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FranPAC report card: the International Franchise Association's current financial support to candidates for federal office as of mid-January is reflected in the following "report card.".


by Adams, Victoria
Franchising World • March, 2008 • FW FOCUS: GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
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FranPAC Report Card The International Franchise Association's current financial support to candidates for federal office as of mid-January is reflected in the following "report card." IFA's political action committee, FranPAC, supports pro-franchise, pro-business candidates for U.S. Congress. 2007-2008 Receipts 2007-2008 Expenditures

$255,236 $217,000 FranPAC Supported Candidates U.S. Senate Baucus, Max (D-Mont.) $2,500 [check] Burr, Richard (R-N.C.) $1,000 [check] Chambliss, Saxby (R-Ga.) $5,000 [check] Coleman, Norm (R-Minn.) $10,000 [check] Collins, Susan (R-Maine) $8,000 [check] Cornyn, John (R-Texas) $10,000 [check] DeMint, James (R-S.C.) $2,000 [check] Domenici, Pete (R-N.M.) $2,000 [check] Enzi, Michael (R-Wyo.) $3,000 [check] Johanns, Michael (R-Neb.) $5,000 [check] McConnell, Mitch (R-Ky.) $10,000 [check] Pryor, Mark (D-Ark.) $2,000 [check] Reid, Harry (D-Nev.) $1,000 [check] Roberts, Pat (R-Kan.) $3,000 [check] Smith, Gordon (R-Ore.) $5,000 [check] Specter, Arlen (R-Pa.) $1,000 [check] Stevens, Ted (R-Alaska) $2,000 [check] Sununu, John (R-N.H.) $6,000 [check] U.S. House of Representatives Austria, Steve (R-Ohio-07) $1,000 [check] Blackburn, Marsha (R-Tenn.-01) $1,000 [check] Blunt, Roy (R-Mo.-07) $1,500 [check] Boehner, John (R-Ohio-08) $10,000 [check] Boozman, John (R-Ark.-03) $2,000 [check] Boren, Dan (D-Okla.-02) $5,000 [check] Boustany, Charles (R-La.-07) $1,000 [check] Boyd, E Allen (D-Fla.-02) $2,000 [check] Buchanan, Vernon (R-Fla.-13) $6,000 [check] Cannon, Christopher (R-Utah-03) $5,000 [check] Cantor, Eric (R-Va.-07) $6,500 [check] Capito, Shelley (R-W.Va.-02) $1,000 [check] Chabot, Steve (R-Ohio-01) $2,500 [check] Davis, Artur (D-Ala.-07) $2,000 [check] Davis, Thomas (R-Va.-11) $1,000 [check] Dent, Charlie (R-Pa.-15) $1,000 [check] Diaz-Balart, Lincoln (R-Fla.-21) $1,000 [check] Drake, Thelma (R-Va.-02) $1,000 [check] Fallin, Mary (R-Okla.05) $2,000 [check] Flake, Jeff (R-Az.-06) $5,000 [check] Fortuno, Luis (R-Puerto Rico) $1,000 [check] Gerlach, James (R-Pa.-06) $2,000 [check] Graves, Samuel (R-Mo.-06) $1,000 [check] Hart, Melissa (R-Pa.-04) $1,000 [check] Heller, Dean (R-Nev.02) $1,000 [check] Herseth, Stephanie (D-At Large S.D.) $2,000 [check] Hoekstra, Peter (R-Mich.-02) $1,000 [check] Johnson, Sam (R-Texas-03) $1,000 [check] Keller, Richard (R-Fla.-08) $2,000 [check] Kirk, Mark (R-III.-11) $1,000 [check] Kline, John (R-Minn.-02) $3,500 [check] Kuhl, John (R-N.Y-29) $1,000 [check] Lamborn, Douglas (R-Colo.-05) $1,000 [check] Latham, Tom (R-Iowa-04) $1,000 [check] Latta, Robert (R-Ohio-05) $1,000 [check] Lungren, Dan (R-Calif.-03) $1,000 [check] McCarthy, Kevin (R-Calif.-22) $2,000 [check] McCaul, Michael (R-Texas-10) $1,000 [check] McIntyre, Mike (D-N.C.-07) $1,000 [check] McKeon, Howard (R-Calif.-25) $3,000 [check] Meek, Kenrick (D-Fla.-17) $1,000 [check] Moran, Jerry (R-Kan.-01) $1,000 [check] Musgrave, Marilyn (R-Colo.-04) $2,000 [check] Pallone, Frank (D-N.J.-06) $1,000 [check] Porter, Jon (R-Nev.-03) $1,000 [check] Pallone, Frank (D-N.J.-06) $1,000 [check] Rangel, Charles (D-N.Y-15) $1,000 [check] Reichert, Dave (R-Wash.-08) $1,000 [check] Roskam, Peter (R-III.-06) $2,000 [check] Ros-Lehtinen, Illeana (R-Fla.-18) $1,000 [check] Scott, Bobby (D-Va.-03) $1,500 [check] Scott, David (D-Ga.-13) $2,000 [check] Stearns, Clifford (R-Fla.06) $1,000 [check] Stivers, Steve (R-Ohio-15) $5,000 [check] Tanner, John (D-Tenn.-08) $1,000 [check] Taylor, Gene (D-Miss.-04) $5,000 [check] Tiberi, Patrick (R-Ohio-12) $7,500 [check] Tinsley, Edward (R-N.M.-02) $10,000 [check] Turner, Michael (R-Ohio-03) $1,000 [check] Velazquez, Nydia (DAY-12) $3,500 [check] Walberg, Timothy (R-Mich.-07) $2,000 [check] Walden, Greg (R-Ore.-02) $1,000 [check] Wynn, Albert (D-Md.-04) $1,000 [check]

Victoria Adams is director of political affairs of the International Franchise Association. She can he reached at 202-662-0781 or vadams@franchise.org.


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