Six Out of the Top Ten Political Action Committee Spenders Are Unions

Not really so much ‘surprising’ as it is enlightening:

Surprise! Six of top 10 overall PAC spenders are union groups
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
09/10/10 – Washington Examiner

A new Center for Responsive Politics analysis of PAC expenditures finds that six of the top 10 such groups are associated with Big Labor.

“Among political action committee contribution this election cycle to federal political candidates, four of the top 10 entities are labor union PACs: the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Operating Engineers Union; the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; and the International Association of Fire Fighters,” said CRP’s Dave Levinthal.

“When overall PAC expenditures are considered this election cycle, six of the top 10 are labor union PACs. They are: the Service Employees International Union; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Teamsters Union; American Federation of Teachers and the Laborers Union,” he said.

Democrats received the vast majority of the labor union PAC contributions, according to Levinthal.

Note, too, that the Tea Party Express PAC ranks 18th in this compilation.

Levinthal also found that, while union PACs dominate the rankings above, the total campaign donation data shows a decided advantage for business over labor, though with an extremely important qualification.

For the rest of Levinthal’s analysis, go here.

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