European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 13, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7pac Money fills lawmakers coffers Washington up a in August members of Congress voted by Day for stiff limits on political action committees. By night Many of the same lawmakers attended fund raisers in the Shadow of the Capitol amassing huge sums of Money from those groups. In fact August and september were Boom months for senators and congressmen seeking contributions from business and labor groups a United press International review of Campaign finance reports indicates. A we Are the Devil in Public and considered friends in private a said Doug Thompson vice president for government affairs at the National realtors association the largest Pac contributor in the nation. In the past two months Many of the nations top pics increased the amount of Money contributed to Federal candidates by up to twofold. The realtors Pac contributed nearly $700,000 in August and september raising the amount the group has Given lawmakers to More than $2 million since Jan. 1,1989. A that proportion of Money unloaded during those two months was similar for other leading business and labor pics according to Federal election commission records. The International brotherhood of teamsters contributed $400,000 of its $1.6 million total during the two month period. The National education association donated $502,000 of its $1.3 million contributions Over the same two months. Other top labor groups engaged in political contributions included the letter carriers Union the carpenters association and the United Auto workers. Among business groups the american medical association Pac donated $518,000 of its $1.4 million during August and september. The Ama was followed by the american Telephone amp Telegraph co. Inc. Pac which donated $213,000 of its $1.2 million and the american Bankers association Pac which contributed More than $700,000 of its $1.1 million during the same period. While pics usually donate heavily during the waning months of an election Cycle Many longtime participants say Law pumpkin pile Ashley Shangraw of Williamstown vt., through the halloween Holiday treats at admires her pumpkin As she trudges a farm produce stand in Middlesex it. Congress out of step with Public poll say by the new York times the american Public is in a discontented mood. V tie continent is reflected in a new times lbs poll that shows four weeks before the mid term elections that of percent disapprove of the Way Congress is doing its Job and More than two l.1�?Tlt>s time to replace most Mem Beis of Congress. S0ngrss�?T approval rating was 27 percent Down sharply from january a 42 percent. Portrait of Congress that emerged ?3 11 people was of a body driven by own rests and by the lawmakers Nof a no ferns a a rather than those of the people who sent them  Are Many crosscurrents in the Public a attitude toward congressional members according to this Telephone Survey of 960 adults on oct. 8-10, while the White House was repeatedly shifting its position on the tax measures it would accept and negotiations with Congress were in turmoil. People still draw a distinction Between Congress As a whole and their own individual member of Congress. Forty four percent say their own representative deserves re election. Only 40 percent say they would prefer somebody new a even in their own District. This swings overwhelmingly when people Are asked to consider Congress As a whole 20 percent say most lawmakers deserve re election while 67 percent say its time a to give new people a  makers have become increasingly demanding of pics. A we feel under a Good Deal More pressure to respond to incumbents who have been very supportive and Are calling up and saying a god Are we scared a a said John Motley chief lobbyist for the National federation of Independent business. Motley said Many lawmakers Are frightened by the same Campaign Reform they Are seeking and Are unnerved Over the Strong showing in recent elections of relatively unknown candidates. The Senate and House each passed Campaign Reform measures last summer that in sharply different ways would have restricted Pac activity. In fact House and Senate negotiators have not even met to Iron out differences. They concede that Campaign finance Reform will have to wait at least one More year to be resolved. But the climate was far different up until two weeks ago when business and labor leaders received stacks of invitations from lawmakers for fund raising events. A some of them acted As if they were dipping at the trough for the last time a said Steven Stockmeyer executive vice president of the National association of business political action committees. Stockmeyer said he received More than 100 fund raising invitations Over a two week period during the congressional August recess. A there Wasny to a night that went by in september when there Wasny to a fund Raiser. Its almost dreadful what a going on a he said. Stockmeyer and other observers said that in addition to widespread fears about proposed restrictions on pics and electoral discontent with incumbents Many lawmakers Are Busy amassing Money for their retirement. The House created a sort of Golden Parachute for itself when it accepted a provision that allows members elected before 1980 to Transfer Campaign donations for personal use if they retire by the end of 1992. The provision was included in a 1989 pay raise Bill. A you have a situation where members who done to run for re election the next time can take the Money and run a Stockmeyer said. Where it comes from Washington up the following tables rank political action committees in total Campaign gifts to Federal candidates during the current election Cycle from Jan. 1, 1989, through the latest figures computerized by the Federal election commission this month. Business National Assn. Of realtors $2,072,586 american medical Assn. $1,460,068 american Telephone amp Telegraph co., inc. $1,253,955 american Bankers Assn. $1,179,609 National Assn. Of Home builders $1,044,400 trial lawyers of America $994,850 National Assn. Of life underwriters $958,500 american Institute of certified Public accountants $860,294 National