POSITIVE Money in Politics & Finance 118th Congress

H.R.5941 Ban Corporate PACs Act

Eliminates corporate political action committees (PACs) from making campaign contributions to candidates (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Corporate PAC spending totals $300M+/cycle (OpenSecrets); FEC v. Beaumont upheld contribution limits.

52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq. — Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) framework for campaign contributions

FEC v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (2003) — upheld limits on corporate campaign contributions
OpenSecrets: corporate PACs contributed $300M+ per election cycle

Ban Corporate PACs Act. Corporate PAC contributions create documented conflicts of interest recognized in campaign finance precedent (FEC v. Beaumont, 2003).