National Special Interest Groups

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Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2024 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
2012 N/A AIDS Drug Assistance Program Advocacy Association
2008 N/A AIDS United
2008 N/A Academy of General Dentistry
2007 N/A Alliance For Headache Disorders Advocacy
2014 2016 Alzheimer's Impact Movement
2006 N/A American Academy of Emergency Medicine
2007 N/A American Academy of Family Physicians
2004 N/A American College of Emergency Physicians
2014 N/A American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2010 N/A American Hospital Association
2001 N/A American Medical Association PAC
2011 2020 American Nurses Association
2017 N/A American Public Health Association
2010 N/A American Society for Radiation Oncology
2003 N/A American Society of Anesthesiologists
2015 2014 American Veterinary Medical Association
2011 N/A Association of University Centers on Disabilities
N/A 2022 Brand New Congress
N/A 2025 C.E.A.S.E. (Casino Employees Against Smoking Effects)
2004 N/A Citizens for Health
N/A 2020 Clinicians for Progressive Care
N/A 2024 Common Defense
N/A 2021 Demand Universal Healthcare
2016 2024 Democrats for Life of America
2007 N/A Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
2023 N/A Eating Disorders Coalition
N/A 2024 Feminist Majority Political Action Committee
2020 2016 Food Policy Action
N/A 2020 Friends of Intelligent Democracy
2003 N/A Global AIDS Alliance
2014 N/A Hispanic Federation, LCLAA, LULAC, Mi Familia Vota, NCLR, and Voto Latino
N/A 2020 Little Lobbyists
2006 N/A Long Term Care Community Coalition
2008 N/A National Association for Addiction Professionals (formerly National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors)
2010 2024 National Association of Social Workers
2014 N/A National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC)
2022 2024 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare (NCPSSM)
2010 N/A National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
N/A 2024 National Nurses United
2006 N/A National Rural Health Association
2006 N/A Parkinsons Action Network
2024 2024 Planned Parenthood Action Fund
2006 N/A Protect Patients Now!
N/A 2026 Reproductive Freedom for All
N/A 2021 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199
1996 N/A Smokefree Action
2010 N/A St. Joseph Health System
2005 N/A The American College of Physicians
2008 N/A The American Counseling Association
N/A N/A The American Geriatrics Society
2011 N/A The Arc
2011 N/A The Children's Health Fund
N/A 2024 The Jewish Vote
2008 N/A The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)
N/A 2022 The States Project
N/A 2022 Warren Democrats
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