Competitive Markets Action Shuts Down After 3 Years as Cash Crunch Ends Ag PAC
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Updated · POLITICO · Nov 3
Competitive Markets Action Shuts Down After 3 Years as Cash Crunch Ends Ag PAC
1 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Nov 3
Summary
Competitive Markets Action and its affiliated Competitive Markets PAC stopped operations Sunday evening after running out of money, ending a roughly three-year effort focused on competition in agricultural markets.
The group had campaigned against congressional efforts to preempt California’s Proposition 12, making that fight a central part of its advocacy and political spending.
In its closing statement, the PAC said it helped block those preemption measures from being added to the Senate farm bill advanced through committee in September.
The shutdown removes a niche advocacy player from the farm-policy landscape as Congress heads toward broader fights over the farm bill and agricultural regulation.