<Li> Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R) used his leadership PAC to pay hotel bills ($22,896) and buy baseball tickets ($320) for donors . </Li> <Li> Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D) leadership PAC, Team Majority, was fined $21,000 by federal election officials "for improperly accepting donations over federal limits ." </Li> <P> Super PACs, officially known as "independent - expenditure only committees", may not make contributions to candidate campaigns or parties, but may engage in unlimited political spending independently of the campaigns . Unlike traditional PACs, they can raise funds from individuals, corporations, unions, and other groups without any legal limit on donation size . </P> <P> Super PACs were made possible by two judicial decisions: the aforementioned Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and, two months later, Speechnow.org v. FEC . In Speechnow.org, the federal Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held that PACs that did not make contributions to candidates, parties, or other PACs could accept unlimited contributions from individuals, unions, and corporations (both for profit and not - for - profit) for the purpose of making independent expenditures . </P>

Who regulates and monitors the activities of all pacs