pac {fec16}

Political Action Committee (PAC) and Party Summary Financial Information

Description

PAC and party summary financial information

Usage

pac

Format

A data frame with 12049 rows and 27 columns:

cmte_id

A 9-character alpha-numeric code assigned to a committee by the Federal Election Commission

cmte_nm

Name of the committee

cmte_tp

Committee Type, listed here: https://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/committee-type-code-descriptions/

cmte_dsgn

A = Authorized by a candidate

B = Lobbyist/Registrant PAC

D = Leadership PAC

J = Joint fundraiser

P = Principal campaign committee of a candidate

U = Unauthorized

cmte_filing_freq

Filing frequency: A = Administratively terminated,

D = Debt

M = Monthly filer

Q = Quarterly filer

T = Terminated

W = Waived

ttl_receipts

Total receipts

trans_from_aff

Transfers from affiliates

indv_contrib

Contributions from individuals

other_pol_cmte_contrib

Contributions from other political committees

cand_contrib

Contributions from candidate

cand_loans

Candidate loans

ttl_loans_received

Total loans received

ttl_disb

Total disbursements

tranf_to_aff

Transfers to affiliates

indv_refunds

Refunds to individuals

other_pol_cmte_refunds

Refunds to other political committees

cand_loan_repay

Candidate loan repayments

loan_repay

Loan repayments

coh_bop

Cash beginning of period

coh_cop

Cash close of period

debts_owed_by

Debts owed by

nonfed_trans_received

Non-federal transfers received

contrib_to_other_cmte

Contributions to other committees

ind_exp

Independent expenditures

pty_coord_exp

Party coordinated expenditures

nonfed_share_exp

Non-federal share expenditures

cvg_end_dt

Coverage end date (YYYY-MM-DD)

Source

https://www.fec.gov/campaign-finance-data/pac-and-party-summary-file-description/, updated 2020-03-02