A hot topic in recent years has been the infl

uence of Political Action Committees or PACs, which are specific special interest groups that raise and give money in order to have their policies shown in government. These PACs represent groups of people that have professional interests such as farmers, lawyers and doctors that want to express their support of candidates through political contributions. Corporate PACs represent the interests of the stockholders and employees with common political interests. PAC campaign contributions on congressional votes in recent years are "distorting the democratic process and corrupting our political system in favor of those who can raise the most money." The influence of corporate PACs on Congress has especially lead to "corporate welfare" and has cost taxpayers billions of dollars in recent years. For instance, Congress failed to regulate tobacco and c

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