How to Use political action committee in a Sentence

political action committee

noun

• The governor received over $3 million in campaign contributions from political action committees.
• Then there is the issue of the lawyers’ bills largely being paid by Mr. Trump’s political action committee.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• The ad, the eighth of its kind from the political action committee, will also air nationally on Fox News and Newsmax.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 28 July 2023
• But the local union affiliates in many states can tap into the funds of the state union’s political action committee.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2022
• Scott Wagner, an ally of the governor, was named the new chair of the political action committee.
  — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• The signs were paid for by Youngkin’s political action committee, Spirit of Virginia.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• The Catholic Church in Ohio is gearing up for this November’s election in a manner that in some ways resembles a political action committee.
  — cleveland, 3 Sep. 2023
• Looijen and Raj founded a political action committee called S.F. Guardians as an offshoot of the recall effort.
  — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Feb. 2023
• Both he and Duran, along with Meister, were endorsed by the Chamber of Commerce’s political action committee and sheriff’s deputies union.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• His political action committee, Spirit of Virginia, is raising record amounts of cash.
  — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 13 July 2023
• The political action committee, basically a PAC that is devoted to paying legal fees, and almost all of them are going to Trump.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
• Neither is taking funds from corporate political action committees in this race, though Schiff has in his past campaign.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• The fundraiser was for his new political action committee, Better Path Forward.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
• He's also been dogged by legal bills and payments, with his campaign and the political action committees supporting him spending over $10 million in legal fees this year.
  — Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
• This month, the Trump campaign said the former president had raised more than $35 million in the second quarter through his joint fundraising committee, which then transfers the money to his campaign and to a political action committee.
  — Rebecca Davis O’Brien, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• Laxalt brought in more than $13 million and spent about $9 million during the same time period but was aided by an influx of political action committee funding.
  — Rebecca Boone, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• The ballot initiative has led to the formation of two rival political action committees.
  — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• For the first time in months, even Save America, his political action committee, all but stopped pushing new polls, pitches and products to potential supporters.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Jan. 2023
• The political action committee is waiting on legal advice about what services the group could fund, said Bryan Iverson, the committee’s director.
  — Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 17 May 2023
• Early strategic fissures have emerged between his own political team and the enormous political action committee that will spend tens of millions of dollars to help him.
  — Maggie Haberman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
• Democrat Tina Kotek, who won the election for governor, was also listed as funding the mailers through her political action committee.
  — oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2023
• With Tuesday’s donation, Uihlein has given about $54 million to back Bailey, most of it as the chief funding source for a political action committee allied with the state senator and wealthy farmer from Xenia.
  — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• Speculation over the future of the RNC leadership comes as Trump is drawing down on political action committee fees to fund his mounting legal troubles.
  — Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg.com, 21 Feb. 2024
• The companies donated through their political action committees to the two lawmakers as well as their leadership PACs, which enable members of Congress to write checks to their peers.
  — Tony Romm, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
• Feds claimed the membership fees were used, amongst other things, to pay for a holiday to Mexico, various vehicles and a $300 gift to a Donald Trump political action committee.
  — Thomas Brewster, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• Barbara Fried’s political action committee, Mind the Gap.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2023
• David Wozniak, 50, said he was sent back to work as a line deputy last year after speaking out against Corpus and organizing a political action committee that backed her opponent.
  — Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
• And although the former president has used a political action committee under his control to pay for lawyers and witnesses in his legal cases, that group lacks the kind of money needed to address the $454 million penalty.
  — Ben Protess, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• Angelita Sanchez, co-director of Timber Unity’s political action committee, wrote in an email that the group does oppose Measure 113.
  — oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2022
• Zack Roday, spokesman for Youngkin’s Spirit of Virginia political action committee, declined to comment on the plans, including speakers, the number of guests or any other details.
  — Laura Vozzella, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024