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Article: Farm bureau delegates OK issues-based PAC.(AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS)
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- Arkansas Business
- Article date:
- December 10, 2007
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Delegates to Arkansas Farm Bureau's 73rd annual convention in Little Rock departed from long-standing policy and agreed to establish an issues-focused political action committee.
The 318 voting representatives passed a resolution favoring "an issues-based political action committee funded through voluntary contributions from Farm Bureau members and other interested individuals or entities."
Arkansas Farm Bureau has resisted creation of a PAC throughout its history to remain apart from partisan politics.
Stanley Reed of Marianna, president of the nonprofit, private advocacy organization, says the resolution specifically prohibits the political ...