| 词条 | BIPAC |
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| name = BIPAC | logo = BIPAC-Logo-CMYK.jpg | homepage = bipac.org | location = Washington D.C. | key_people = Jim Gerlach, President & CEO | area_served = United States | focus = Help the business community play a more active role in the public policy process | founded_date = 1963 }}BIPAC (Business-Industry Political Action Committee) is a purportedly nonpartisan, membership-supported, mission-driven, organization dedicated to increasing the political effectiveness of America’s business community[1], although some 89% of its donations go to Republican candidates.[2] It is led by former U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach, who served Pennsylvania's sixth congressional district from 2002-2014.[3] HistoryBIPAC was founded in 1963 as “an independent, nonpartisan group to serve as a political action arm for American business and industry.” It is known as the very first business political action committee (PAC).[4] They conduct extensive biennial studies of employer-to-employee communications programs through both national polling and surveys within companies deploying a grassroots communications strategy.[5] Members of the business community, in August 1963, provided seed funding to establish BIPAC with the goal of electing business-friendly candidates.[6] The group is not officially affiliated with either political party.[6][7][8][9][10] OperationsSeveral distinct legal entities operate within the framework of BIPAC:
InitiativesEmployees Vote is a get out the vote initiative to encourage private-sector U.S. employees to vote. Employees Vote provides best practices to its network of businesses and trade groups about Get Out The Vote strategy. For instance, a business should never tell employees how to vote, but they can them employees information about polling locations; registration for voting deadlines; information on the candidates running; and details on the issues that matter to their employer.[14]References1. ^"BIPAC.org - Who Are We" 2. ^[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-workers-insight/the-new-u-s-office-politics-funding-your-bosss-political-causes-idUSKBN0NW0AC20150511 "The new U.S. office politics: funding your boss's political causes"] 3. ^"The Hill: Ex-Rep. Gerlach ditches K St. in return to campaign world" 4. ^"BIPAC.org - History" 5. ^"Harvard Business Review - Study: Employees Want Employers to Talk Politics" November 2, 2012 6. ^1 [https://books.google.com/books?id=-1cfAJVCyxsC Political brokers: money, organizations, power, and people by Judith G Smith, publisher Liveright, New York, 1972.] Chapter 5 "Business-Industry Political Action Committee" by Jonathan Cottin, discusses the origins of the group and its activities through 1970. 7. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/key061198.htm "GOP Angers Big Business on Key Issues" (June 21, 1998) Washington Post] 8. ^[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/keyraces98/stories/keybiz070898.htm "Business, GOP Chiefs Reconcile on Agenda" (July 8, 1998) Washington Post] 9. ^Business Communications in a Post-Partisan Era 10. ^List of BIPAC's Candidate endorsements for 2010 11. ^1 Source Watch page on BIPAC 12. ^1 "Business Lobby: We Will Outgun Unions By 2010" 13. ^"Friends of Adam Smith Foundation" 14. ^"Bloomberg Businessweek, "Businesses Turn Out Workers’ Votes to Stomp Tea Party" External links
|url=http://pennbusinessdaily.com/stories/510549152-bipac-taps-former-pennsylvania-congressman-to-be-ceo |title=BIPAC taps former Pennsylvania congressman to be CEO |publisher=Pennsylvania Business Daily |date=June 12, 2015}}
|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/10/bipac_how_the_business_industry_political_action_committee_teaches_corporate.html |title=Office Politics: Inside the PAC teaching corporate America how to make its employees vote for the right candidates and causes |first=Spencer |last=Woodman |publisher=Slate |date=October 15, 2014}} 2 : Political advocacy groups in the United States|Organizations established in 1963 |
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