POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT

NAR'S political action committee (PAC) donated almost $4 million to congressional candidates this year, with over $1.3 million doled out during the week that ended Sept. 19, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The PAC gave $530,000 to Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-Mich.), $510,000 to Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), and a total of $890,000 to Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Pa.). NAR had the second-highest independent expenditures during the 2006 election cycle, totaling $3.7 million.