BIPAC (Business-Industry Political Action Committee) is a bipartisan political organization founded in 1963"BIPAC.org - Who Are We"
/ref> with the stated goal of electing "business-friendly" candidates. It was one of the first political action committees in America.

History

BIPAC was founded in 1963 as “a political action arm for American business and industry”."Harvard Business Review - Study: Employees Want Employers to Talk Politics" November 2, 2012
/ref> In August 1963, members of the business community provided seed funding to establish BIPAC with the goal of electing "business-friendly" candidates.''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. The group is not officially affiliated with either political party.
/ref> Business Communications in a Post-Partisan Era
/ref>List of BIPAC's Candidate endorsements for 2010
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Operations

Several distinct legal entities operate within the framework of BIPAC: * The Business Institute for Political Analysis is the operations and administrative core of BIPAC. The Institute is a membership organization that does not lobby Congress on issues.Source Watch page on BIPAC
/ref> * The Action Fund is the non-connected political action committee of BIPAC, as recognized by the

Federal Election Commission The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency of the United States whose purpose is to enforce campaign finance law in United States federal elections. Created in 1974 through amendments to the Federal Election Cam ...

. Contributions to the Action Fund can come from individuals and other PACs, but not from corporations. * BIPAC's Prosperity Project (P2) promotes pro-business politicians to their employees. BIPAC's affiliated state deployment partners (those who officially host the Prosperity Project

grassroots A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...

initiative in each state) include state

Chambers of Commerce A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network. For example, a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to a ...

. * The Friends of Adam Smith was established in November 2000 by the Board of Directors of BIPAC along with many of its members. It is charged to research and promote the link between politics, public policy, and economic freedom."Friends of Adam Smith Foundation"
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Initiatives

Employees Vote is a

get out the vote "Get out the vote" or "getting out the vote" (GOTV) describes efforts aimed at increasing the voter turnout in elections. In countries that do not have or enforce compulsory voting, voter turnout can be low, sometimes even below a third of the ...

initiative to encourage private-sector U.S. employees to vote. Employees Vote provides businesses and trade groups."Bloomberg Businessweek, "Businesses Turn Out Workers’ Votes to Stomp Tea Party"
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References

External links

Official public website of BIPAC
* * {{authority control Political advocacy groups in the United States Organizations established in 1963 1963 establishments in the United States