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what are the aims of Emily’s List?

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aim to elect female democrats who support abortion rights

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how much did EMILY’S List donate to Clinton in 2016?

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over $1 million

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how many candidates did EMILY’S List successfully endorse in 2022 midterms?

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36

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how much have EMILY’S List donated?

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over $600 million

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does EMILY’S list have an official PAC?

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yes, called EMILY’S List

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in 2019-2020 how much did EMILY’S List PAC spend funding democrat house and senate candidates?

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over £620,000

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how much did Emily’s list donate tp Christy Smith?

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$15,000

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how much did EMILY’S List spend to elect Peterson?

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$600,000. Peterson is pro choice and broadly supports the policies of the Biden administration

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how many women have Emily’s list help elect to state and local office?

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more than 1,500

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what is the separate superPAC that Emily’s list oversee?

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Women Vote!

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How much did Women Vote! spend to support the candidacy of Biden?

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over $5 million

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what did Emily’s list’s march on Washington result in?

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hundreds of sister protests across the US, more than 4 million people joined

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how has EMILY’s list impacted democracy?

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positively as more women have been involved in politics meaning a better representative democracy

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what are the aims of the AMA?

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promote the science and the art of medicine and the betterment of public health

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in 2022 how much did AMA spend on federal lobbying?

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over $21 million

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how much did AMA generate in revenue in 2022?

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around $500 million

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in 2022 how much of their almost $500 million revenue came from membership fees?

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less than $35 million

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in 2021 to 2022 cycle, how much did AMPAC contirbute to lawmakers given A or A+ rating by anti-aboriton groups?

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nearly $350,000

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in 2023 how many scope of practice bills were defeated in Mississippi due to the AMA?

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11

20
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how did AMA help Obamacare?

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support ACA which helped Obama achieve it. prevented it from being repealed by highlighting the bad effect the ACHA would have

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what impact has AMA had on democracy?

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negative impact, less than 20% of physicians are members so not good for majoritarian democracy

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what are the aims of AIPAC?

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to promote pro-Israel sentiments in congress, and within one year they had delivered more money to candidates than any other PAC

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what is AIPAC’s superPAC called?

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united democracy project

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in 2022 how much did AIPACs superPAC donate to candidates?

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$17 million

25
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what amount of AIPAC endorsed candidates won their elections in 2022?

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98%

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in 2024 how has AIPAC been unsuccessful in its campaigns?

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gave $4.5 million to preferred democrat candidate but lost to a progressive

27
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how has AIPAC’s lobbying been successful?

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very successful as managed to get a president to back comments - Obama backtracked on statement regarded Palestine and Israel

28
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is AIPACs electioneering successful?

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very successful as 98% of their candidates won in 2022

29
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what positive impact has AIPAC had on democracy?

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gave the Jewish population in USA a voice

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what negative contributions has AIPAC had on democracy?

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elitist, and over representing minority opinions, jews represent 6% of congress and 2% of the population

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what issues do the national right to life fight for?

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anti abprotion and pro-evangelical issues such as against euthanasia

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what justice were NRLC (national right to life) supportive of?

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Amy Coney-Barett and Kavanaugh as this allowed them to propose more radical anti abortion legislation

33
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which governor did NRLC endorse?

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texas governor Gregg Abbot who is against abortion. abortion in Texas is illegal

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what bills have NRLC lobbied against?

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violence against women act, pregnancy loss mental health research act

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why is the PaC associated with the national right to life?

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national right to life victory fund

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how much did the national right to life victory fund spend on adverts and campaigns for the group?

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over $1.3 million

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