banc One
an 39%
General Electric
42*,
Sources: Federal Election Commission.
Center tor Responsive Politics
President returns from tri
CLINTON
HONOLULU (AP) — President Clinton hurried
home yesterday to deal with the dual crises of the
violence in East Timor and Hurri
cane Floyd. He urged Americans
caught up in a massive evacuation
along the East Coast to “stay out of
harm’s way.”
The president dropped plans for
a day of golf in Hawaii where Air
Force One was stopping to refuel en
route back from a five-day presi
dential visit to New Zealand. In
stead, the president was to take off as soon as his
jet was ready.
It was the threat of Hurricane Floyd that prompted
Clinton to speed his return to the White House. He
consulted during the day with Vice President A1 Gore
and James Lee Witt, head of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
“I hope that every citizen will heed the warnings
of the officials and the recommendations to take every
action to protect their families and stay out of harm’s
way,” Clinton said during a refueling stop at Hickam
Air Force Base on his way back from an ecoiij
summit in New Zealand.
“We will take extraordinary measures topij
lives and property from Hurricane Floyd,” hes
Clinton issued pre-emptive emergency decks
for North Carolina and South Carolina yesterck
he had done earlier for Florida and Georgia.)
such a move is rare, Clinton said he wanted tolj
mobilizing disaster relief.
Noting the massive storm was forcing th
peacetime evacuation in American history,
said he spoke personally with the governors of.l|
Carolina and South Carolina yesterday toh
dinate relief plans.
Other business also awaited. After afi
delay, Congress sent to Clinton their $7921i
cut proposal yesterday: a bill the press’
vowed to veto. In a letter, Senate Majoll
Trent Lott, R-Miss., and House SpeaV-WkophomoreBet
Hasten, R-IIL, urged against a veto, sayirt- againstLouisiar
cut package "does not take one penny” frorste*
cial Security trust fund and can act as a rs
should the economy turn sour.
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