PAC attack. (Networks).(political action committees)(Brief Article)

PROGRESSIVE PACS. THEY'RE not the latest North Face gear but an increasingly effective way for liberal activists to play hardball in national elections. Political action committees (PACs) emerged as a major pipeline for political money in the post-Watergate era. By the mid-1980s, they'd become a symbol of corporate influence on Congress.

But their financial clout was eclipsed in the 1990s by direct contributions from wealthy individuals to candidates and by "soft money"--unlimited and unregulated contributions usually given to political parties. Labor was the biggest PAC ...

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