ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½

With a new election cycle underway and legislative battles already being waged on Capitol Hill, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s member contractors answered the challenge and showed record support for ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC during the 90th Annual Convention in San Diego. Receipts totaled more than $225,000, the most ever raised during a non-election year. The generosity of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ members during Convention provides ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC the resources to build relationships with key decision makers on industry priorities like card check and future highway investment. In addition to member support, those chapters working to support ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC were honored in San Diego. A record eighteen chapters were recognized for their 100% board member participation in the 2008 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC Chapter Board Contest. At the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ National Chapter Leadership Breakfast, the Nebraska Building Chapter, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ won the Grand Prize Drawing and the Constructors Association of Western Pennsylvania took high honors for the Chapter board raising the most money in support of ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC during the 2008 competition. The 2008 contest also generated over $218,000 in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC receipts - a new record for the competition. Chapters finishing the calendar year competition with 100% participation from their board members included: San Diego Chapter Inc Carolinas ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of Connecticut Florida E. Coast Chapter, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ General Contractors Assn of HI Fox Valley General Contractors Kansas Contractors Association Mississippi Valley Branch-ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Nebraska Building Chapter-ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Nevada Chapter ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Associated Contractors of NM New Mexico Building Branch General Bldg Contractors of NY ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of OK - Building Chapter Master Builders' Assn of W. PA Constructors Assn of W. PA ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of South Dakota Inc ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of Texas Finally, the ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC Contributions Subcommittee appropriated $140,000 to construction-friendly legislators in the U.S. House and Senate. For information about ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ PAC or to become more involved, contact Elisa Brewer Pratt at (202) 547-5013 or brewere@agc.org.