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What Do You Do Now? React? or Act!

Give to the PAC to make a difference

John Gordon Harold, MD, FACCACC Secretary

ACC Board of GovernorsSeptember 13, 2009

Heart House

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ACC Political Action Committee

“We in America do not have government by the majority.

We have government by the majority who participate.”

-Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

Advocacy

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ACC PAC Mission• Join the $1000 from 1000 campaign• Contribute to the campaigns of those

Members of Congress who support the College’s legislative agenda

• Gain BETTER access to high profile legislators, especially committee chairs and leadership

• Build grassroots and fundraising potential to bring about election results favorable to our advocacy goals

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ACC PAC: Disbursements to Candidates in the

2008 Election Cycle

• Contributions made to over 250 candidates, leadership PACs and party committees

• Total of $997,289 disbursed• 56% given to Democrats• 44% given to Republicans• Our influence is growing, but our

competitors are still giving more

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Why Contribute to ACC PAC?• 100% of your personal contributions

are used to support the election of pro-physician candidates to Congress

• Currently, only 7% of our members contribute to ACC PAC

• Other specialty groups have better-funded PACs, giving them an advantage at the decision making table: more funds = greater access

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Give What You Can but GIVE!• "$1,000 from 1,000." We need 1,000

individuals committed to ACC’s 2009 legislative agenda to contribute $1,000.

• That’s just $84.00/month! (You can pay in installments!)

• If you can’t give $1,000, give what you can!

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BOG Support of ACC Political Action Committee

• BOG support for the ACC Political Action Committee: Goal of 100% BOG participation

• $1,000 for 1000 campaign• BOG members understand that members

must work together to fulfill the advocacy component of ACC’s mission:– Combining voices to impact the political process– Combining resources to send a powerful message

to Congress– Combining power to preserve healthcare

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Thanks to our BOG Contributors!Governors/Liaisons: 30 (24 > $1,000)Governors-elect: 12 (10 > $1,000)Immed Past Govs: 19 (13 > $1,000)Chapter Execs: 4 (2 > $1,000)

Total: 65 (49 > $1,000)_____________________________________

Total Governors eligible to give: 57Total Governors-elect eligible to give: 22

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Thanks to Contributors

• M. Eugene Sherman, CO• George Crossley, TN• Joseph Wilson, GA• George Smith, CA• Dipti Itchhaporia, CA• Alberto Montalvo, FL• Craig Clark, IA• Jerome Hines, IL• Richard Kovacs, IN• Samuel Goldberg, MD• Marco Diaz, ME

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Thanks to Contributors

• Hank Rosman, MI• Thad Waites, MS• J. Scott Millikan, MT• Osca Jenkins, NC• Louis Teichholz, NJ• Michael McGuire, NM• Robert Hobbs, OH• Stanley Defehr, OK• Michael Widmer, OR• John Dent, VA• Steven McCormick, WV

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Thanks to Contributors

• Margo Minissian, CA (CCA)

• Philip Laney, AL

• Gerrie Gardner,WY

• Gary Hanovich, MN

• William Graettinger, NV

• Steven Fera, RI

• Charlie Devlin, SC

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Thanks to Contributors

• Rene Alvarez, PA• Krishnoswami Vijayaraghavan, AZ• Thomas Haffey, CO• Robert Vincent, GA• Lee Gould, ID• Juan Villafane, KY• Uma Valeti, MN• Robert Wesley, NV• Sandra Lewis, OR• David May, TX

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Thanks to Contributors

• Michael Isaacson, AR

• John Doherty, PA

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Thanks to Contributors

• Let’s try and make this 100% PAC participation by the conclusion of the Legislative Conference

• Our Governors should “lead” not “follow”

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Thanks to Chapter Executives…

• Jennifer Ray Beckman, FL, MD, VA

• Lianna Collinge, AZ, CA, WA

• Andy Shelp, MN

• Nancy Klaffky, CT

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For more information…

Contact ACC PAC Staff

Nick Morse at nmorse@acc.org

Kaycee Smith at ksmith@acc.org

or

Visit:

www.accpacweb.org