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WASHINGTON--The most powerful House member from Massachusetts, not surprisingly, drew the most in political action committee (PAC) contributions, according to a report released yesterday...
...Joseph Moakley (D-Mass.), a member of the House Democratic leadership collected $441,364 in PAC contributions from 1983 through 1988, according to a report by Common Cause, a government watchdog group. The report detailed some $2.7 million in PAC contributions over the six-year period to the 11 House members from Massachusetts...
Common Cause has long criticized the system of PAC contributions as thinly-veiled influence purchasing by private interests. Common Cause favors strict limits on PAC donations, restrictions on campaign spending, alternative campaign funding resources and an end to the "soft" money system in which political organizations not limited in the donations they receive can give candidates indirect political help...
Mitchell would like to see spending limited and the importance of PAC reduced. "As it stands now," added Huwa, "approximately 30 percent of most senators' campaign funding on average comes from PAC dollars...
...serious reform of the congressional campaign finance system is possible unless the role and influence of PAC money is dramatically reduced," said Common Cause President Fred Wertheimer. "Members of Congress must give up their dependency on PAC contributions and enact real campaign finance reform legislation in order to end the campaign money chase in Washington...