automobile dealers Assn. $854,600 american dental Assn. $784,228 Federal express corp. $640,775 american Council of life insurance $566,703 United parcel sen ice of America $563,582 Rwjr Nabisco $561,500 Independent insurance agents of America $552,301 associated general contractors of America $509,994 National Beer wholesalers Assn. $509,300 National Cable television Assn. $460,175 National Rural electric cooperative Assn. $435,875 Philip Morris $430,024 associated milk producers $403,650 aircraft owners and pilots Assn. $385,800. Union Pacific corp. $384,336 american Hospital Assn. $376,989 credit Union National Assn. $371,915 Northrop corp. $361,775 labor brotherhood of teamsters $1,656,142 National education Assn. $1,367,155 National Assn. Of letter carriers $1,337,510 United brotherhood of carpenters and joiners $1,258 620 United Auto workers $1,150,622 state county amp municipal employees $1,111,586 Assn. Of machinists and aerospace workers $1,102,445 brotherhood of electrical workers $969,885 air Une pilots Assn. $931,297 labourers International Union of North America $901,565 National Assn. Of Federal employees $887,700 seafarers International of North America $716,246 Al Cio $638,102 american federation of teachers $637,955 International Union of operating engineers $636,500 United food and commercial workers Union $604,326 communications workers of America $564,069 United transportation Union $559,100 american postal workers Union $551,728 Marino engineers beneficial Assn. $543,250 Sheet Metal workers International Union $531,758 plumbing and pipe fitting Industry Union $490,634 United steel workers of America $490,550 amalgamated transit Union $428,030 transportation communications Union $302,001 Bridge structural ornamental Iron workers $285,499. Entitlements National committee to presen a social Security $501,950 kid Spac children s issues $247,350 National Community action foundation $50,500 National Council of senior citizens $19,750 National Assn. For uniformed services . Benefits $6,980 society for Relief of pilots retired River pilots $3,800 Liberal ideological committee for an effective Congress $397,175 human rights Campaign fund Gay rights $290,050 National abortion rights action league $282,948 Sierra club environmentalist $188,090 voters for Choice friends of family planning $117,350 handgun control inc. $100,700 women a Campaign fund $80,498 National organization for women $74,570 religion amp tolerance Pac school prayer foes $57,500 Council for a liable world Dod spending critics $54,123 peace Pac military spending critics $49,432 Emily s list women candidates $35,888 bs2p.u,e a conservation voters environmentalist $34,796 fifth horseman Pac nuclear weapons foes $25,000 women a political committee women 3 rights $10,000 freeze voter Pac nuclear weapons foes $8,700 National women s political caucus women s rights $7,750 Aid Assn. For lutherans $6,800 women for women women a rights $5,726 operation real Security Pac $4,306 neighbor to neighbor $3,229 Missouri women a action fund $2,750 National women a political caucus Victory fund $2,500 Illinois sane freeze nuclear weapons foes $2,050 conservative National Rifle Assn. $519,036 Council for National Defonse pro military spending $87,759 free Cuba Pac $83,150 conservative Victory committee $50,612 Eagle forum Quot new right Quot Domestic issues $27,717 National right to life committee anti abortion $21 774 american citizens for political action $18,750 Ruff publications conservative economics $18,250 Loose group $15,500 National Security Pac Dod spending advocates $12 150 just life anti abortion $11,816 conservative leadership Pac $11,461 America s Pac Gen l conservative $10,350 gun owners of California gun control foes $6,758 immigration Pac $6,020 conservatives acting together Pac $6,000 right to life of Michigan Antl abortion $4,378 Rhode Island state right to life committee $4,268 Minnesota citizens concerned for use $4,025 Montana right to life Assn. $4,000 National conservative Pac $2,049 a a pro Israel National Pac $572,500 Washington Pac $225,025 Hudson Valley Pac $178,254 citizens organized Pac $171,000 desert caucus $125,629 americans for Good government $114,250 women a Alliance for Israel $113,500 Florida congressional committee $107,500 joint action committee for political affairs $105,250 women s pro Israel National Pac $88,916 Delaware Valley Pac $87,750 National action committee $85,729 Ropac $66,300 Garden state Pac $65,000 Multi Issue Pac $60,800 St Louisiana for better government $57,500 san franciscans for Good government $54,500 mid Manhattan Pac $53,250 Maryland Assn. For concerned citizens $44,700 City Pac $44,000 Agenda for the 90�?Ts $35,000 citizens concerned for the National interest $33,500 heartland Pac $32,000 round table Pac $30,250 Louisiana for american Security $19,300 to protect our heritage $17,180 other National albanian american Pac $50,000 English language Pac $22,300 dynamic greek americans $15,000 Duc Pac $12,400 committee for human rights $12,000 armenian Assembly of America $11,460 korean american National Pac $10,000 cuban american Pac $9,300 hellenic american Council $7,100 armenian National committee of America $6,550 committee of concerned italian americans $3,500 Indian american Pac $2,601 party or candidate fronts Campaign America Dole Republican $241,347 fund for a democratic majority $85,500 voices for change $65,000 democratic Senate 86 $62,250 Republican majority fund $51,650 Republican leaders fund $35,000 conservative Victory fund Symms gop $33,321 majority Congress committee democratic $25,000 Bluegrass committee $15,000 citizens for the Republic $11,500 new majority leadership Vin Weber gop $10,700 Jesse Helms Legal defense fund $10,525 new Republican Victory fund $9,000 congressional majority committee $8,050 catch the spirit Pac $6,000 Senate Victory fund $5,500 Lincoln club of Orange county $5,000 new leadership fund $5,000 Lincoln club of Northern California $5,000 democratic congressional fund $4,500 san franciscans getting things done $4,000 12th Cong. Dust. Democratic committee $3,730 political accountability committee $3,262 15th District committee $3,000 conservative order of Good Guys $2,050