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The ADAPAC Board of Directors takes several criteria into account when determining which federal candidates should receive contributions. Criteria include:
- The candidate's past or present support for ADA's public policy agenda.
- The perceived need for the candidate's support in the future.
- The candidate's leadership position or committee assignment.
- The nature of the event associated with the contribution, if applicable.
Congressional committees with jurisdiction over ADA priority areas include:
- House Energy and Commerce Committee (Medical Nutrition Therapy, Obesity, HIV/AIDS)
- House Ways and Means Committee (Medical Nutrition Therapy)
- House Education and the Workforce Committee (Child Nutrition, Older Americans Act)
- House Agriculture Committee (Food and Agriculture Research, Food Stamps, Nutrition Monitoring)
- House Appropriations Committee (Nutrition Research, Federally-funded nutrition programs)
- Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee (Child Nutrition, Food and Agriculture Research, Food Stamps, Nutrition Monitoring)
- Senate Appropriations Committee (Nutrition Research, Federally-funded nutrition programs)
- Senate Finance Committee (Medical Nutrition Therapy)
- Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HIV/AIDS, Obesity, Older Americans Act)
- Senate Special Aging Committee (Aging)
Since January 1, 2007, ADAPAC has contributed to the personal campaign or leadership PAC of the following members of Congress:
Alabama
Rep. Jo Bonner (R-1)
Arizona
Sen. Jon Kyl (R)
Rep. Trent Franks (R-2)
Susan Bitter Smith (R)
Arkansas
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D)
California
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-31)
Rep. Mary Bono (R-45)
Rep. Lois Capps (D-23)
Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-14)
Rep. Fortney “Pete” Stark (D-13)
Colorado
Sen. Ken Salazar (D)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-1)
Rep. Mark Udall (D-2)
Deleware
Rep. Michael Castle (R-At large)
Florida
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-20)
Rep. Ron Klein (D-22)
Georgia
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-9)
Illinois
Sen. Richard Durbin (D)
Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-5)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-7)
Indiana
Rep. Baron Hill (D-9)
Iowa
Sen. Charles Grassley (R)
Sen. Tom Harkin (D)
Kansas
Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-2)
Louisiana
Rep. Don Cazayoux (D)
Maryland
Sen. Ben Cardin (D)
Massachusetts
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-3)
Michigan
Rep. Fred Upton (R-6)
Rep. John Dingell (D-15)
Minnesota
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D)
Sen. Norm Coleman (R)
Missouri
Rep. Sam Graves (R-6)
Montana
Sen. Max Baucus (D)
Nebraska
Sec. Mike Johanns (R) – for Senate
Nevada
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-01)
New Hampshire
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen (D) – for Senate
New York
Sen. Charles Schumer (D)
Rep. Eliot Engle (D-17)
North Carolina
Sen. Richard Burr (R)
North Dakota
Sen. Kent Conrad (D)
Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-At Large)
Ohio
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-13)
Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-12)
Oregon
Rep. David Wu (D-1)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-5)
Pennsylvania
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-13)
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-18)
Rep. Phil English (R-3)
Kathy Dahlkemper (D-3)
Rep. Joe Pitts (R-16)
Rhode Island
Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-1)
Tennessee
Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-7)
Texas
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-25)
Rep. Steve Kagen (D-8)
Utah
Rep. Jim Matheson (D-2)
Virginia
Gov. Mark Warner (R) – for Senate
Rep. Eric Cantor (R-7)
West Virginia
Sen. John “Jay” Rockefeller (D)
Wisconsin
Rep. Ron Kind (D-3)
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