Table of Contents

CONTENTS BY TYPE OF SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP . . . . . . . . ix

ADVISORS AND CONTRIBUTORS . . xii

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . xiii

CHRONOLOGY . . . . . . . . . xvii

A

Action on Smoking and Health . . . . . . 1

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety . . . 7

AIDS Action . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Air Line Pilots Association, International. . . 19

American Association of Health Plans. . . . 23

American Association of Retired Persons. . . 27

American Bankers Association . . . . . . 34

American Bar Association . . . . . . . 38

American Civil Liberties Union . . . . . . 44

American Conservative Union . . . . . . 50

American Dental Association . . . . . . 55

American Family Association . . . . . . 61

American Farm Bureau Federation . . . . . 66

American Federation of Government Employees . . . . . . . . . . . 72

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations . . . . . . . 77

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees . . . . . . . . 84

American Federation of Teachers . . . . . 89

American Foundation for AIDS Research . . 96

American Health Care Association . . . . . 102

American Hospital Association . . . . . . 106

American Indian Movement . . . . . . . 111

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . 118

American Israel Public Affairs Committee . . 124

American Jewish Congress . . . . . . . 129

American Legion . . . . . . . . . . 134

American Library Association . . . . . . 140

American Medical Association . . . . . . 145

American Nurses Association . . . . . . 151

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals . . . . . . . . . 157

American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Amnesty International USA . . . . . . . 167

Association of Trial Lawyers of America. . . 173

Association on American Indian Affairs . . . 178

C

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . 184

Center for Defense Information . . . . . . 190

Center for Responsive Politics . . . . . . 195

Center for Strategic and International Studies . 199

Center for Study of Responsive Law . . . . 205

Children's Defense Fund . . . . . . . . 210

Choice in Dying . . . . . . . . . . . 215

Christian Coalition . . . . . . . . . . 221

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Citizens for Tax Justice . . . . . . . . 231

Co-Op America . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Common Cause . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Communications Workers of America . . . . 248

Concerned Women for America. . . . . . 253

Congressional Black Caucus . . . . . . . 257

Consumer Alert . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Consumer Federation of America . . . . . 267

Consumers Union of the United States . . . 272

Council of Better Business Bureaus . . . . 277

Council on Competitiveness . . . . . . . 283

Council on Foreign Relations . . . . . . 288

Credit Union National Association and Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

D

Disabled American Veterans . . . . . . . 296

E

Eagle Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

Electronic Frontier Foundation . . . . . . 305

EMILY's List . . . . . . . . . . . 311

F

Families and Work Institute . . . . . . . 316

Family Research Council . . . . . . . . 321

Fraternal Order of Police . . . . . . . . 326

G

Gray Panthers . . . . . . . . . . . 330

Greenpeace USA . . . . . . . . . . 335

H

Handgun Control, Inc. . . . . . . . . . 340

Health Insurance Association of America. . . 345

Human Rights Campaign . . . . . . . . 351

Humane Society of the United States . . . . 357

I

Independent Insurance Agents of America . . 363

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers . . . . . . . . . 368

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

International Brotherhood of Teamsters . . . 379

J

Japanese American Citizens League . . . . 386

John Birch Society . . . . . . . . . . 392

K

Knights of Columbus . . . . . . . . . 397

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan . . . . . . 401

L

Laborers' International Union of North America . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund . . 413

League of Women Voters of the United States . 418

M

Morality in Media . . . . . . . . . . 424

Mothers Against Drunk Driving. . . . . . 429

Motion Picture Association of America . . . 436

N

National Abortion and Reproductive Action League . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441

National Academy of Sciences . . . . . . 447

National Association for Advancement of Colored People . . . . . . . . . . 453

National Association of Broadcasters . . . . 460

National Association of Home Builders . . . 466

National Association of Letter Carriers . . . 471

National Association of Life Underwriters . . 477

National Association of Manufacturers . . . 483

National Association of Realtors . . . . . 488

National Audubon Society . . . . . . . 493

National Automobile Dealers Association . . 499

National Cable Television Association . . . 505

National Cattlemen's Beef Association . . . 509

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence . 515

National Coalition for the Homeless . . . . 521

National Committee for an Effective Congress . 527

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare . . . . . . . . 532

National Conference of Catholic Bishops . . . 537

National Congress of American Indians . . . 543

National Congress of Parents and Teachers . . 549

National Cotton Council of America . . . . 554

National Council of La Raza . . . . . . . 559

National Council on Crime and Delinquency . 564

National Education Association . . . . . . 568

National Federation of Independent Business . 574

National Federation of the Blind . . . . . 579

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force . . . . 584

National Governors' Association . . . . . 589

National Grange, The . . . . . . . . . 594

National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws . . . . . . . . . . 600

National Organization for Women . . . . . 606

National Organization on Disability . . . . 612

National Restaurant Association. . . . . . 617

National Rifle Association of America . . . 622

National Right to Work Committee . . . . 628

National Right-to-Life Committee . . . . . 632

National Small Business United . . . . . . 637

National Taxpayers Union . . . . . . . 641

National Trust for Historic Preservation . . . 645

National Urban League . . . . . . . . 651

National Wildlife Federation . . . . . . . 656

National Women's Political Caucus . . . . 661

O

Operation Rescue National . . . . . . . 667

Organization of Chinese Americans . . . . 672

P

Peace Action . . . . . . . . . . . . 677

People for the American Way . . . . . . 683

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . 688

Planned Parenthood Federation of America . . 695

Project Vote Smart . . . . . . . . . . 701

R

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition . . . . . . . . 705

Rutherford Institute, The . . . . . . . . 711

S

Service Employees International Union . . . 715

Sierra Club . . . . . . . . . . . . 720

T

Transport Workers Union of America . . . . 726

U

U.S. English . . . . . . . . . . . . 730

United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America . . . . . . . . . . . . 735

United Farm Workers of America . . . . . 742

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union . . . . . . . . . 749

United Mine Workers of America . . . . . 754

United Nations Association of the United States of America . . . . . . . . . 760

United States Chamber of Commerce . . . . 764

United States Public Interest Research Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

United Steelworkers of America . . . . . 775

United Transportation Union . . . . . . . 781

V

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786

W

Wilderness Society, The . . . . . . . . 791

WISH List, The . . . . . . . . . . . 796

World Wildlife Fund . . . . . . . . . 800

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . 808

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . 824