That there are future IOUs here, probably that is true. But I would stress that some of these people are really strong believers in the party and they believe that they are right and that the other guy is wrong and it would be much better if they were in control. Daschle uses his federal PAC to help elect Democrats to Congress. He uses his state PAC to elect Democrats to state legislatures so they can draw district boundaries favorable to Democrats running for Congress. Daschle spent PAC money in all three states where there were elections in 1999 - Virginia, New Jersey and Washington.
Politicians often have good justifiable reasons for using state political action committees.
After all, corporations, unions and other interest groups can set up PACs in all 50 states. Many of the congressional politicians are just looking for ways to keep pace with the huge amount of private money fueling issue ads and opposition candidates. Such generous party activity seems perfectly reasonable and logical. Because it's a very neat sidestepping of the limits and prohibitions put on federal candidates. How to Avoid Federal Law Federal law bans businesses and unions from writing fat checks to individual politicians.