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, 2005, ADAPAC has contributed to the personal campaign or leadership PAC of the following members of Congress:

Alabama

• Rep. Jo Bonner (R-1st)

Arizona    

• Sen. Jon Kyl (R)
• Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-5th)

California

·         Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-14th)

·         Rep. Bill Thomas (R-22nd)

·         Rep. Lois Capps (D-23rd)

·         Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-31st)

·         Rep. Hilda Solis (D-32nd)

·         Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-34th)

·         Rep. Mary Bono (R-45th)

Colorado

• Rep. Diana DeGette (D-1st)

Connecticut

• Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-3rd)
• Rep. Nancy Johnson (R-5th)

Delaware

·         Sen. Tom Carper (D)

Florida

·         Gus Bilirakis (R-candidate, 9th)

·         Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-20th) 

Georgia

·         Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-9th)

·         Rep. Nathan Deal (R-10th)

Illinois

·         Sen. Richard Durbin (D)

·         Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-5th)

·         Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-9th)

·         Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-14th)

Iowa

• Sen. Charles Grassley (R)
• Sen. Tom Harkin (D)

Kentucky

·         Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-1st)

Maine

·         Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)

Massachusetts

• Sen. Edward Kennedy (D)

Michigan

• Rep. Dave Camp (R-4th)
• Rep. Fred Upton (R-6th)

Minnesota

• Sen. Norm Coleman (R)
• Rep. Gil Gutknecht (R-1st) 
• Rep. Betty McCollum (D-4th)
• Paul Ostrow (D-candidate, 5th)

Missouri

• Sen. Jim Talent (R)
• Rep. Sam Graves (R-6th)

Nebraska

• Rep. Lee Terry (R-2nd)

Nevada

·         Sen. Harry Reid (D)

·         Sen. John Ensign (R)

New Mexico

• Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D)

New York

• Rep. Mike McNulty (D-21st)

North Carolina

·         Sen. Richard Burr (R)

·         Rep. David Price (D-4)

North Dakota

• Sen. Kent Conrad (D)
• Rep. Earl Pomeroy (D-At Large)

Ohio

• Sen. Mike DeWine (R)
• Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-12th)
• Rep Sherrod Brown (D-13)

Texas

• Rep. Joe Barton (R-6th)
• Rep. Kay Granger (R-12th)  
• Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-23rd)

Virginia

• Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-6th)

Washington

• Darcy Burner (D-candidate, 8th)

West Virginia

• Sen. Robert Byrd (D)

Wisconsin 

• Rep. David Obey (D-7th)

To see who ADAPAC contributed to in the 2003-2004 election cycle, click here.

Note: This page was last updated on February 20, 2006.