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Independent Expenditure Table 1** Independent Expenditure Totals by Committee and Filer Type January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020 Independent Expenditure (IE) Totals by Committee and Filer Type Amount PAC Independent Expenditures* $49,008,267 Party Independent Expenditures $173,626,039 Independent Expenditure-Only Political Committees (Super PACs) $911,871,082 Political Committees with Non-Contribution Accounts (Hybrid PACs) $182,807,024 Independent Expenditures Reported by Persons other than Political Committees $42,687,876 Total Independent Expenditures (IE) $1,360,000,288 ID # IEs by Political Action Committee (PAC)* Amount C00348540 1199 SERVICE EMPLOYEES INT'L UNION FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION FUND -$10,932 C00739904 21ST CENTURY LEADERSHIP $11,872 C00740845 ACTION TOGETHER PAC $13,579 C00746677 ALABAMA SWAMP DRAINERS PAC $6,391 C00648899 AMERICA'S CONSTITUTION PAC $6,000 C00196246 AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY INC POLITICAL COMMITTEE (OPHTHPAC) $9,468 C00173153 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CR $479,320 C00343459 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY ASSOCIATION PAC $73,528 C00279562 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AFL-CIO PAC $21,253 C00011114 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $4,019,973 C00520312 AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS GUILD, LOCAL 1931 SAN DIEGO AND GROSSMON $3,089 C00106146 AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $509,685 C00755116 ARTISTS FOR A MORE PEACEFUL AMERICA $5,159 C00564401 ASHEVILLE TEA PAC $138 C00659490 BALDWIN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $4,526 C00365536 CHC BOLD PAC $1,786,128 C00757393 CITIZENS FOR VOTING EQUITY $16,965 C00295527 CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $435,500 C00432260 CLUB FOR GROWTH PAC $522,976 C00743146 COMMITTEE TO ELECT ROBERT J. LOVERO $61,683 C00503870 COMMONWEALTH VALUES PAC $98,752 C00002089 COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITT $55,708 C00513176 CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS PAC $543,763 C00495010 CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE $5,035 C00524454 CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY FUND $100,000 C00007880 CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $1,775,098 C00032979 D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF T $44,331 C00491050 DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB $939 C00419978 DEFEAT BAD LEADERS 2020 $9,833 C00699041 DEFEAT I.O. PAC $472 C00370007 DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA $28,919 C00407866 DEMOCRATIC ACTION CLUB OF CHICO $2,048 C00407262 DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR ACTION $21,591 C00743138 DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS OF BERWYN $6,352 C00427575 EASTERN WASHINGTON VOTERS $1,058 C00483412 EL DORADO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $65 C00607374 ELBERT GUILLORY'S AMERICA $1,546,730 C00094573 ELECT - THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION $20,748 This table was generated on 12/30/20. C00426122 EMPOWERING EACH COMMUNITY PAC $14,800 C00573261 END CITIZENS UNITED $10,262,994 C00442897 EQUALITY CINCINNATI POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $18 C00550970 EQUALITY PAC $386,434 C00757500 ERNIE AND DEBBIE $3,680 C00307777 FREEDOM CLUB FEDERAL PAC $29,870 C00401786 FREEDOM'S DEFENSE FUND $31,025 C00694943 FRIENDS OF MIA LOVE PAC $23,192 C00100289 GEORGIA MINING ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,800 C00750927 GOTV PINELLAS $1,166 C00354605 GRASS ROOTS NORTH CAROLINA/FORUM FOR FIREARMS EDUC POL VICTORY FUND $4,403 C00704593 HOLD THE HOUSE PAC $30,522 C00552851 HOUSE FREEDOM FUND $2,520,409 C00740001 HUMANITY FIRST FOR ILLINOIS PAC $93 C00193441 ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ACTIVATOR POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT FUND (FE $18,631 C00692020 IMPEACH $9,566 C00003632 INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS $36,104 C00632562 INTEGRITY FIRST PAC $149,904 C00029447 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND E $209,087 C00007542 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WOR $15,000 C00162818 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON $690 C00176214 INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND $21,336 C00000885 INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHE $45,000 C00536540 JOBS, FREEDOM, AND SECURITY PAC $109,788 C00175521 KANSANS FOR LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $36,537 C00285783 KANSAS FARM BUREAU VOTERS ORG/ELECT FARM BUREAU FRIENDS FUND (KS FARM B $4,293 C00689356 KEEPING AMERICA GREAT PAC $10,000 C00007922 LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $270,823 C00747980 LET'S GET COLORADO BACK TO BUSINESS $33,605 C00625079 LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF ARKANSAS $651 C00480822 LIFE ISSUES FAMILY ETHICS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,039 C00663211 MAD DOG PAC $140,908 C00753814 MEME PAC $175 C00300236 MID-ATLANTIC PROGRESSIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE $440 C00129171 MINNESOTA CITIZENS CONCERNED FOR LIFE, INC. FEDERAL PAC $27,338 C00157958 MISSOURI RIGHT TO LIFE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,924 C00290866 MISSOURI SOYBEAN ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MO SOYPAC) $200 C00586255 MONUMENT STRATEGIES PAC $1,000 C00504233 NAPA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $75 C00481200 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS INC PAC $32,010 C00030718 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,589,599 C00101105 NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COM $105,000 C00358051 NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PAC $17,819 C00053553 NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $3,423,397 C00111278 NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10,113 C00738906 NEVADA CONSERVATIVE 2020 PAC $8,500 C00260331 NEW JERSEY RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE FEDERAL PAC $5,780 C00481986 NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUREAU POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7 C00083857 OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $86 C00691725 OHIO CD-04 WATCH $23,362 This table was generated on 12/30/20. C00382283 OHLONE AREA UNITED DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN $229 C00754481 PART THE RED SEA $53 C00172361 PENNSYLVANIA PRO-LIFE FEDERATION PAC $20,654 C00757047 PENNSYLVANIA VETERANS CONSORTIUM $14,800 C00755579 PINELLAS CITIZENS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE $1,907 C00433318 PLACER COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $969 C00653030 POLICE ACTION FUND $3,401 C00343137 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC SU $40,000 C00023754 POLITICAL ACTION COUNCIL OF EDUCATORS(UNITED TEACHERS-LOS ANGELES) $610 C00202804 PROCHOICE VOTER $7,930 C00440032 PROMOTING OUR REPUBLICAN TEAM PAC $60,000 C00749077 PUBLIC LANDS ACCESS FOR RECREATION PAC $875 C00566059 REMEDY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10,357 C00427849 REPLACEMENTS LTD PAC $11,330 C00296640 REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUND $32,500 C00753046 REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF TEXAS-PAC $9,326 C00751016 RESTORE OUR REPUBLIC PAC $34,302 C00141572 RIGHT TO LIFE/OREGON PAC $22,933 C00105791 ROCHESTER AREA RIGHT TO LIFE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $150 C00686410 ROSEDALE HUDDLE $610 C00716803 SAN FRANCISCO YOUNG DEMOCRATS $400 C00429456 SANTA BARBARA WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE (FED) $918 C00570226 SEAL PAC SUPPORTING ELECTING AMERICAN LEADERS PAC $878,000 C00004036 SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL E $4,209,468 C00448696 SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND $2,737,800 C00135368 SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEE $163,970 C00001636 SMART TD PAC $23,000 C00323923 STONEWALL DEMOCRATIC CLUB FED PAC $3,000 C00682815 SUPERFANNYPAC $1,276 C00332296 SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUND $81,882 C00566174 TEA PARTY MAJORITY FUND $114,546 C00688903 TEMECULA VALLEY DEMOCRATS $434 C00635110 TERM LIMITS NOW POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TLN PAC) $794 C00214981 TEXAS FARM BUREAU AGFUND $112,500 C00348219 TEXAS SHEEP & GOAT RAISERS PAC $500 C00617381 THE COLLECTIVE PAC $25,000 C00756965 THE DEMOCRATIC SENATE ACTION COMMITTEE $599 C00493221 THE GUARDIAN FUND $20,000 C00718502 THE PEOPLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL $1,134 C00754242 TSB VICTORY $1,020 C00012476 UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYME $3,652,312 C00002840 UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) $53,997 C00747600 UNITED FOR MASSACHUSETTS $3,570,347 C00003590 UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND $7,219 C00658708 VERITAS TRUTH IS FREEDOM $925 C00284018 VERMONT RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE INC. POLITICAL COMMITTEE $67 C00553560 VIGOP (VIRGIN ISLANDS REPUBLICAN PARTY) $136,906 C00749424 VOTE LOCAL VOTE BLUE $12,785 C00404525 WELLSTONE DEMOCRATIC RENEWAL CLUB - PAC $1,970 C00157537 WEST VIRGINIANS FOR LIFE INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,385 This table was generated on 12/30/20. C00646703 WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PAC $8,242 Total IEs by Political Action Committee $49,008,267 ID # IEs by Party Committee Amount C00454751 5TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE $24,588 C00759415 BAY COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $6,525 C00757740 BAY COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY COMMITTEE $20,150 C00000935 DCCC $39,771,452 C00406256 DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF MARIN $279 C00693549 DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF SISKIYOU COUNTY - FEDERAL $4,606 C00212787 DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF HAWAII $9,738 C00625772 DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTY $5,874 C00042366 DSCC $37,188,422 C00759670 FRANKLIN COUNTY DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE $14,801 C00005926 ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY - FEDERAL $264,999 C00006486 INDIANA REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE, INC. $16,839 C00035600 IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTY $15,144 C00736173 LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA $63 C00300731 LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE $3,364 C00179408 MAINE DEMOCRATIC PARTY $87,548 C00041160 MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTY $7,930 C00038505
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    Combating U.S. Gun Trafficking to Mexico A STUDY CONDUCTED FOR THE BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE BY DEVIKA AGRAWAL THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY SPRING 2019 The author conducted this study as part of the program of professional education at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley. This paper is submitted in partial fulfillment of the course requirements for the Master of Public Policy degree. The judgements and conclusions are solely those of the author, and are not necessarily endorsed by the Goldman School of Public Policy, by the University of California or by any other agency. 1 Table of Contents PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM .......................................................... 3 GUNS IN MEXICO: QUANTITIES, SOURCES OF ORIGIN, AND FINAL DESTINATIONS ...................... 3 THE CASE FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT ACTION .............................................................................................. 8 DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM .................................................................................................................... 13 PART TWO: SOLVING THE PROBLEM THROUGH POLICY ......................................... 29 POLICY ALTERNATIVES .................................................................................................................................. 31 ANALYSIS BY CRITERIA .................................................................................................................................. 33 FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS .......................................................................................................................